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AHT4111

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 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.

Monash University

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Organisational Unit

Department of Fine Art

Coordinator(s)

Mr Stephen Palmer

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2016 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit is the first part of a major art history and theory research project. It provides an opportunity to research issues and begin the work required for a 15000 word written thesis. The thesis should be on a topic chosen by the student and approved by the department at the time of application.. The thesis will be written under supervision, and students will be expected to meet regularly with their supervisors. This unit is followed by AHT4112 Major project (Art history and theory honours), under which the project and research must be completed.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should:

  1. be aware of current discourses in relation to an area of contemporary artistic production;
  2. be able to advance sustained critical arguments in relation to a specialized topic;
  3. be capable of high level bibliographical research in their chosen field;
  4. be able to offer fresh interpretations of the literature in their chosen field;
  5. be capable of conducting independent research at an advanced level;

Assessment

Thesis (progress towards) as follows:
Bibliography - 1000 words (20%)
Introduction or First Chapter of Honours Thesis - 4000 words (80%)

Workload requirements

On-campus: The average number of contact and private study hours per week for one 12cp unit should equal 24 hours.
Off-campus: Note any expected residential or on-campus component requirements for this unit, and give an indication of how private study time is expected to be spent.

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Rex Butler

Prerequisites

Must be enrolled in: F3701 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)