School of Art and Design · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This course continues training in research principles and methods as they relate to practice-led research. Research writing modes and methods, studio investigative processes and methodologies, critical thinking and analysis are all extended. Students refine skills relevant to individual research projects and present a research portfolio to their peers and to staff in an Honours Seminar, explaining their choice of materials and methods, and situating their project in the wider field.
Seminar Presentation, 15 minutes (30%) Learning Outcomes 1 - 4; verified by an assessment panel of at least two members.
Exegesis, 5000 words (70%) Learning Outcomes 5, 6
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 46 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 36 hours of seminar classes and lectures, and 10 hours of workshop based tutorials, reading groups and/or critiques; and, b) 214 hours of independent studio and allied investigations, including up to 9 hours of drop-in exegesis sessions. Work Integrated Learning Simulation/Virtual Independent projects but depending on particular student research, could include fieldwork.
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