units

DWG2504

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational UnitDepartment of Fine Art
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Stephen Garrett

Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to relate to a more expansive definition of drawing and encourages students, through bold graphic experimentation, to maximise their capacity for individual invention and expression in responding to a variety of perceptive and conceptual processe This unit is an advancement on their year 1 foundation drawing.

Outcomes

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

  1. have a wide graphic visual vocabulary to serve and maximise their individual expressive needs;
  2. have aesthetic sensibilities that enable them to critically determine imagery that bridges both historical and contemporary art;
  3. productively develop a wide variety of visual material and techniques relevant to their major discipline.
  4. Critically engage and produce drawing in relation to their conceptual direction and perceptive observations
  5. understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the discipline practice.

Assessment

Folio: 100%

Workload requirements

3 studio hours and 9 independent study hours per week

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Chief examiner(s)

Prerequisites

Any of DWG1102, DWG1202, DWG1301, DWG1401, DWG1201, DWG1103, or permission from Studio Coordinator.