Undergraduate international course guide - Edith Cowan University

arts
bachelor of Arts
Duration: 3 years
campus: Joondalup / Mount Lawley
Folio/Audition/Interview: Yes
Enables students to pursue their passion and career goals
simultaneously. Students will have a unique opportunity to
design a cross-disciplinary course according to their personal
interests, perhaps in creative writing from the perspective of a
deep commitment to ecological issues, or a future in political
journalism, underpinned by expertise in a second language such
as Japanese.
The course structure enables students to combine Arts subjects
with either another major from any university discipline or
a series of electives, from the sciences to business, law and
psychology. Work-related placement is also encouraged. To help
students create exactly the undergraduate experience they want
for their anticipated professional life, ECU provides ongoing,
professional support throughout this undergraduate course.
Majors:
y Contemporary Fashion and Textiles
y English
y French (Introductory and Advanced)
y History
y Japanese (Introductory and Advanced)
y Politics and International Relations
y Visual Arts
y Visual Arts Immersion*
y Writing
* The Visual Arts Immersion major is an expanded program comprising
16 units. Students who undertake the Visual Arts Immersion major are
not required to undertake the second specialisation program or the
supplementary programs as listed above.
Admission Requirements:
Contemporary Fashion and Textiles Major: Interview.
French and Japanese Majors: Applicants for the advanced language
majors will require Western Australia Certificate of Education
(3A/3B), or equivalent language skills in the relevant language.
Additional condition for Japanese Majors and Minors: Native
speakers of Japanese who have completed their compulsory
education in Japan and/or in a Japanese educational institution
overseas (i.e. six years at primary and three years at junior high
school) are not eligible to enrol in a Japanese Major or Minor.
Visual Arts Major and Visual Arts Immersion Major: Folio interview.
CourSe StruCture
Requires the completion of 24 units / 360 credit points.
This course has four components;
y Core Program – 4 units
y Major Program – 8 units
y Supplementary Program – 12 units consisting of:
− Second Major – 8 units and
− Minor / Electives – 4 units.
or
− 4 units Second Minor
− 8 units Second Major, or a Minor and Electives,
or 8 Electives.
50
core units
CCA1108 Communications and Digital Technology 15
CCA3111 Preparation for Professional Life* 15
HMN1101 Home and Away: Introducing the Humanities 15
HMN1102 What is Knowledge? 15
* Capstone unit to be completed in final semester.
MAJoRS
Contemporary Fashion and textiles
Folio/Audition/Interview: Yes
Uses the material garment and textiles as a vehicle for
exploration in relation to the body, object, site, image,
contemporary fashion, found garment and contemporary art.
Students will investigate and apply a range of non-industrial
construction techniques, creative material methodologies and
contextual research approaches. The major also engages students
in a range of contextual and historical investigations to do with
the garment and textiles and the contexts in which they function.
It prepares them for a range of creative design and contemporary
art outcomes such as textile design and production, pattern
making and garment construction, contemporary art and fashion
presentation, and contemporary art practice. Students can elect
to specialise within this major by selecting units with a bias
towards either fashion or textiles. Alternatively they can select
their units from a combination of the two areas.
Admission Requirements: Interview.
Required units Credit Points
FAS2101 Reconstructing the Garment 15
FAS2103 Fabric Manipulation 15
Select four units from the following list:
FAS1101 Materials and the Body* 15
FAS1102 Inquiry for Garment* 15
FAS2102 Constructing the Pattern* 15
FAS2104 Studio Project 1 (Application)* 15
FAS1103 Inquiry for Textiles # 15
FAS1104 Textiles and Form # 15
FAS2105 Text and Image # 15
FAS2106 Site Research Project # 15
Select two units from the following list:
FAS3101 Contextualising the Garment 15
FAS3103 Professional Practice 15
FAS3205 Studio Project 2 (Construction) 15
FAS3204 Studio Project 3 (Performance) 15
* Denotes recommended unit for students wishing to complete the major
with a fashion bias.
# Denotes recommended unit for students wishing to complete the major
with a textiles bias.
careers: Fashion Designer, Fashion Retailer, Stylist,
Costume Designer.
english
campus: Mount Lawley
English will prepare you to enter the world of work as a rigorous
reader, compelling writer, effective speaker and an engaged,
respectful world citizen – all marketable skills of a leader. As an
English student, you will develop a high level of transferable
English language skills along with a thorough understanding of
human nature through the breadth and depth of your reading.
Required units Credit Points
ENG1050 Literature and Social Change 15
ENG1140 Discovering Literature 15