SRA143 - Art and Society

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Md Mizanur Rashid
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour lecture per week (weeks 1-5, 7-11); 1 x 2 hour seminar per week; 1 x full day practical experience (field trip).

Note:

Please note students will be required to pay additional costs (not included in standard student fees) for unit related materials.

Content

SRA143 is the first unit in the sequence of history and theory units in the discipline of Architecture. Art and Society explores the human relationship with our natural and cultural environment since the dawn of time; creating place, seeking shelter and expressing beliefs. The unit focuses upon the history and theory of architecture, painting and sculpture and considers how distinct cultures have developed form, technique and their own iconography. This opens up the opportunity to discuss shared attitudes, ideas and to celebrate difference.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Discuss the significance of the built environment as formal expressions of cultural aspirations, heritage, beliefs, behaviour, geography, technology and society at particular times.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Identify and explain patterns sustained throughout history and substantial innovations in the built environment.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Apply analysis, critical thinking and visual literacy skills to present arguments and documented ideas in built environment studies.

GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO4

Work collaboratively to research, summarise and present information using appropriate technical and visual aids to engage peer audience in discussions about human relationship with natural and cultural environment.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1
Group oral presentation
10 minute collaborative oral presentation 15% Scheduled presentation date

Assessment 2
Research paper

Written topic presentation paper (approximately 500 words), and supportive A3 drawing.

30% (15%, 15%) (Paper, Drawing)

Scheduled presentation date

Assessment 3
Journal

Weekly written journal submission (250 word maximum per submission), drawings and sketches inclusive.

55%

Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Roth, 2013, Understanding Architecture: Its Elements , History and Meaning, 3rd Ed, Hachette Livre, USA. Available as an e-Book in the Deakin Library.

Kleiner, 2019, Gardners Art through the Ages, 16th Ed, Cengage Learning, USA.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SRA143 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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