Course code: 0614
This three-year course is intended to provide a distinctive professional education emphasising individual attainment within the major studies of clay, and glass. The first year of the course is designed to provide a basis in either of the two major study areas, with support studies in drawing, design, history of art and materials research and technology. In all years, students concentrate on their major area, increasingly working independently on design and conceptually based problems.
The course seeks:
Applicants will be required to attend an interview and present a folio. All applicants must contact the office of the Department of Ceramic Design by the end of September to arrange an interview (telephone (61) (3) 9903 2276). Interviews and folio presentation will be held in December. Applicants will be notified of interview arrangements by mail.
Progression through the course will depend on the successful completion of each year. Only in exceptional circumstances will a student who has failed in a subject be allowed to undertake more advanced studies, being subject to the approval of the head of department together with the director of the College of Art and Design.
1 An 80 per cent attendance record is required before a student may present for assessment in any subject. Exceptions will be subject to approval by the head of the department.
2 There will be two assessments by the examination panel in the major area of study, one at mid-year and one at the end of the year. Progressive assessments will be made by the lecturers in charge of each subject.
3 Each year must be passed as a whole. If a student fails in a single subject, the examination panel will decide, at its discretion, whether that student has failed or completed the year successfully. However the failed subject must be satisfactorily completed as recommended by the examining panel.
A large proportion of the subjects in this course are of a practical nature and require assessment by the presentation of a folio at the end of each year. In all cases, evaluation of student performance is made by a panel consisting of the lecturers in the subject and the year coordinator. Failed folios are reviewed by the head of the Department of Ceramic Design.
In the final semester of the course, folio work is assessed by the panel as outlined above, with the addition of an external assessor in the relevant area of expertise.
Throughout the three years of the course students gain a basic understanding in their major area of study: glass and clay. Throughout the course support studies are undertaken which include history of art, drawing and design, materials and technology as appropriate to the major studies.
First year
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