Fine Art Studio Processes
UndergraduateCUR-VSW2202025
Strive towards a studio research presentation. Think about how time and place affect your artwork. Learn to view your output through international and cultural frameworks. Experiment with techniques as you search for new exciting ways to work.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 24 Aug 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 3 Mar 2025,
- 1 Sept 2025
- Price from
- $1,286
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Fine Art Studio Processes
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- innovatively apply knowledge of skills, techniques and methods to the process of studio practice within a specified conceptual framework
- critically evaluate studio practice and production techniques in order to generate experimental processes
- originate and critically analyse responses to set projects
- propose, test and evaluate new ideas or ways of working.
- Time
- Place
This subject is designed to develop your capacity for research-based enquiry into skills, techniques, methods and processes of fine art that takes into account international and cultural contexts. You will undertake a practical engagement of studio-based research through staff and, or self-directed projects within a specified conceptual framework. You will work towards a studio research presentation and a developed body of artworks.
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- Studio Research Presentation (40%)
- Final Folio Assessment (60%)
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Entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-VSW22 (Not currently available)
CUR-VSW26 (Not currently available)
Others
Students must have completed at least 100 credit points in their course to enrol in this unit.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio/Visual equipment
- Other requirements -
Supply your own art materials and have access to a digital camera and/or scanner for documenting your artwork for assessment.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Digital and Social Media)
UndergraduateCUR-FAI-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Digital Experience and Interaction Design) (Fine Art)
UndergraduateCUR-DDF-DEG
UndergraduateCUR-FIA-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Professional Writing and Publishing)
UndergraduateCUR-FAP-DEG
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) (Visual Culture)
UndergraduateCUR-FAV-DEG
Bachelor of Education (Secondary Education) (The Arts - Visual Arts)
UndergraduateCUR-SAR-DEG
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