ACA309 - Creative Careers and Contexts
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) Trimester 1: 2024 will be the final offering of this unit |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in A352, A356, A357 or A359; or A300, A301, D303, D305, D310, D311, D312, D330, D385 or D391 with Major specialisation in Visual Arts, Photography or Drama |
| Prerequisite: | ACA210 |
| Corequisite: | A300, A301, D303, D305, D310, D311, D312, D330, D385, D391 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Scheduled learning activities - campus: 1 x 1hr lecture (online) x 5 weeks 3 x 2hr practical experience (field trips) x 3 weeks (weeks 6, 8 and 10)
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Content
In this unit, students will be encouraged to reflect upon and analyse the changing roles of artists in society through direct engagement with professional practitioners and workplaces across a range of creative arts disciplines. Students will draw on this knowledge to gain a real world understanding of professional practice and identify opportunities for further employment within the contemporary cultural economy.
Students will learn the appropriate practical, administrative, marketing and self-management skills required to launch and maintain their careers as creative artists in their chosen discipline. They will develop a career development strategy that can be used to demonstrate the essential skills and knowledge for a future job application, successful pitch for funding or, development of a self run-project.
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