Available in 2024
Course code

CIND1004

Units

10 units

Level

1000 level

Course handbook

Description

Students will learn the fundamentals of collaborative creative research and enquiry, and how to identify a purposeful group project or collaborative opportunity. They will participate in constructive co-design processes and present their ideas to peers. Through journaling and reflecting on their experiences in a collaborative framework, students will develop an understanding of creativity in action and the challenges and opportunities of working together. Students will also begin to contextualise their own creative values, goals and agency within creative practice.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Newcastle City Precinct

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Singapore PSB

  • Trimester 2 - 2024 (Singapore)
  • Trimester 3 - 2024 (Singapore)

Replacing course(s)

This course replaces the following course(s): CIND2000. Students who have successfully completed CIND2000 are not eligible to enrol in CIND1004.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Describe a range of different interpretations of creativity and how they impact on collaboration

2. Reflect on and analyse group dynamics and collaborative processes

3. Provide evidence of creative research and outcomes in a range of formats

4. Employ strategies for effective, ethical and productive collaborations


Content

Topics will include:

  • Creative research: what does it look like?
  • Originality, appropriation and authenticity
  • Creative agency and subjectivity
  • Influence and creative exchange
  • Ethics and power relations in the collaborative process
  • Multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and cross-cultural creative practice
  • Roles and responsibilities within creative teams

 


Requisite

Students who have successfully completed CIND2000 cannot enrol in this course.


Assessment items

Portfolio: Partner Project
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Online Learning Activity: Creation of e-portfolio
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Project: Final Collaborative Group Project


Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct

Lecture-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 2

Trimester 2 - 2024 (Singapore) - Singapore PSB

Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)

Trimester 3 - 2024 (Singapore) - Singapore PSB

Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)

Course outline