The Grand Experiment (11111.1)

This cross-disciplinary, project-based unit provides students with a unique opportunity, working in small teams, to explore courageous, tentative or experimental projects, freed from the pressure of having to produce something that is objectively 'successful'. Assessment in this unit will focus not upon the quality or otherwise of the group-driven creative outputs, but rather upon the reflective, individual exegetical and reflective components that accompany them. This capstone unit will allow students to apply the knowledge base established in Big Stories: Culture, Memory and Narrative and It Must be True: Knowledge, Culture and Creativity to the skills developed in Reading Culture, Curating Culture.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Work in multi-disciplinary teams to formulate and present a diverse range of creative and cultural projects;
2. Demonstrate agility and flexibility in their planning and teamwork, in order to communicate their project effectively;
3. Apply their individual knowledge of global, cultural and indigenous contexts to their chosen project through reflective practice; and
4. Experiment with ideas and methodology relevant to the intersecting creative and cultural fields in which they and their team are operating.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.