Postgraduate - Edith Cowan University

esearch through a comprehensive and analytical thesis based on
their creative project and the development of their artistic ideas
and processes.
PAM5102 20 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Students will design, direct or produce an arts project, culminating
in a performance, installation or exhibition. This unit provides
students with the opportunity to develop a multi-arts theme in a
contemporary arts environment, possibly in collaboration with
other students from other arts disciplines. Students will be asked
to research, devise and produce new works of art or approaches to
arts practice. It is expected that this activity will be a
contemporary expression of traditional arts practice and could
frequently be an exploratory work spanning and integrating art
forms. Students will combine the analytical, creative and technical
experiences developed throughout the course. Major project work
will be evaluated by a panel of staff and consultants.
PAM5103 20 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Students will design, direct or produce an arts project, culminating
in a performance, installation or exhibition. This unit provides
students with the opportunity to develop a multi-arts theme in a
contemporary arts environment, possibly in collaboration with
other students from other arts disciplines. Students will be asked
to research, devise and produce new works of art or approaches to
arts practice. It is expected that this activity will be a
contemporary expression of traditional arts practice and could
frequently be an exploratory work spanning and integrating art
forms. Students will combine the analytical, creative and technical
experiences developed throughout the course. Major project work
will be evaluated by a panel of staff and consultants.
PAM5104 20 Credit Points
Thesis Development
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Students will design, direct or produce an arts project, culminating
in a performance, installation or exhibition. This unit provides
students with the opportunity to develop a multi-arts theme in a
contemporary arts environment, possibly in collaboration with
other students from other arts disciplines. Students will be asked
to research, devise and produce new works of art or approaches to
arts practice. It is expected that this activity will be a
contemporary expression of traditional arts practice and could
frequently be an exploratory work spanning and integrating art
forms. Students will combine the analytical, creative and technical
experiences developed throughout the course. Major project work
will be evaluated by a panel of staff and consultants.
PHE4211 10 Credit Points
Teaching Physical Education 1
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit is designed to support students as they prepare for their
first professional practices in mid-semester. It runs concurrently
with the core Classroom Management unit, generalising its
principles to the HPE context by identifying particular features of
HPE settings and assigning students corresponding managerial,
instructional, assessment and curriculum development tasks. A
study of the nature and purpose of HPE across junior and senior
schooling levels provides the context for exploring how principles
of teaching, learning and assessment apply to HPE.
PHE4212 10 Credit Points
Teaching Health Education
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
An introduction to contemporary issues, knowledge and skills
required to engage and teach in Health Education in secondary
schools. Emphasis will be placed on the nature and purpose of
Health Education in schools, and its role in the broader delivery of
outcomes from the Health and Physical Education (HPE)
Learning Area. Students will pay specific attention to best practice
models of teaching and learning in Health Education, and utilise
these to plan effective curriculum and lessons in the classroom.
PHE4213 10 Credit Points
Teaching of Secondary Dance
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
This unit prepares students for planning and implementing dance
education lessons. It examines the nature and scope of secondary
school dance education programs. Emphasis is given to the
development of personal skills, instructional skills and teaching
strategies necessary for the effective teaching and learning of
dance education.
PHO4102 15 Credit Points
Photomedia Aesthetics and Histories
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
In this unit students acquire an overview of the principle practices,
theories and debates, credited as having defined photography’s
history. The unit focuses on the influential aesthetic discourses of
European and American photography giving emphasis to major
trends.
PHO4103 15 Credit Points
Studio Work
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
In this unit students develop skills in the creative management of
light through investigation and application of lighting principles
used in photomedia production. The potential of photographs to
create audiences is explored in projects that aim to promote the
production of imaginative and engaging imagery.
PHO4105 15 Credit Points
Photo Work
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
In this unit students are introduced to formal aspects of image
construction and explore fundamental production principles with
elementary photographic equipment and materials.
PHO4113 15 Credit Points
Discourses and Culture
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
In this unit students examine key theories and critical discourses
that seek to explain relationships between photographic practices,
individual and social identities, and contemporary cultures.
PHO4201 15 Credit Points
Images and Narratives
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
PHO4103 Studio Work
In this unit students investigate theories of metaphor, myth, ritual
and performance and their relationships to narrative photomedia
production. Students will explore theories and practices through
projects that aim to realise the potential of photographic
expression and communication.
PHO4202 15 Credit Points
Images and Pleasures
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
PHO4103 Studio Work
In this applied unit students will investigate the subjects, practices
and aesthetics of fashion and studio photomedia production.
PHO4211 15 Credit Points
Photojournalism and Editorial Practice
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
PHO4103 Studio Work
In this unit students will examine the professional practice
required to execute and present self-initiated or commissioned
work to the publishing and print media industry.
PHO4221 15 Credit Points
Advanced Digital Photomedia
FACULTY OF EDUCATION & ARTS
Prerequisite :
IMM4121 Digital Photomedia
290 ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2008