$993 $1,243
Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 31 May 2021
- 30 Aug 2021
- 29 Nov 2021
Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.
QS RANKING 2021
13
Times Higher Education Ranking 2021
13
Subject details
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- Art theory and context
- Practices of seeing
- Art, politics and ideology
- Commodity, culture and desire
- Identity and the body
- The persistence of abstraction
- Conceptual art
- Landscape art and the environment
- Modernism and postmodernism
- Art science and technology
Others
You must have a high level of proficiency in the English language and competent essay writing skills.
Special requirements
No special requirements
This subject provides an introduction to the major theoretical issues of contemporary art with a strong emphasis given to contemporary practice. Theories of seeing and of cultural production are examined and illustrated through examples of contemporary art practices.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Online test (20%)
- Essay 1 (40%)
- Essay 2 (40%)
Current study term: 30 May 21 to 29 Aug 21
Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.
Next study term: 29 Aug 21 to 28 Nov 21
Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.
Related degrees
Undergraduate CUR-FAV-DEG-2021
Bachelor of Arts Fine Art Visual Culture
- Common Level 1 Subjects
- Level 1 Major - Fine Art
- Level 1 Major - Visual Culture
- Level 2 Major - Fine Art
- Level 2 Major - Visual Culture
- Level 3 Major - Fine Art
- Level 3 Major - Visual Culture