AHT4112 Major project - Art history and theory honours
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
AHT4112 Major project - Art history and theory honours is a level 4, 18-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2023 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 18
- Offered in 2023
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
The 2027 handbook has no page for AHT4112. This is its 2023 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before AHT4112
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After AHT4112
No unit lists AHT4112 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: You must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) (F3701)
Overview
Project studies is the second part of a major curating or art history and theory research project. Following on from AHT4111, it provides an opportunity to extend and complete the research in to issues of art practice in the area(s) chosen by you and approved by the department by at the time of application. Consisting of a 15000 word written thesis or curatorial project equivalent, you will be expected to meet regularly with your supervisors while undertaking independent research.
Offerings in 2023
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Thesis100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically reflect and respond to current discourse in relation to an area of contemporary artistic production or curation;
- 2
Advance sustained critical arguments in relation to a specialised topic;
- 3
Apply research methodology to conduct high level scholarly or curatorial research in your chosen field;
- 4
Articulate interpretations of the literature or curatorial practice in yout chosen field.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities48 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
36 hours (lecture, tutorial, individual supervision) per week.
Learning resources
Required resources
Myers,Terry R. (ed.), Painting , (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Harris, Jonathan. Art History: The Key Concepts (London: Routledge, 2006).
Bishop, Claire (ed.), Participation (London: Whitechapel, 2006).
Coles, Alex (ed.), Design and Art (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Iversen, Margaret (ed.), Chance, (London: Whitechapel, 2010).
Dillon, Brian (ed.), Ruins, (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Payne, Michael et al (eds.), A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996)
Kocur, Zoya and Leung, Simon (eds.), Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 , (Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2013).
Kastner, Jeffrey (ed.), Nature (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Merewether, Charles (ed.), The Archive (London: Whitechapel, 2006).
Williams, Gilda (ed.), The Gothic (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Le Feuvre, Lisa (ed.), Failure (London: Whitechapel, 2010).
Morley, Simon (ed.), The Sublime (London: Whitechapel, 2010
Evans, David (ed.), Appropriation (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Moore, Burness E. and Fine, Bernard D (eds.) , Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990)
Kelly, Caleb (ed.), Sound (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Higgie, Jennifer (ed.), The Artists Joke (London: Whitechapel, 2007).
Noble, Richard (ed.), Utopias (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Robinson, Hilary (ed.), Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968–2000 (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2001).
Anderson, Jaynie (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011).
Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy: http://stanford.library.usyd.edu.au/
Patin Thomas and McLerran, Jennifer. Artwords: A Glossary of Contemporary Art Theory (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1997).
Kocur, Zoya, Global Visual Cultures: An Anthology , (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).
Campany, David (ed.), The Cinematic (London: Whitechapel,2007).
Nelson, Robert S. and Schiff. Richard (eds.), Critical Terms for Art History (Chicago: University of Chicago, 1996).
Jones, Amelia, Companion to Contemporary Art , (Malden, M.A.: Blackwell Publishers, 2006).
Harris, Jonathan (ed.), Globalization and Contemporary Art , (Chichester: John Wiley, 2011).
Lepecki, André (ed.), Dance (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Farr, Ian (ed.), Memory (London: Whitechapel, 2012).
Costello, Diarmuid and Vickery. Jonathan (eds.), Art: Key Contemporary Thinkers (Oxford: Berg, 2007).
Chiu, Melissa and Genocchio, Benjamin, Contemporary art in Asia: A Critical Reader , (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011).
Kotsopoulos, Nikos (ed.), Contemporary Art in Latin America , (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010); and Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe , (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2010).
Johnstone, Stephen (ed.), The Everyday (London: Whitechapel, 2008).
Meskimmon, Marsha, Contemporary art and the Cosmopolitan Imagination , (London; New York: Routledge, 2011).
Doherty, Claire (ed.), Situation (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Beech, Dave (ed.), Beauty (London: Whitechapel, 2009).
Allen, Felicity (ed.), Education, (London: Whitechapel, 2011).
Harrison, Charles and Wood, Paul J. (eds.), Art in Theory 1900–2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas (Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2002).
Adamson, Glenn. Thinking Through Craft (New York: Berg, 2007).
Belting, Hans; Buddensieg, Andrea; Birken, Jacob; and Weibel, Peter (eds.), Global Studies: Mapping Contemporary Art and Culture (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2011),
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Helen Hughes
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Helen Hughes
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AHT4112?
None, but you must take OHS1000 before or alongside it.
When is AHT4112 offered?
In 2023, AHT4112 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
Does AHT4112 have an exam?
No. AHT4112 has 1 assessment task and no exam.