CREA7001 Exegesis

2020

4.5

1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
4 x 3-hour on-line exercises per semester

1 Admission into HBCA-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)
1a Admission into HBA-Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
1b Admission into HBBSC-Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Honours)
1c Admission into HBARCH-Bachelor of Archaeology (Honours)
1d Admission into HBIR-Bachelor of International Relations (Honours)
1e Admission into HBPF-Bachelor of Performance (Honours)
1f Admission into HBCI-Bachelor of Creative Industries (Honours)
2 108 units of study
3 Admission into BCAHVEED-Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) (Visual Effects and Entertainment Design)
Must Satisfy: (((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f)) or (2 and 3))

Assignment(s), Tutorial participation

The purpose of this topic is for Honours students who will separately complete a creative artefact for their thesis to also produce an accompanying exegesis. Students will reflect on the theoretical and creative influences on their creative work, with a focus on practice-led research and other methodologies. Students will have the opportunity to focus on particular aspects of exegetical practice that meet their individual needs and focus.

This topic aims to:

• Develop student capacities for verbal and written communication of creative research including methodologies, theories and outcomes reflecting on an initial research proposition

• Provide opportunities for students to reflect on their creative development

• Develop students’ critical thinking in relation to their individual creative practice

• Develop students' abilities to synthesise relevant theory from a practice-led project

• Deepen students’ knowledge of methodologies across the creative arts beyond their personal creative practice

• Develop students’ awareness of scholarly conventions, intellectual integrity, and ethical considerations in practice led research

• Communicate issues related to creative-led research both verbally and in writing.

On completion of this topic, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Sustain an exegetical project to resolution, including planning, problem-solving and reflection on its relationship to research aims, and developmental milestones

2. Appraise and analyse their creative practice, within the scope of a specific research design

3. Evaluate the research outcomes and appropriateness of the original research design

4. Communicate issues related to creative-led research both verbally and in writing.