UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

AHT4503 Advanced art theory

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

AHT4503 Advanced art theory is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Semester 1
Caulfield

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before AHT4503

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After AHT4503

No unit lists AHT4503 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisite: Admission to F3701 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)

Overview

This unit aims to help you develop your knowledge and understanding of various key theoretical writers and concepts relevant to advanced studies in contemporary art. Prevailing critical theories and terms are outlined in order to open up research venues considered particularly productive for the art researcher's own personal directions. The unit is designed as a training for independent research and encourages you to investigate a wide range of ideas circulating in contemporary visual culture.

Offerings in 2020

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterCaulfieldOn campus

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Demonstrate awareness of current discourses in a range of disciplines which bear on contemporary artistic production;

  2. 2

    Pursue critical arguments with a sense of their ideological relativity;

  3. 3

    Assess the bias of an investigative method, considering gender, class and ethnicity;

  4. 4

    Understand methodology as a critique of method and be able to practice criticism in your chosen field;

  5. 5

    Identify assumptions inherent in the formulation of critical questions and cultivate caution against prejudicing the outcomes of research by foreclosing on the terms of inquiry;

  6. 6

    Explain the basis of art works not merely as the outcome of practical constraints but the expression of cultural values.

Workload and teaching

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Dr Jan Bryant
Chief Examiners
Dr Jan Bryant

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for AHT4503?

AHT4503 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is AHT4503 offered?

In 2020, AHT4503 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
4
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
Organisational unit
Department of Fine Art
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Not available