Postgraduate - UnitAPG5660 - Creativity

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Communications and Media Studies
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Elizabeth Coleman

Notes

Previously coded MCA5020

Synopsis

In this unit students consider individual, group and social processes driving creativity and creative action. Themes include the role of cognition, imagination, judgment, criticism, personality, materials, forms, humor, social milieu, and cities in the creative process. The aim is for students to understand the multiple factors affecting creativityand how creative individuals, organizations and societies are possible. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of creative arts including theatre, film and visual arts, architecture, music, writing and publishing.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

An understanding of the general nature of creative processes.
An understanding of the relation between individual, group and social aspects of creativity.
An enhanced capacity to identify creative acts, works, and processes.
An ability to explain and analyze course concepts and debates in written and oral forms, and to engage at a high level of independent research.

Assessment

Essay 1 (theory and debates) (4000 words): 40%
Essay 2 (case study) (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Elizabeth Coleman

Workload requirements

One 2- hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Completion of Bachelor of Arts or equivalent

Prohibitions

APG4660