Module EDUS2521: ARTS 2

Department: Education [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

EDUS2521: ARTS 2

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To further develop the students' understanding and appreciation of Music and Visual arts.
• To develop a critical knowledge and understanding of the place of music and art and the artist in a multicultural society
• To develop an understanding artistic conventions and the social and cultural contexts in which they are developed and experienced.

Content

• In this module, students will be able to study critical and modern and historical concepts relating to music and the visual arts in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries as they relate to society.
• Students will be encouraged to explore theories and practices in music and visual art through the study of first hand sources and texts.
• Students will have the opportunity to increase their understanding of the histories and practices of music and art as they explore critically a selection of topics.
• Music and art in multicultural society
• Music, art and theories and practices of performance
• individual artists and musicians
• Feminist perpectives on music and art

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding of the evolution of music and the relationship between music and societypast and present
• The ways in which representation and meaning are generated in music, especially in the creation of national, cultural and social identity
• ways in which visual artists respond to, and are influenced by socio-political forces, differing artistic responses to the development of the urban environment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Europe
• Embedding knowledge of key theoretical and conceptual development in the arts

• contrasting diverse views on the arts
• interpreting works of art and music
• critically examining works of art and music

• communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively in written form
• manage time and work to deadlines
• construct and sustain a reasoned argument
• evaluate and make use of information from a variety of primary and secondary sources.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching and Learning: The module is managed through a series of lead lectures and associated group work sessions (workshops, seminars and tutorials) in which students examine themes and issues in the arts.
• The emphasis is upon active learning, and students are encouraged to contribute to sessions by taking account of their developing knowledge of music and visual arts.
• The module will be supported by visits to appropriate local arts institutions.
• Students are provided with a selection of readings to support the required reading lists and are expected to take individual responsibility for sharing their reading with other people taking the module.
• Students engage in discussion, in informal presentations, and in a range of task based activities.
• There is a series of practical sessions through which students explore and produce music and visual art.
• They have the opportunity to share their work with their peers and tutors, and to examine critically, each other's work.
• The experience gained in these practical workshops is used to inform the students' understanding of the theoretical base of the module.
• Some of these workshops may involve local artists and representatives from art institutions.
• There is a programme of directed study tasks that include reading, preparation for practical work, and other tasks which tutors may set from time to time.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Critique 1000 words equivalent, presentation 1000 words equivalent

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University