The Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts) [BEd (Visual Arts)] is a four-year course which prepares students for teaching art/craft and graphic communication in secondary schools. The course has three major components:
• studio practice in a wide range of art and design disciplines;
• studies in art history and culture; and
• education studies (which include general education studies, art education and school experience).
Students undertake a common first year, gaining experience in studio areas such as drawing, painting, printmaking and photography; ceramics and sculpture; clothing and textilecraft; metalcraft and woodcraft; and design and graphic communication.
From second year students narrow their choice of studio subjects until in final year they concentrate on one area of specialisation.
The course develops studies in teaching and educational issues. School experience sessions become increasingly intensive in third and fourth years. Compulsory subjects in art education, teaching methods and complementary general education studies give students considerable support for their school experience placements.
The BEd (Visual Arts) course aims to prepare graduates capable of teaching visual arts subjects throughout secondary schools. Course graduates should be able to:
• apply knowledge, understanding and skills in a studio discipline area in the field of visual arts (with the ability to teach this studio discipline throughout the secondary school system);
• develop personal expression and a broad knowledge and understanding of and skills in art, craft and design (particularly as these relate to the teaching of art/craft and graphic communication in the early years of secondary schools);
Course Committee Chairperson:
Geoff Hammond
Selection Officer. Sue Wilks, Room 208, John Smyth Building
Course Advisers:Year 1: Carolyn Roberts. Year 2: Maggie Hegarty. Year 3: Lee Emery. Year 4:
Geoff Hammond
Executive Officer: Pamela Barber, Course Office, Level 4, ERC Building
Course Office: Room 414, Educational Resource Centre
• comprehend the theoretical and social foundations underlying contemporary issues and developments in education, particularly those related to the teaching of art/craft and graphic communication;
• demonstrate competence in general teaching skills and an understanding of the various roles of the teacher (and relate these skills and roles to art/craft and graphic communication curriculum of the secondary school);
• appreciate and apply the major theories, issues and practices associated with visual arts education, particularly how they relate to secondary schools; and
• demonstrate a knowledge of art history and culture and understand contemporary art movements and how these relate to the teaching of art history and art appreciation in secondary schools.
Course structure and progress
A candidate's progress in the course is expressed in terms of points credited for subjects passed.
A candidate who has completed part or all of a previous course of study at tertiary level or has achieved previous professional experience relevant to the course may be given credit for this previous study or experience providing the Institute Board approves such credit. Where there is no equivalent subject or subjects the candidate may be credited with an appropriate points score to be determined by the Institute Board.
A candidate may include in his/her course of study subjects offered in another course of the University of Melbourne or of another institution provided that the Institute Board considers such subjects to be of an appropriate standard and relevance to the course.
The total number of points which maybe credited to a candidate for previous studies and experience and subjects from other courses must not exceed 300 points.
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Education a student who commences the first year of the course in 1992 must:
• gain a cumulative score of at least 400 points;
• complete at least 213 points in Area 1 (Studio and Health & Safety) including at least 32.5 points in Drawing subjects and including 35 points at the D-level studio;
• complete all 70.4 points in Area 2 (Art History and Culture);
• complete all 116.6 points in Area 3 (Education);
and
• comply with the structure of the course as detailed in Schedule B.
To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Education a student who is admitted beyond the first year of the course in 1992 must:
65 Schedule A: Table of subjects
Subjects (to be read in conjunction with Schedule B) Area I Studio Subjects
Points
Studio Practice D - Arts:
491-183 Ceramics and Sculpture A 12.5 491-445 Ceramics D 44.4 491-184 Clothing and Textiles A 12.5 491-446 Painting D 44.4
491-186 Design and Graphic 491-447 Photography D 44.4
Communication A 17.5 491-448 Printmaking D 44.4
491-181 Drawing A 7.5 491-449 Sculpture D 44.4
491-182 Painting, Printmaking and
Photography A 17.5 Studio Practice D - Crafts:
491-185 Wood and Metal A 12.5 491-450 Garment Construction D 44.4 Area 2 Art History and Culture Subjects
491-187 Art History and Culture A 20.0
491-451 Metalcraft D 491-452 Textilecraft D 491-453 Woodcraft D
44.4 44.4 44.4 Subjects (to be read in conjunction Points 491-407 Studio Practice D - Design 44.4
with Schedule C) 492-230 Textilecraft B 8.3
492-324 Textilecraft C 16.7
Area I Studio Subjects 492-231 Woodcraft B 8.3
491-212 Ceramics B 8.3 492-325 Woodcraft C 16.7
491-309 Ceramics C 16.7
491-213 Design B 8.3 Related Arts:
491-310 Design C 16.7 491-127 Drama Project Studies 8.3
491-250 Drawing B1 5.6 491-428 Media Arts Practical Project 8.3 491-216 Drawing B2 5.6 491-429 Music as a Performing Art 8.3 491-312 Drawing Cl 8.3 491-430 Music as a Creative Art 8.3 491-313 Drawing C2 8.3 Area 2 Arts and Culture Subjects
491-215 Garment Construction B 491-345 Garment Construction C 491-251 Graphic Communication B 491-2.54 Metalcraft B
8.3 16.7 11.1 8.3
491-201 Art History and Culture B 491-301 Art History and Culture C 491-401 Art History and Culture D
16.7 22.2 16.7 491-349 Metalcraft C
492-220 Painting B
16.7
8.3 Area 3 Education Subjects 471-208 Education B (including
492-300 Painting C 16.7 School Experience) 38.9
492-218 Photography B 8.3 471-317 Education C (including
491-398 Photography C 16.7 School Experience) 36.1
492-219 Printmaking B 8.3 471-413 Education D (including
491-399 Printmaking C 16.7 School Experience) 38.9
492-228 Sculpture B 8.3
492-321 Sculpture C 16.7
• gain a cumulative score of at least 400 points;
• complete at least 199.9 points in Area 1 (Studio) including at least 27 points in Drawing subjects and 44 points at the D-level studio;
• complete all 723 points in Area 2 (A rt History and Culture);
• complete all 127.8 points in Area 3 (Education);
and
• comply with the structure of the course as detailed in Schedule C.
A candidate is:
• in the first year of the course until such time as his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 75 points;
• in the second year of the course from when his/
her cumulative score equals or exceeds 75 points until such time as it equals or exceeds 175 points;
• in the third year of the course from when his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 175 points until such time as it equals or exceeds 275 points;
and
• in the fourth year of the course from when his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 275 points until such time as his/her cumulative score equals or exceeds 400 points.
Except where special permission is granted by the Institute Board a candidate will not be permitted to enrol for subjects totalling more than 110 points in any one academic year.
66 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 — Volume Four Schedule B: Structure of the course
Subject First year Drawing A
Foundation Studies in Art and Design;
Painting, Printmaking and Photography A
Ceramics and Sculpture A Clothing and Textiles A Wood and Metal A Design and Graphic Communication A Art History and Culture Second year
Drawing B1 Drawing B2
Health and Safety Studies
Three Studio studies* chosen from:
Painting and Printmaking B Ceramics and Sculpture B Clothing and Textiles B Wood B
Metal B
Design and Graphic Communication B Photography B
Art History and Culture B Education B
Points
Third year
7.5
Drawing Cl or C2Two Studio studies* chosen from:
Two Dimensional Art C 17.5 Ceramics and Sculpture C 12.5 Clothing and Textiles C 12.5 Wood C
12.5 Metal C
Design and Graphic Communication C 17.5 Art History and Culture C
20.0 Education C Fourth year
7.5 One Studio study chosen from:
7.5 Two Dimensional Art D 3.0 Ceramics and Sculpture D 30.0 Clothing and Textiles D
Wood D
Design and Graphic Communication D Art History and Culture D#
Education D
• Approval may be given for the substitution of an equivalent to one of these studies.
18.7 # Approval may be given for substitution of an 33.3 appropriate and relevant study, provided that Course
Committee guidelines are met.
Note: Precise Studio offerings in third and fourth years will be determined during 1993. Studio subjects for these years are listed as a guide for students.
10.0 40.0
16.7 33.3 35.0
15.0 50.0
A candidate who does not pass in a subject may be credited with the points to be scored for that subject by the Institute Board, having regard to his/her performance in all subjects taken by him/her (whether taken in one year or more), in accordance with principles determined by the Institute Board.
The subjects of the course and their points values are provided in Schedule A.
Course planning
Students seeking assistance in matters such as planning a course of study, deferment, leave of absence, special consideration in the event of illness or death in the family, withdrawal from subjects and changing subjects should report first to the Course Office or their Course Adviser.
An outline of the structure of the course is provided above in Schedules B and C.
Each subject has a points value; when a student passes in a subject he/she is awarded the points score
of the subject. Points are accumulated over the four years of the course. Each subject is allocated to one of three Areas of Study to distinguish between studio-based subjects, theoretical studies of art, and education studies.
The award of Bachelor of Education (Visual Arts) requires a cumulative total of 400 points. This includes minimum numbers of points in the three Areas of Study. Points scored in excess of the minimum required in any Area are not transferable.
Subjects and their Area allocation are listed in the accompanying Table of Subjects. Where the structure of the course indicates that an alternative subject may be taken, the points scored for passing will be allocated to the same Area as the subject replaced.
Credit may be granted for subjects completed in another course of study at the tertiary level (see section on Admission and Enrolment procedures).
67 Schedule C: Structure of the course
Subject
First year (not offered in 1992) Foundation Studies in Art Foundation Studies in Craft Foundation Studies in Design Drawing A
History of Art and Culture
Education A (including one week school experience General Education Studies) Second year (not offered in 1993) Choice of four* (8.3 points each):
Painting B Printmaking B Ceramics B Sculpture B
Garment Construction B Textilecraft B
Metalcraft B Woodcraft B Design B Photography B
Graphic Communication B Drawing BI
Drawing B2
History of Art and Culture B Education B (including four weeks' school experience Art Education and General Ed. Std.)
Third year (not offered in 1994) Choice of two* (16.7 points each):
Painting C Printmaking C Ceramics C Sculpture C
Points
Garment Construction C 27.8 Textilecraft C
22.2 Metalcraft C 11.1 Woodcraft C
8.3 Design C 16.7 Photography C
Drawing Cl or Drawing C2 8.3
13.9 History of Art and Culture C Education C (including four weeks'
22.2 school experience, Art Education
33.2 and General Ed. Std.) 36.1
Fourth year (not offered in 1995)
Choice of one: 44.4
Painting D Printmaking D Ceramics D Sculpture D
Garment Construction D Textilecraft D
Metalcraft D Woodcraft D 5.6 Design D
5.6 Photography D (studio at fourth
16.7 year includes two weeks of field experience) History of Art and Culture D** 16.7 Education D (including four weeks
38.9 school experience Art Education
and General Ed. Std.) 38.9
33.4 Approval may be given for substitution of an equivalent to one of these studies.
Approval may be given for substitution of an
*■
appropriate and relevant study, provided that Course Committee guidelines are met.
Prerequisites
Before applying for enrolment in any subjects, students should ensure that they have fulfilled the necessary prerequisite conditions for enrolment in those subjects. Prerequisites are indicated in the subject descriptions provided in the following pages.
Subjects selected from other courses at the University
A student planning to enrol for a subject available in other courses offered by the Institute must obtain the approval of the Course Adviser and the Lecturer- in-Charge of the subject area.
Subject descriptions
Subject descriptions given in this volume are summaries only. Full details of syllabuses and booklists may be obtained from the teaching areas which present the subjects or from the Course Office.
Assessment
Basic information on assessment methods can he found in the relevant subject descriptions in the following pages. Complete details are listed in the approved subject descriptions, a copy of which is retained in the Course Office. The approved assessment procedures cannot be altered by a department without the written approval of each student enrolled in the relevant subject. Results for most subjects in the course are expressed as A, B, C, D, E, F, with E and F being failed grades. Others are ungraded and results are expressed as either 'Pass' or 'Fail'. Where these are the only assessment gradings adopted for a particular subject, this is denoted in transcripts by the subject name having an asterisk attached.
Books
Complete booksists are available from the teaching areas which present the subjects.
68 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 — Volume Four Subject descriptions
491-187 ART HISTORY AND CULTURE A Credit points: 20.0
Staff: Maylene Smith.
Contact: (Two semesters.)
Content: A core study preceded by Unit A or Unit B, to be selected by students according to background studies and experience. Unit A: Studies in Art History and Culture - Introduction for students requiring a broad introduction to Art History and Culture. Unit B: Studies in Art History and Culture - A thematic approach for students with some knowledge and understanding of Art History and Culture. Details of the core and the units are provided below.
Assessment: 30 per cent for the unit and 70 per cent for the core. Students must pass either Unit A or Unit B and the core study. Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
CORE STUDY Staff: Maylene Smith.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week for 1 1/2 semesters. (Two semesters.)
Content: Topics selected from: Art in Ancient Greece, Roman cultural art and imagery, Renaissance Art, Baroque Art, Art in Spain, Holland and France, Nineteenth Century European Art.
Assessment: A 30-minute oral or 1500-word written tutorial presentation (20 per cent); an assignment equivalent to 1500 words (30 per cent); a 1-hour visual or written tutorial test. Core studies constitutes 70 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture A. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Gardner H Art Through the Ages Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1986. Hauser A The Philosophy of Art History Knopf New York 1969.
UNIT A: STUDIES IN ART HISTORY AND CULTURE - INTRODUCTION
Staff: Maylene Smith.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/tutorial each week for half a semester. (First semester.)
Content: Topics selected from: the Arts in Society, the approaches and methods of Art History, style, content and chronology in History, role and relevance of Art History.
Assessment: An exercise equivalent to 1500 words on a selected topic. Unit A constitutes 30 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture A. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Berger J Ways of Seeing BBC London UK 1985. Gombrich E Story of Art Phaidon London UK 1984.
UNIT B: STUDIES IN ART HISTORY AND CULTURE - A THEMATIC APPROACH Staff: Maylene Smith.
Contact: A 2-hour lecture/tutorial each week for half a semester. (First semester.)
Content: Topics selected from: the Place and Role of Art History, Media, Style and Content in Art, Genre and the Arts, Portraiture, Landscape and Traditional Themes in History.
Assessment: An exercise equivalent to 1500 words on a selected topic. Unit B constitutes 30 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture A. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Fleming W Arts and Ideas Holt Reinhart and Winston New York USA 1986.
Gombrich E Art and Illusion Phaidon London UK 1977.
491-201 ART HISTORY AND CULTURE B Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Ken Wach.
Contact: (Two semesters.)
Content: A core study plus an elective study in either Aboriginal Art and Culture (Elective 1) or Pacific Region Arts and Culture (Elective 2). Details of the core and electives are provided below.
Assessment:70 per cent for the core study and 30 per cent for the elective; students pass the core study and one elective. Minimum 80 per cent attendance.
Results will be graded.
CORE STUDY: AUSTRALIAN ARTS STUDIES Staff: Ken Wach.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week for 1 1/2 semesters. (Second semester.) Content: Topics selected from: Colonial Art in Australia, European influence in Australia, the Art of Early Settlement, Art between the Wars, the Development of Modernism, Later Developments and Cultural Diversity in Australia.
Assessment: A seminar presentation of up to 45 minutes (30 per cent); a 2000-word research project or equivalent (40 per cent). Core Study constitutes 70 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture B. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Haese R Rebels and Precursors Penguin Melbourne 1988. Smith B Place, Taste and Tradition Oxford University Press Melbourne 1979.
ELECTIVE 1: ABORIGINAL ART AND CULTURE
Staff: To be advised.
The Institute of Education 69 Contact A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each
week for 1/2 semester. (First semester.)
Content: The integrated nature of traditional Aboriginal life from the Dreaming onwards, traced through the major forms of Aboriginal Art. Topics selected from: pre-history, traditional culture, artifacts, rock art, bark painting, wood sculpture, ceremonies, and contact history.
Assessment A seminar presentation of up to 45 minutes (15 per cent); a 1-hour visual and/or written tutorial test (15 per cent). Elective 1 constitutes 30 per cent of assessment for Art History and Culture B. Results will be graded.
Prescribed text Isaacs J (ed.) Australian Dreaming:
40,000 Years of Aboriginal History Lansdowne Press Sydney 1980.
ELECTIVE 2: PACIFIC REGION ARTS AND CULTURE
Staff: Tonia Eckfeld.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial each week for 1/2 semester. (First semester.)
Content Topics selected from: Hindu and Buddhist Art and Iconography, the Arts of Indonesia, Islamic Art and Meaning, and the Arts of the Pacific Region.
Assessment A seminar presentation of up to 45 minutes (15 per cent): a 1-hour visual and/or written tutorial test (15 per cent). Elective 2 constitutes 30 percent of assessment in Art History and Culture B.
Results will be graded.
Presrnbed text Basham A The Wonder that was India Fontana-Collins Melbourne 1971
491-301 ART HISTORY AND CULTURE C Credit points: 22.2
Staff: Deane Hardwick, Ken Wach.
Contact (Two semesters.).
Content: Two compulsory units: Modernist Art and Culture (Unit 1) and Contemporary Art and Culture (Unit 2). Details of the two units are provided below.
Assessment 50 per cent for each unit; students must complete both units satisfactorily to pass the subject.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
UNIT 1: MODERNIST ART AND CULTURE Staff: Ken Wach.
Contact A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week, including guest speakers, visits to art galleries and other related inter-disciplinary activities such as videos and interviews. (First semester.)
Content: Topics selected from: Realism, Impressionism, Futurism, Cubism, Symbolism, Abstraction, Dada, Surrealism, Suprematism,
Minimalism, Vorticism, Conceptualism, Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism, Tach ism, Modernist Sculpture, and British Modernism.
Assessment: A seminar presentation of up to one hour (25 per cent); a 2000 to 2500-word research paper on a selected topic (25 per cent). Unit 1 constitutes 50 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture C. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Chipp H B (ed.) Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics California University Press Los Angeles 1958.
Stangos N and Richardson N (eds) Concepts of Modern Art Thames and Hudson Harmondsworth 1981.
UNIT 2: CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE
Staff: Deane Hardwick.
Contact: A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week. Students will be required to visit exhibitions to view contemporary works in the light of the issues presented. Class sessions will include guest speakers, visits to art galleries and other related inter- disciplinary activities such as videos and interviews.
(Second semester.)
Content: Topics selected from: pluralist practice in the 1970's and 1980's; post-modernism and its manifestations; critical approaches to recent art;
political art; feminist art; alternatives in critical thought and art history.
Assessment: A seminar presentation of up to one hour (25 per cent); a 2000 to 2500-word research paper on a selected topic (25 per cent). Unit 2 constitutes 50 per cent of assessment in Art History and Culture C. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Foster H (ed.) The Anti-Aesthetic:
Essays on Post-Modern Culture Bay Press Port Townsend 1983. Walker J Art in the Age of Mass
Media Pluto London 1983.
491-401 ART HISTORY AND CULTURE D Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Deane Hardwick.
Contact: (Two semesters.)
Content: Students chose one of the following electives: Art of the Twenties and Thirties (Elective 1); Issues in Contemporary Art (Elective 2);
Aboriginal Art and Culture (Elective 3) and Asian Art and Culture (Elective 4). Details of electives are provided below.
ELECTIVE 1: ART OF THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES
Staff: Ken Wach.