ADA5011 Interdisciplinary studies 5
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
ADA5011 Interdisciplinary studies 5 is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. It isn't offered in 2023. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2023
- Not offered
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ADA5011
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After ADA5011
No unit lists ADA5011 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Details of a project will be advertised to students, including about applying and enrolment – this may be by expression of interest or involve a selection process.
Overview
This interdisciplinary studies unit will engage with complex contemporary challenges via project-based activities and problem-based learning. You will apply knowledge, techniques and methodologies from your individual disciplines in collaboration with others' as you investigate a range of disciplinary perspectives and approaches relevant to the challenge at hand. Student cohorts may include any combination of art, design or architecture students as well as students from other disciplinary backgrounds. Developing the ability to critically and creatively engage with 'real world' problems through interdisciplinary approaches will be the core of learning in this unit. You will develop skills in communication, collaboration and innovation, as well as reflective approaches that will focus on developing a clearer understanding of the personal perspective and skills each contributor brings to a shared challenge. Final outcomes from the unit may include collaborative or individual submissions.
Offerings in 2023
The 2023 handbook lists no offerings for ADA5011.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand a range of opportunities for discipline-specific practitioners in interdisciplinary contexts;
- 2
Apply collaboration, representation and communication skills for interdisciplinary engagement;
- 3
Conduct critical enquiry relevant to an identified issue, and analyse and evaluate findings;
- 4
Conceptualise, develop and present a creative response to a given interdisciplinary problem;
- 5
Critically reflect on the students' own contributions to an interdisciplinary undertaking.
Workload and teaching
12 hours per week including 4 contact hours plus 8 hours of independent study, or equivalent.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Lee-Anne Khor
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Lee-Anne Khor
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ADA5011?
None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.
When is ADA5011 offered?
ADA5011 has no offerings listed in the 2023 handbook.