Art and Critical Thinking
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
VSAR 3016
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
100960
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
Yes
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
UniSA Creative
This course aims to develop students’ critical thinking and analytical skills through an introduction to a range of interpretative frameworks and theories that will be used to analyse or contextualise art and visual culture.
Students will learn to apply critical thinking to a range of issues that are reflected in art and visual culture. Students will develop an understanding of various theories and interpretative frameworks that can be used to contextualise and analyse art and visual culture, including ideology, poststructuralism, feminism and the gaze, the abject, the sublime, panopticism, gender performativity, postcolonialism, race theory, and cyborg theory. This course has an emphasis on late 20th century to 21st century art and visual culture.
Nil
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
VSAR 2100 | Reading Visual Culture 2 |
VSAR 1100 | Reading Visual Culture 1 |
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Seminar | 2 hour x 12 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE | |||
Seminar | 2 hour x 12 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Essay
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.