Planning an Arts Research Project

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. analyse the context of an issue in a field of media, creative arts or social inquiry
  2. evaluate a body of work and plan a project as the critical response to this body of work
  3. communicate how a project will contribute to addressing an issue of significance to the student, their discipline, an industry or community
  4. evaluate the ethical dimensions of the student’s planned project in relation to the university’s research ethics protocols.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Curtin University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• CUR-APW-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Professional Writing and Publishing)
• CUR-ADC-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma in Arts (Digital Communications)
• CUR-AFA-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma in Arts (Fine Art)
• CUR-APW-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma in Arts (Professional Writing and Publishing)
• CUR-ACW-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma in Arts (Creative Writing)
• CUR-ADC-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Digital Communications)
• CUR-AFA-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Fine Art)
• CUR-ACW-MAS-2026 - Master of Arts (Creative Writing)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• CUR-COM500-Approaches to Arts Research

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

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.

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