1997 QUT Handbook

■ AAP429 DANCE CURRICULUM STUDIES 2
Development of understanding and skills for learning; assessment
issues and techniques; philosophical concepts relevant
to dance education.
Courses: ED37, IF75
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP430 DRAMA CURRICULUM STUDIES 2
Advanced practical applications in assessment, curriculum
planning and teaching/learning strategies in the relevant visual
and performing arts area.
Courses: ED32, ED37 Corequisites: EDP451
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP431 MUSIC CURRICULUM STUDIES 2
See AAP430 .
Courses: ED32, ED37, IF78 Corequisites: EDP451
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP432 VISUAL ARTS CURRICULUM STUDIES 2
See AAP430 .
Courses: ED32, ED37 Corequisites: EDP451
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP433 MUSIC CURRICULUM STUDIES 2A
Extension studies in methods of teaching and curricula relevant
to specialist teachers of instrumental, secondary or primary
music.
Courses: ED37, IF78 Prerequisites: AAP428
Corequisites: AAP431
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP434 MUSIC CURRICULUM STUDIES 1A
A specialist extension study in curriculum for students planning
a career as a primary, secondary or instrumental music
specialist in schools; materials and appropriate methods of
teaching related to music in the wider school curriculum outside
the classroom.
Courses: ED37, IF78 Credit Points: 12
■ AAP501 ART CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONS
The aims, content and agenda of historical and contemporary
art education orientations; assumptions by movements
in relation to art theories, child development, teacher’s role
and classroom practice; investigation of strengths and weaknesses,
theory and practice and historical, social and intellectual
influence on past and present art education philosophies.
Courses: ED22, ED26
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP502 ART EDUCATION PROGRAM DESIGN &
PRACTICE
Design and implementation of defensible art education programs
at broad and specific school levels; the learning outcomes
of art activities; classroom practice and evaluation
across all levels of schooling.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED51 Prerequisites: AAP501
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP503 CLAY MATERIALS
Develop ceramic knowledge, artistic concepts and practical/
technical skills; investigation of selected historical ceramic
eras; understanding of the relationship between ceramics and
the maker’s culture; development of personal imagery and
design.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED50, ED51, AA71
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP505 FIBRE
Historical and contemporary textile media; development of
technical and conceptual textile knowledge; utilisation of fibre/textile
materials and processes to develop both 2 and 3
Dimensional textile artefacts/objects; the relationship between
textile arts and selected cultures; particularly in relation
to fashion design, individual development of design, construction
and decoration techniques and textile imagery.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED50, ED51, AA71
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP507 PAINTING
Introducing and developing an active awareness of both historical
and contemporary issues in painting and drawing
through studio practice and tutorials; the skills appropriate to
the range of available media pursued in studio classes and
professional practice.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED50, ED51, AA71
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP509 PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIA
Photographic processes; aesthetic aspects of photography;
history of art and photography; personal approaches to photography.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED50, ED51, AA71
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAP511 PRINTMAKING
Relief printmaking: raised and incised blocks in lino; wood
and glued materials; intaglio printmaking: etching, engraving,
dry point and aquatint; planographic printmaking: lithography,
monoprints and transfer prints; stencil printmaking: silk
screening and photographic stencils; presentation of prints.
Courses: ED22, ED26, ED50, ED51, AA71
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAX101 DANCE COMPOSITION 1
Discussion and theoretical understanding of dance composition;
practical exploration of skills essential for dance composition
including: establishment of approach or theme, style
of movement, patterning of movement, phrasing of steps, selection
and structuring of completed dance segments.
Courses: AA09
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ AAX102 DANCE COMPOSITION 2
Discussion and investigation of dance forms; preparation and
presentation of short solo and group sequences; practical experience
in group dance through improvisation and set
compositional studies; discussion and criticism of presented
dance work, discussion of criteria for evaluation and assessment
of dance works. Choreography of a work for public performance.
Courses: AA09 Prerequisites: AAX101
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ AAX103 MUSIC
Musical basics through aural and written theories.
Courses: AA09
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 1.5 per week
■ AAX104 DANCE KINESIOLOGY & ALIGNMENT
Principles governing human stability and motion; ways muscles
work to produce dance movement; machines of the body;
movement and dance injuries.
Courses: AA09, AA11
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 2.5 per week
■ AAX105 DANCE STYLES 1
Study of folk dance, tap dance and jazz dance styles. Practical
work includes: folk steps and dances from selected parts
of the world; tap and jazz dance combinations and routines
for performance.
Courses: AA09
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 2 per week
■ AAX106 DANCE STYLES 2
Development of dancing and singing skills; composition of
dance routines for chorus; dramatic aspects of music comedy;
tap dance combinations and routines, study of character
and jazz styles; practical work includes basic technique, step
combinations, solo and group choreographic work.
Courses: AA09
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ AAX111 REPERTOIRE & PRACTICE PERIOD 1
Designated Unit. Study of selected repertoire pieces; rehearsal
of individual aspects of the repertoire work; performance of
all or part of the selected repertoire; preparation for rehearsals
and performance; technique and dress rehearsals; critical
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