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Dance

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 11070 Dance (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15070 Dance (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Dance is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Dance is undertaken within the course)
  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

Students undertake a study of Dance as an artform. While the course builds on the Stages 4 and 5 Dance course, it also caters for students with less experience in Dance.

What students learn

Preliminary course

There is an equal emphasis on the components of Performance, Composition and Appreciation in the study of Dance. Students studying Dance bring with them a wide range of prior dance experience. Physical training and preparation of the body is fundamental and of paramount importance to the course and informs all three components of the course.

HSC course

Students continue common study in the three course components of Performance, Composition and Appreciation and also undertake an in-depth study of dance in one of the Major Study components – Performance, Composition, Appreciation or Dance and Technology.

Industries related to Dance

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

The interrelation of the course components is a major feature in the study of dance as an artform and is emphasised throughout both courses.

The published Course Prescriptions, which may change in total or in part every three years, indicate works and artists to be studied in the HSC Course in Core Appreciation and Major Study Appreciation.

Students selecting Dance are required to keep a process diary of the development of all practical core and major study components.

RoSA and HSC




Drama

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 11090 Drama (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15090 Drama (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)
  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

Students in Drama study the practices of Making, Performing and Critically Studying. While the course builds on the Stages 4 and 5 Drama course, it also caters for students with less experience in Drama.

What students learn

Preliminary course

Students engage with these components through collaborative and individual experiences.

Preliminary course content comprises an interaction between the components of Improvisation, Playbuilding and Acting, Elements of Production in Performance, and Theatrical Traditions and Performance Styles. Learning comes from practical experiences in each of these areas.

HSC course

Australian Drama and Theatre, and Studies in Drama and Theatre involve the theoretical study through practical exploration of themes, issues, styles and movements of traditions of theatre, exploring relevant acting techniques, performance styles and spaces. Learning comes from practical experiences in each of these areas.

Group Performance
Three to six students create a piece of original theatre (8–12 minutes duration). It provides opportunity for each student to demonstrate his or her performance skills.

Individual Project
Students demonstrate their expertise in a particular area. They choose one project from:

  • Critical Analysis
  • Design
  • Performance
  • Script-writing
  • Video Drama.

Topics

  • Australian Drama and Theatre (Core)
  • Studies in Drama and Theatre
  • Group Performance (Core content)
  • Individual Project

Industries related to Drama

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

The Preliminary course informs learning in the HSC course. In the study of theoretical components, students engage in practical workshop activities and performances to assist their understanding, analysis and synthesis of material covered in areas of study.

In preparing for the group performance, the published Course Prescriptions include a topic list which is used as a starting point.

The Individual Project is negotiated between the student and the teacher at the beginning of the HSC course. Students choosing Individual Project Design or Critical Analysis must base their work on one of the texts listed in the published text list. This list changes every three years.

Students must ensure that they do not choose a text or topic they are studying in Drama in the written component or in any other HSC course when choosing Individual Projects.

Students selecting Drama are required to keep a logbook of the development of each of the components Group Performance and Individual Project.

RoSA and HSC




Music 1

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)
  • 15310 Music Extension (1 unit – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

While the course builds on the Stages 4 and 5 Music course, Music 1 provides an alternative course of study to Music 2. The curriculum structure is adaptable enough to meet the needs and interests of students with varying degrees of prior formal and informal learning in music and caters for students with less experience in Music.

What students learn

Preliminary course

In the Preliminary course, students study the concepts of music through the learning experiences of performance, composition, musicology and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.

Students study three topics in the Preliminary course. Topics are chosen from a list of 21 topics which covers a broad range of styles, periods and genres.

HSC course

In the HSC course, students study the concepts of music through the learning experiences of performance, composition, musicology and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.

Students study three topics in the HSC course which are different from those studied in the Preliminary course or two topics which are different from those studied in the Preliminary course and one topic from the Preliminary course in greater depth exploring new repertoire and including a comparative study. Topics are chosen from a list of 21 topics which covers a broad range of styles, periods and genres.

In addition to core studies in performance, composition, musicology and aural, students select three electives from any combination of performance, composition and musicology. These electives must represent each of the three topics studied in the course.

Industries related to Music

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Students selecting Music 1 are required to keep a portfolio of the development of each of the components Core Composition and Elective Composition.

RoSA and HSC




Music 2

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

While the course builds on the Stages 4 and 5 Music course, it also caters for students with less experience in Music.

What students learn

Preliminary course

In the Preliminary course, students study the concepts of music through the learning experiences of performance, composition, musicology and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.

Students study one mandatory topic covering a range of content and one additional topic in each year of the course.

In the Preliminary course, the mandatory topic is Music 1600–1900. The additional topic is chosen from a list of six topics which covers a broad range of styles, periods and genres.

HSC course

In the HSC course, students study the concepts of music through the learning experiences of performance, composition, musicology and aural within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres.

Students study one mandatory topic covering a range of content and one additional topic in each year of the course. The additional topic is chosen from a list of eight topics which covers a broad range of styles, periods and genres.

In the HSC course, the mandatory topic is Music of the Last 25 Years (Australian focus).

Industries related to Music 2

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

In addition to core studies in performance, composition, musicology and aural, students nominate one elective study in Performance, Composition or Musicology.

Submitted works and performances are required to reflect the mandatory and additional topic studied in the HSC.

The additional topic studied in the HSC must be different to the topic studied in the Preliminary course.

Students selecting Composition or Musicology electives will be required to compile a portfolio of work as part of the process of preparing a submitted work.

All students will be required to develop a composition portfolio for the core composition.

RoSA and HSC




Music Extension

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 15310 Music Extension (1 unit – HSC)

Prerequisites:

  • 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)

Studied concurrently with HSC course of Music 2 or at the completion of the HSC course in Music 2 for those students undertaking pathways.

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

HSC course

The Music Extension course builds on Music 2 Preliminary course and extends the Music 2 HSC course. It assumes a high level of music literacy and aural ability as well as advanced performance or composition or musicology skills.

What students learn

Students specialise in performance or composition or musicology and follow an individual program of study which is negotiated between the teacher and student.

Industries related to Music Extension

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Students selecting Performance as their area of specialisation will be required to present an ensemble piece within their performance program. Students selecting Composition or Musicology as their area of specialisation will be required to compile a portfolio of work as part of the process of preparing a submitted work.

RoSA and HSC




Visual Arts

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 11380 Visual Arts (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15400 Visual Arts (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)
  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

Visual Arts involves students in artmaking, art criticism and art history. Students critically and historically investigate artworks, critics, historians and artists from Australia as well as those from other cultures, traditions and times. Students develop their own artworks, culminating in a 'body of work' in the HSC course.

What students learn

Preliminary course

The Preliminary course is broadly focused, while the HSC course provides for deeper and more complex investigations.

Preliminary course learning opportunities focus on:

  • the nature of practice in artmaking, art criticism and art history through different investigations
  • the role and function of artists, artworks, the world and audiences in the artworld
  • the different ways the visual arts may be interpreted and how students might develop their own informed points of view
  • how students may develop meaning and focus and interest in their work
  • building understandings over time through various investigations and working in different forms.

While the course builds on Visual Arts courses in Stages 4 and 5, it also caters for students with less experience in Visual Arts.

HSC course

HSC course learning opportunities focus on:

  • how students may develop their practice in artmaking, art criticism and art history
  • how students may develop their own informed points of view in increasingly independent ways and use different interpretive frameworks in their investigations
  • how students may learn about the relationships between artists, artworks, the world and audiences within the artworld and apply these to their own investigations
  • how students may further develop meaning and focus in their work.

Industries related to Visual Arts

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Preliminary course:

  • artworks in at least two expressive forms and use of a process diary
  • a broad investigation of ideas in artmaking, art criticism and art history.

HSC course:

  • development of a body of work and use of a process diary
  • a minimum of five case studies (4–10 hours each)
  • deeper and more complex investigations in artmaking, art criticism and art history.

RoSA and HSC




Board Developed Life Skills Courses

Creative Arts Life Skills

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition:   No

Exclusions: The following are excluded where the equivalent content is being undertaken within the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course:

  • 11070 Dance (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15070 Dance (2 units – HSC)
  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
  • 11090 Drama (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15090 Drama (2 units – HSC)
  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
  • 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)
  • 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)
  • 15310 Music Extension (1 unit – HSC)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)
  • 11380 Visual Arts (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15400 Visual Arts (2 units – HSC)
  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Course description

The Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course allows teachers to develop a program of study that draws from two or more courses across the artforms.

The Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course focuses on the development of an awareness and understanding of dance, drama, music and visual arts. Students are provided with the opportunity to engage in a selection of study and experiences from a range of artforms to suit their individual needs and interests. Students are offered opportunities for self-expression and personal choice, communication and the sharing of cultural views.

Study of the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of the arts and their quality and enjoyment of life, as well as assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Creative Arts Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study outcomes and content selected from two or more of the following courses:

  • Dance Life Skills
  • Drama Life Skills
  • Music Life Skills
  • Visual Arts Life Skills

Content for the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should be carefully selected so as not to duplicate content for a student also studying any of the above as a single course.

Industries related to Creative Arts Life Skills

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways. Industries related to this course will be dependent on the content selected for study. For information about potential career paths, please see Your Career.

Course requirements

On entering students for the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Creative Arts Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

RoSA and HSC




Dance Life Skills

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16652 Dance Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11070 Dance (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15070 Dance (2 units – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Dance is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Dance is undertaken within the course)

Course description

The Dance Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to experience different movements and dance styles. Students develop physical skills, awareness of the body and techniques that facilitate their participation in dance.

Study of the Dance Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Dance, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Dance Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.

Study of the Dance Life Skills course involves:

  • dance performance
  • dance composition
  • dance appreciation
  • dance as an artform.

Industries related to Dance Life Skills

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

On entering students for the Dance Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Dance Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

RoSA and HSC




Drama Life Skills

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16654 Drama Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11090 Drama (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15090 Drama (2 units – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Drama is undertaken within the course)

Course description

The Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to make and perform drama to develop social skills and self-expression, as well as explore personal and community issues. Students gain an understanding of drama and theatre through making, performing and appreciating drama in a variety of contexts.

Study of the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Drama, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Drama Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.

Study of the Drama Life Skills course involves:

  • making drama in a collaborative drama and theatre environment
  • using a variety of performance techniques, dramatic forms and theatrical conventions
  • appreciating the meaning and function of drama and theatre in reflecting aspects of the human experience

Industries related to Drama Life Skills

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

On entering students for the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Drama Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

RoSA and HSC




Music Life Skills

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16656 Music Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions:

  • 11280 Music 1 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15290 Music 1 (2 units – HSC)
  • 11290 Music 2 (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15300 Music 2 (2 units – HSC)
  • 15310 Music Extension (1 unit – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Music is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Music is undertaken within the course)

Course description

The Music Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to listen and respond to a range of music styles, as well as make and perform music individually and/or in groups. Students develop musical interests in singing, playing and composing as they perform, compose and listen to their own works and those of others.

Study of the Music Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Music, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Music Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.

Study of the Music Life Skills course involves:

  • musical performance techniques and interpretation of musical symbols
  • composing as a means of self-expression, musical creation and problem-solving
  • extending aural awareness and communicating ideas about music in a variety of contexts

Industries related to Music Life Skills

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

On entering students for the Music Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Music Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

RoSA and HSC




Visual Arts Life Skills

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Board Developed Course

Course number(s):

  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 16658 Visual Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: A student studying any Stage 6 Life Skills course will usually have completed one or more courses based on Life Skills outcomes and content in Years 7–10, except under special circumstances.

Eligibility: Life Skills Eligibility

Study via self-tuition:   No

Exclusions:

  • 11380 Visual Arts (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 15400 Visual Arts (2 units – HSC)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – Preliminary) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)
  • 16650 Creative Arts Life Skills (2 units – HSC) (where Visual Arts is undertaken within the course)

Course description

The Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course provides opportunities for students to investigate different ideas and interests that can be represented in 2D, 3D and 4D artworks. Students develop sensory, tactile, manipulative and technical skills while recognising the importance of how meaning is represented in their own artworks as well as the works of other artists.

Study of the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course should contribute to students’ appreciation of Visual Arts, their quality and enjoyment of life, and assist them to prepare for various post-school opportunities.

What students learn

The structure of the Visual Arts Life Skills course allows teachers to provide a broad and balanced program that reflects the needs of individual students within the context of the collaborative curriculum planning process. Students may study selected outcomes and content within the course.

Study of the Visual Arts Life Skills course involves:

  • representing a point of view and interpretations of the world in artmaking
  • critical and historical studies of the visual arts

Industries related to Visual Arts Life Skills

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

On entering students for the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 course, the principal is certifying that the student is eligible and the decision is the result of the collaborative curriculum planning process.

Students are expected to address or achieve one or more of the Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 outcomes. They need not address or complete all of the content to demonstrate achievement of an outcome.

RoSA and HSC

 




Content Endorsed Courses

Ceramics

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Content Endorsed Course

Course number(s):

  • 35026 Ceramics (1 unit – Preliminary)
  • 35027 Ceramics (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 35028 Ceramics (1 unit – HSC)
  • 35029 Ceramics (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions: Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

Ceramics is the art and technology of forming, firing and glazing clay to make a wide variety of products, ranging from building materials to ceramic ware such as plates, bowls and drinking vessels, jewellery, sculpture and decorative wall surfaces.

Contemporary applications of ceramics are constantly expanding. New industrial and high technology uses are being found, and artists and designers are exploring new expressive forms. Ceramics provides challenging work opportunities for students in such areas as studio and industrial ceramics, ceramic research, engineering and product design.

This course enables students to develop an understanding of ceramic processes and practices, and the ways in which these can be used in making a range of products. Students develop a critical appreciation of the aesthetic, expressive and utilitarian qualities of ceramic forms in contemporary and past societies, and knowledge of the diverse applications of ceramics in contemporary society and ways of valuing the skills involved in making well-crafted forms. They also develop skills to give form to their ideas and feelings in ceramic products.

What students learn

Modules include:

  • Handbuilding
  • Throwing
  • Sculptural Forms
  • Kilns
  • Glaze Technology
  • Casting
  • Surface Treatment
  • Mixed Media. 

The Introduction to Ceramics (Core) and Occupational Health and Safety modules are mandatory. The additional module, Ceramics Project, extends students' learning experiences and may reflect students' increasing interests and desire to specialise in one or more area of ceramics.

Industries related to Ceramics

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Students are required to keep a diary throughout the course.

RoSA and HSC




Photography, Video and Digital Imaging

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Content Endorsed Course

Course number(s):

  • 35225 Photography, Video and Digital Imaging (1 unit – Preliminary)
  • 35226 Photography, Video and Digital Imaging (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 35227 Photography, Video and Digital Imaging (1 unit – HSC)
  • 35228 Photography, Video and Digital Imaging (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions: Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

Photography, Video and Digital Imaging offers students the opportunity to explore contemporary artistic practices that make use of photography, video and digital imaging. These fields of artistic practice resonate within students' experience and understanding of the world and are highly relevant to contemporary ways of interpreting the world. The course offers opportunities for investigation of one or more of these fields and develops students' understanding and skills, which contribute to an informed critical practice. 

The course is designed to enable students to gain an increasing accomplishment and independence in their representation of ideas in the fields of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging and understand and value how these fields of practice invite different interpretations and explanations. 

Students develop knowledge, understanding and skills through the making of photographs, and/or videos and/or digital images that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment. They also develop knowledge, understanding and skills that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging.

What students learn

Modules may be selected in any of the three broad fields of:

  • Wet Photography
  • Video
  • Digital Imaging.

Modules include:

  • Introduction to the Field
  • Developing a Point of View
  • Traditions, Conventions, Styles and Genres
  • Manipulated Forms
  • The Arranged Image
  • Temporal Accounts.

An Occupational Health and Safety Module is mandatory. The additional module, Individual/Collaborative Project, extends students' learning experiences and may reflect students' increasing interests and desire to specialise in one or more of these fields or explore the connections further between the fields.

Industries related to Photography, Video and Digital Imaging

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Students are required to keep a diary throughout the course.

RoSA and HSC




Visual Design

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Content Endorsed Course

Course numbers:

  • 35100 Visual Design (1 unit – Preliminary)
  • 35101 Visual Design (2 units – Preliminary)
  • 35102 Visual Design (1 unit – HSC)
  • 35103 Visual Design (2 units – HSC)

Prerequisites: Nil

Eligibility: Nil

Study via self-tuition: No

Exclusions: Projects developed for assessment in one subject are not to be used either in full or in part for assessment in any other subject.

Course description

This course provides students with opportunities to exploit the links between art and design by designing and making images and objects in which aesthetic qualities and symbolic meanings are as important as utilitarian function. It encourages students to explore the practices of graphic, wearable, product, and interior/exterior designers in contemporary societies and promotes imaginative and innovative approaches to design within the context of the Australian environment and culture. 

Through the critical and historical study of designed images and objects students are able to analyse and make informed judgements about the designed works that surround them – works which reflect and construct the image they have of themselves, others and their world.

The course is designed to enable students to gain an increasing accomplishment and independence in their representation of ideas in different fields of design and to understand and value how graphic design, wearable design, product design, and interior/exterior design, invite different interpretations and explanations. Students develop knowledge, understanding and skills through the making of works in design that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment. They also develop knowledge, understanding and skills that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of design.

What students learn

Modules may be selected in any of the four broad fields of:

  • Graphic Design
  • Wearable Design
  • Product Design
  • Interior/Exterior Design.

The additional module, Individual/Collaborative Project, extends students’ learning experiences and may reflect students’ increasing interests and desire to specialise in one or more of these fields or explore the connections further between the fields. The Occupational Health and Safety Module is mandatory in any course.

Industries related to Visual Design

The knowledge and skills developed in this course can be applied across a range of career pathways.

Industries related to this course include, but are not limited to, the following outlined on the Your Career website:

Course requirements

Students are required to keep a diary throughout the course.

RoSA and HSC

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