Course Outline
ART200 Special Elective in Arts
Course Coordinator:Marcus Bussey (mbussey@usc.edu.au) School:School of Social Sciences
2020Semester 2
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course enables you to gain advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts in a specialist area. The course content and learning activities will contribute to your ability to: evaluate information to complete a range of activities; analyse, generate and provide solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems; transfer knowledge, skills and ideas in a variety of contexts and communicate these to others.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Tutorial/Workshop 1 | 2hrs | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
What level is this course?
200 Level (Developing)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Describe, engage and reflect on the ecological, social and cultural contexts of our sonic environment | Engaged |
| 2 | Utilise descriptive vocabulary and critical capabilities with respect to sound and its creative and scientific application. | Knowledgeable |
| 3 | Locate, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary sources to engage in conceptual and practical applications for the discipline | Creative and critical thinker |
| 4 | Communicate in a variety of media to demonstrate critical dialogue, originality and engagement in the discipline | Engaged |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Not applicable
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Any prior knowledge will be determined in consultation with the Course Coordinator
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Journal | Individual | 40% | 2000 words |
Week 8 | Online Submission |
| All | 2 | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece | Individual | 40% | 8 minutes of audio& 200 word abstract |
Week 8 | Online Submission |
| All | 3 | Oral | Individual | 20% | 5 minute presentation |
Week 8 | In Class |
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| Goal: | The goal of this task is to reflect on the field experience and document the development of key ideas. |
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| Product: | Journal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Format: | Your 2000 word journal will be developed during the course. You will be provided with feedback on your journal during the field intensive prior to final submission. The field journal will evaluate acoustic ecology perspectives and apply critical thinking to analyse acoustic field recordings collected during the field work. |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Soundscape | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to create a soundscape with acoustic field recordings collected during the Fraser Island field work. |
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| Format: | You will compose a soundscape drawing on acoustic field recordings from Fraser Island. The soundscape can be presented as pure field recordings edited together, or use processing techniques introduced during the course. The soundscape can include voices or narration to support the field recordings, but that is not required. The soundscape duration will be between 10-15 minutes. The audio will be submitted as a stereo .WAV file with a supporting 100-200-word abstract describing the soundscape. |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Oral Presentation | ||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | The goal of this task is to develop a short oral presentation (5 minutes) introducing your soundscape (Task 2) and reflecting on your field journal (Task 1). |
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| Format: | Your 5 minute oral presentation can include audio, video and images in a powerpoint presentation. The presentation should be a reflection on Task 1 and Task 2. |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
Nil
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconductAssessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:
- Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
- Review of Assessment and Final Grades
- Supplementary Assessment
- Central Examinations
- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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