FINEARTS 234 Creative Careers: Pathways - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Emphasises the practical aspects of establishing a career as a creative practitioner. Covers writing proposals, applications, artist’s statements, and other practical tools for a creative career. Focuses on the ability to communicate ideas effectively to peers and professional networks.

Course Overview

Rather than imagine a career in response to existing artistic models, this course asks students to go directly to the heart of a ‘real-world’ problem and develop an imagined entity that provides a solution to the problem identified. Students will be expected to find a problem that touches their sense of a future or that of their community or whanau and develop a playful, hypothetical ‘real-world’ project whose ‘value proposition’ (the promise of something to be delivered that solves a problem or fulfils a need) will work ‘on’ that problem. Examples include an artist run gallery or journal, maker space, product or app, iwi liaison/marae committee, agriculture collective or means of wealth generation and/or distribution: a project that offers a plausible model to fulfil a need or solve a future-based problem. Students will use a business case/CNZ-like proposal template to develop their solution as written work for submission. The hypothetical solution based-start-up will be the subject of an electronic media campaign developed in the context of discussions, brainstorming sessions, ‘the pitch’ and contextual research.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: FINEARTS 101, 102, 103, 104, or FINEARTS 110, 113 and FINEARTS 111 or 112

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrate skills and knowledge related to creative career development (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.3, 5.1 and 5.3)
Develop skills in articulating and communicating the language, methods and processes artists develop and use, as relevant to a students’ developing notion of their own practice through visual, written and verbal means (Capability 1.3, 2.1, 3.1 and 4.1)
Develop skills in the ability to articulate one’s own position with respect to a variety of creative practices and pathways (Capability 1.2, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1 and 6.1)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Coursework	100%	Individual Coursework
	100%

Assessment Type	Learning Outcome Addressed
	1	2	3
Coursework

A total grade of 50% or higher is required to pass this course. All submissions must follow the assignment guidelines on Canvas.

Teaching & Learning Methods

Project-centred learning is used to support the development of students’ creative working practices. Based in kanohi ki te kanohi environments, dialogue sits at the centre, creating opportunities to share diverse perspectives, knowledge and concepts. A broad range of methods are used across studio, workshop and digital spaces including: individual and collaborative projects, practical workshops, small group feedback sessions, lectures, tutorials, seminars, readings, guest speakers, gallery visits, working with community groups.

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15-point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in

each 15-point course that they are enrolled in. For this course, you can expect 2 hours of lectures, presentations and seminars, 2 or 3 hours of reading and thinking about the content and 5 or 6 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Attendance is required at scheduled activities including studios to receive credit for components of the course. Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including studios will not be available as recordings. The course will not include live online events including group discussions/tutorials. Attendance on campus is not required for the exam. The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Students may use resources in the Elam Computer Lab and Loan out or resources of their own

Health & Safety

Please refer to the Elam School of Fine Arts Health, Safety and Wellbeing guidelines that can be found in the Canvas page for this course in the files section.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Coursework must be submitted by the published deadline or it will receive the grade DNC (Did Not Complete). In some circumstances the student can apply for a Formal Extension of Time using the form on Canvas. The request must be supported by written evidence from a doctor or counsellor (or other relevant evidence) to support the extension request. Requests for extensions of time must be submitted and approved before the due date of the assignment. No extensions will be granted for problems such as clashing deadlines or accidentally erased computer files which should always be prevented by keeping backup copies.

In the event of unexpected disruption

We undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions, the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. In the event of a disruption, the University and your course coordinators will make every effort to provide you with up to date information via Canvas and the University website.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Capability 1:	Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2:	Critical Thinking
Capability 3:	Solution Seeking
Capability 4:	Communication and Engagement
Capability 5:	Independence and Integrity
Capability 6:	Social and Environmental Responsibilities

FINEARTS 234 : Creative Careers: Pathways

Creative Arts and Industries

2021 Semester One (1213) (15 POINTS)