Found 326 study abroad units
KDB318 Performance in Context 2
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Dance
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit aims to enable you to use, adapt and transform your skills for artistic expression in a specific performing domain including collaborative and interdisciplinary practice. As such, this project-based unit provides the context in which you will develop technique, artistry, communication skills, performance ability and confidence through professionally guided rehearsals, classes, performances and workshops. It is the second of two units which builds on the practice of the Teaching Artist as a facilitator of dance-led creative experiences. You will apply your developed knowledge of technical skill and artistic practice to the creation of a performance situated within a specific context while exploring your role as a Teaching Artist from different perspectives.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KDB320 Independent Dance Project
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Dance
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit enables you to adapt and transform your dance skills for artistic expression and is the culmination of your previous two Performance in Context units. This guided experience supports you to develop your skills to work independently and to establish your practice as a teaching artist through the key processual stages including conception, development and realisation of your ideas. You will apply your integrated knowledge of technical skills and artistic practice to effectively initiate and realise an independent dance project. This self-contained, discrete project will enable you to develop your skills, professional identity and aptitude for engagement within a variety of industry contexts.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KKB180 Creative Futures
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Creative Practice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces creative industries disciplines, inter-disciplinarity and the careers of creative industries practitioners. It aids you to plan your course of study in line with your career interests and potential career opportunities. It enhances your research, written communication and critical thinking skills for various professional and academic purposes. The unit draws upon cutting edge research into the distinctive characteristics of the creative industries and the creative workforce to introduce you to study and work as an emerging inter-disciplinary creative practitioner. You will investigate creative career possibilities and opportunities and develop essential information literacy and written communication skills for both academic and professional contexts. You will envision potential creative career pathways and discover which skills and strategies you’ll need. This will help you make the most of your degree.
KKB185 Creative Enterprise Studio 1
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Creative Practice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In Studio 1, students develop both enterprise skills and collaborative foundational design thinking skills to better understand the problem space for unique industry or community-based problems. As such, the unit responds to opportunity identification and value creation aligned to industry and/or community-based real world needs. Whilst the value of disciplinary expertise remains constant in this changing world, many problems facing organisations and societies naturally span disciplines. Collaboration and inquiry into these real world problems require a breadth of knowledge and skills in ways that demand and reward curiosity and innovation. Being the first of three Creative Enterprise Studio units, your ability to respond to complex and unique real world problems is strengthened by learning to think and act in diverse ways and draw upon perspectives, methods and insights garnered from the multiplicity of disciplines in your unit cohort.
KKB190 Yatdjuligin - Cultural Safety in Indigenous Australian Context
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Communication
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Culturally Safe practice is an essential element in a professional's ability to work in a holistic and accountable way with Indigenous Australian peoples and their communities. This requires deconstruction of your own cultures, values, beliefs and attitudes by taking you on a learning journey that allows you to move beyond cultural awareness and cultural sensitivity through to cultural safety.This unit will prompt you to develop your own strategies to be a culturally safe practitioner in both innovative and creative ways.
KKB191 Am I black enough? Indigenous Australian Representations
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Communication
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, identities, communities and cultures have been represented in a variety of mediums and artefacts since colonisation. The purpose of this unit is to deconstruct these representations from Indigenous standpoints and critically analyse how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to be positioned across multimedia. This unit facilitates informed discussions prompted by exposure to historical and contemporary constructions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples from Indigenous standpoints and perspectives. This unit allows you to challenge existing perspectives of Indigenous Australia through creative and scholarly works by Indigenous artists and scholars. Engaging with this deconstruction will assist you to apply knowledge and skills of culturally safe practices within your personal and professional practices in a confident and safe manner.
KKB192 Smash the Act - Indigenous Australian Politics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Communication
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with an introductory knowledge of Australian Indigenous political culture, history, politics and activism through exploration of Indigenous standpoints. The ongoing history of colonial policy will be examined through Indigenous peoples’ struggle for equal rights, Indigenous rights and self-determination. Core political concepts and institutions in Australian social life such as the nation-state, sovereignty, liberalism, representation and democracy will be viewed from Indigenous perspectives and critically analysed according to their capacity to accommodate Indigenous sovereign interests including treaty and institutional reform. You will be actively involved in contemporary debates such as government policy towards Indigenous peoples and communities, the continuing struggle for land rights and Native Title, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples and other relevant issues as they arise.
KKB193 Indigenous Knowledge: Research Ethics and Protocols
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Communication
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit critiques research on Indigenous Australian issues and articulates culturally safe research practice that reflects decolonising methodologies as an underpinning framework. The need for culturally safe research is supported by colonially constructed knowledge and the obvious gaps in understanding of the ongoing life-differentials and social determinants that impact on Indigenous Australians. Interrogation of Western research and Indigenous scholarship and international contexts will challenge you to critically analyse received perceptions of research conduct. Indigenous knowledges and pedagogies will facilitate a transformative learning journey in a process where students critique Western research frameworks that continue to represent Indigenous peoples as the 'other'. The unit will engage your learning through Indigenous knowledge frameworks that facilitate the development of a decolonising research proposal which adheres to Indigenous research ethics and protocols.
KKB285 Creative Enterprise Studio 2
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Creative Practice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit furthers your theoretical and practical knowledge and skills to develop enterprise focused creative projects. It links with work previously undertaken in KKB185 Creative Enterprise Studio 1 and prepares you for the final semester capstone unit KKB385 Creative Enterprise Studio 3. You will build upon your foundational understanding of project development gained in KKB185 and develop skills in project delivery and management through to prototyping your creative idea. The concept of iterative design is introduced through reflection on the success of the prototype and recommendations for future iterations and creative experimentation. This unit allows you to extend your project development skills including field analysis, creative experimentation, communication, problem solving and project evaluation.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KKB385 Creative Enterprise Studio 3
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Creative Practice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
During this capstone unit you will demonstrate creative leadership by initiating an industry linked creative project. It brings together the skills and knowledge acquired throughout your course, drawing specifically from KKB185 Creative Enterprise Studio 1 and KKB285 Creative Enterprise Studio 2. The unit provides you with a framework to develop a project proposal that addresses an identified opportunity. You will then initiate your project proposal, launching your career as a creative industries professional.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KMB109 Creative Practice in Music
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit establishes a community of practice with an emphasis on collaborative music-making that you can draw on to inform your own work. It introduces you to a range of music contexts, concepts and techniques to help you better understand your practice and that of your peers, and to be better positioned and equipped to respond as appropriate. Successful musicians need to form and negotiate their creative practice within a complex professional environment. They need critical, technical, conceptual and communication skills to understand their music in context and how it can be connected to an audience. This unit introduces you to the fundamental concepts and approaches to develop your practical skills in the creation and presentation of new music. It provides an opportunity for you to explore and present creative ideas collaboratively with peers in a professionally engaged environment.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KMB117 Introduction to Composition and Songwriting
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces students to the fundamental principles and techniques of composing and songwriting. Through a combination of theoretical learning, practical exercises, and analysis of a diverse range of musical works, students will develop their creative skills and gain a deeper understanding of the art of composing and songwriting. The unit will cover topics such as melody, harmony, rhythm, lyrics, form, and arrangement.
KMB118 Musicianship 1
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces the foundational aural and analytical skills to develop your understanding of music and sound. These skills will be applied to a range of musical styles, settings and practices. The development of critical listening and analytical skills, combined with representational and demonstrational skills across a broad range of music and sound, is critical to the developing modern musician. The unit will foster a deeper understanding of music and sound to help inform and situate your creative practice. It complements other creative, practical and analytical units in the degree by fostering a deeper understanding of music and sound.
KMB119 Music Production 1
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces you to the fundamental principles of music and sound production through a mix of theory and practice. You will gain an understanding of sound recording, sound production and live sound reinforcement while developing listening skills essential for music and sound production. The unit prepares you for later music production and creation units. Understanding how to capture and manipulate sound in live and recorded domains are core skills for anyone involved in making music or in any associated creative practice that involves the use of audio. You will develop a critical and practical understanding of the physical properties of sound, how it is perceived, and how it is recorded and processed to produce a final musical outcome.
KMB127 Music Studies
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The unit will look at music through a number of scholarly lenses, introducing how music can be understood from social, historical, cultural, and musicological perspectives. Students will critically explore concepts of style and genre in music, Western and non-Western musical contexts (including Australian First Peoples music and culture), globalisation, race, gender and sustainability in music, combining theoretical perspectives with creative practice. The unit challenges students to look at music critically and develop their understanding of how the uses and meanings of music are dependent on context. This unit helps students to understand the different roles that music plays in our lives, and how local and global forces shape music production and consumption.
KMB128 Musicianship 2
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit builds on the foundational aural and analytical skills introduced in Musicianship 1 to develop understanding of music and sound. These skills will be applied to a range of musical styles, settings and practices. The development of critical listening, analytical skills combined with representational and demonstrational skills across a broad range of music and sound is critical to the developing modern musician. The unit will foster a deeper understanding of music and sound to help inform and situate your creative practice. This unit develops your awareness, critical analytical and synthesis skills across a broad range of music and sound contexts and concepts. It complements other creative, practical and analytical units by fostering a deeper understanding of music and sound.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KMB129 Music Production 2
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit builds on Music Production 1. It introduces you to sequencing, sound synthesis, and signal processing as approaches to contemporary music composition and production. You will gain an understanding of the approaches and aesthetics that underpin music production and performance in the digital domain. The unit prepares you for later music creation units.
KMB217 Music Creation 1
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides skills and understanding to create new music across a range of musical practices in performance, production and composition. It introduces musical contexts and concepts to help you to better understand your practice and that of your peers within a complex professional environment, and to be better positioned and equipped to respond appropriately. Successful musicians need to form and negotiate their creative practice within a complex professional environment. They need to develop critical skills to understand their music in context and how it can be connected to an audience. This unit establishes a platform for your practical skills in the creation and presentation of new music. As the first of four units in creative practice, it provides an opportunity for you to explore and present creative ideas with peers in a professionally engaged environment.
KMB218 Musicianship 3
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This advanced musicianship unit provides you with critical listening, analysis, representational and demonstrational skills across a broad range of music and sound. It fosters a deeper understanding of music and sound to help inform and situate your creative practice. The unit builds on the foundation aural and analytical skills introduced in Musicianship 1 and 2 which music professionals use to analyse, compose, produce and perform music. These skills will be applied to communicate your understanding of complex musical ideas in a range of musical styles, settings and practices.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KMB222 Music and Culture
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores the way that music operates as a form of social, cultural and political communication. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches, you will investigate and discuss the various contexts in which music circulates and is made meaningful. The unit explores traditional and contemporary music from a range of cultural contexts (including Australian First Peoples music and culture), providing opportunities to listen critically to music, while using key concepts from sociology, musicology, and cultural studies to discuss identity, culture, and the production and consumption of music. This unit is offered in the developmental stage of your course, and lays the groundwork for understanding why music exists in our lives and how it is placed in the cultural spectrum of music making and the perceived effects of globalisation and localism on music.
KMB223 Music and Media
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit explores how music is used as a storytelling device in a range of visual media. Building upon your awareness as a media consumer and your existing technological skills, you will explore and apply techniques in interdisciplinary contexts. As methods of media content delivery change, creative practitioners are required to enact a range of media production techniques in the communication of ideas. This unit is in the developmental stage of your course and engages you with practical and theoretical approaches, exploring the techniques and contexts of music and visual media in contemporary society.
KMB227 Music Creation 2
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Building on Music Creation 1, this unit develops skills and understanding to create new music across a range of musical practices in performance, production and composition. Successful musicians need to form and negotiate their creative practice within a complex professional environment. They need to develop critical skills to understand their music in context and how it can be connected to an audience. As the second of four units in Music Creation, it builds deeper engagement and knowledge used to present creative ideas with peers and industry professionals.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KMB228 Musicianship 4
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Music
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit assists you to develop an awareness of your own musicianship and where this is situated within the diversity of contemporary practices and contexts. It develops your awareness of analytical and synthesis skills across a broad range of music and sound contexts and concepts. It complements other creative, practical and analytical units by fostering a deeper understanding of music and sound. This advanced musicianship unit provides you with critical listening, analysis, representational and demonstrational skills across a broad range of music and sound. The unit will foster a deeper understanding of music and sound to help inform and situate your creative practice. You will build on these skills towards your final year capstone Music Creation units.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KNB100 Introduction to Animation Studies
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
As an evolving art form, animation engages both critical and historical practices in an ongoing creative, technical and narrative development. This unit will examine the key critical, historical and cultural contexts, including Indigenous perspectives that underpin contemporary animation. Starting at the early 20th century and finishing with the present day, this unit nurtures critical thinking through an investigation of the unique conditions that gave rise to important pioneering and innovative currents that distinguish contemporary animation as a genre. Students will have the opportunity to: explore important theories of colour, motion, and form; trace the journey of animation from historical to contemporary contexts; understand creative and technical methods and their applied contexts; develop a critical awareness of the techniques and methods underpinning modern animation; and, gain foundational knowledge that will inform student’s individual animation practice.
KNB105 Core Concepts in Animation Practice
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the core concepts and principles of animation through 2D processes. Drawing on key animation texts, you will explore theories and processes that underpin the craft of animation, enabling you to produce original artefacts that create believable motion for diverse animated outcomes. Building an understanding of how motion is constructed frame by frame ahead of using computer systems to handle the in-betweens is key grounding to animation practice which can be applied to any medium or method of animation.
KNB110 Virtual Art Department: 3D Assets and Virtual Worlds
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Like a traditional art department, the virtual art department (VAD) is focused on shot design, layout, visual development, and creating production-ready digital assets and worlds to be used in a range of production approaches and fields such as Film, Animation, Virtual Production, Games, visualisation, and immersive experiences to name a few. This unit explores the methods, applications, and theories of 3D and real-time asset production and virtual environment creation (world-building). You will learn about the fundamental components of 3D asset production, including textures, mesh, materials, and other aspects, and build abilities to create 3D assets using current production processes. This unit will also delve into approaches to environment creation and how assets can be adapted and adjusted to suit specific needs. You will learn about environmental narrative and how locations can be used to tell stories, as well as the impact of environments on narrative.
KNB115 Crafting Motion in 3D
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Enhancing your core animation skill set, you will focus on expressing qualities of character within animated outcomes. With reference to historical and contemporary precedents, you will gain a thorough grounding that will foster the knowledge required to advance in digital character animation. Incorporating a critique and analysis of body mechanics, expression and body language, students will explore and experiment with the nuances of real-world physics within a character animation context. This unit provides students with a comprehensive understanding of 3D animation, while reflecting upon present day technological methods involving aspects such as machine learning, performance capture and optimization with algorithms and the impact on animating characters. A final animated outcome will challenge you through a practice-led investigation of body mechanics and the subtle relationship with character behaviour, applying complex locomotion to an original bipedal character.
Approval required
You can only enrol in this undergraduate unit if you meet the specified requirements and have significant background knowledge in the area of study. After you apply, we will assess the units and your background knowledge and let you know the outcome.
KNB125 Animation History and Context
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This introductory unit addresses key historical moments, thinking, and practices that have shaped the animation industry. Animation involves a broad range of creative approaches in the production of expressions for the dynamic screen practice. Animation in its truest form conveys believability, often fabricated through frame by frame construction. This knowledge will enable you to progress into units such as KNB135 Animation Aesthetics and KNB215 Animation Performance.
KNB126 Motion Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces aspects of visual narratives and explores the craft of expressing them in a sequential temporal format. The richly diverse field of motion design impacts a wide range of creative areas with fields such as graphic design, animation, visual effects, sequential art, film and games all offering opportunities in motion design. Motion Design has evolved to be more than 'graphics presented in motion'. With the advent of technology, applications and methods for creating them has rapidly expanded into a new form of visual communication, visual effects, infographics and visual artworks. The unit provides an understanding of motion design processes, theories and historical developments. It enables you to effectively design and communicate ideas using graphical and motion-based elements constructed using software and technologies common to the field of motion design.
KNB127 CGI Foundations
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Film, Screen & Animation
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces the foundations of 3D computer graphics theory, the history of computer-generated animation and 3D production methods. It provides a solid theoretical understanding of 3D space; the technical skills to create 3D computer-generated imagery and the ability to resolve issues that arise during 3D production. In the evolving fields of animation, games and graphical visualisation, you will acquire new literacies and skills to participate fully in the 3D computer graphics production process.