Department of Fine Art and WSOA Online

Expectations

Records of student attendance at timetabled sessions will be kept. The course will be examined on the assumption that students have been attending lectures regularly. Reading matter is made available for each area of the course. The onus is on students to read all material, and the course will be assessed on the assumption that students have engaged with the literature.

Students will be expected to be familiar with the material presented in lectures and workshops and to be able to discuss issues that have been raised. You will be expected to have both a specific and a broad knowledge of the material covered in the course and to be able to apply theoretical frameworks to a discussion of that material.

Students will be required to do particular readings for some discussion groups, and to be able to enter debate on these readings and on issues raised in the lectures and workshops within the discussion groups.

Students are expected to arrive on time for classes.

The expectations for written work are the same as for the fourth year Critical Theories and Visual Cultures course. Please consult this section of the course guide for referencing requirements. Please be aware that any form of plagiarism will not be tolerated. Where plagiarism is suspected, the case will be referred to the Wits School of Arts Plagiarism committee. If you are unsure as to what constitutes plagiarism, please consult your lecturer at the beginning of the course. You will be required to sign a covering document accompanying each of your assignments that states that the work being submitted is your own and is free of any plagiarised material.

Assessment and Assignments

The following serves as a guideline to the Art Methodology assignments for the year: • An essay paper in the first and second terms chosen from topics provided Deadline: Last Wednesday of each quarter. Length of paper: 3000 words, typed (2 x 50=100) • A major research paper submitted in mid-October. Length of paper: 5000 words, typed (300) • A learning programme (grades 10-12) submitted early in October (100) • A portfolio/reflective journal demonstrating your growth as an arts educator through the course (Deadline: to be announced) (100) • Two major materials development projects Deadlines: late March and mid-June, one project in each of the first two quarters (2 x 50=100) • A project that is part of one of the community-based or public art programmes in Johannesburg (100) • A range of shorter exercises (4 x 25=100) • A teaching experience file Deadline: on completion of Teaching Experience in the third quarter (50) The above constitutes a coursework mark of 50%. Your final exam equivalent, which you will receive in February, will make up the other 50% of your Visual Art Methodology mark. You will receive a separate breakdown for the Learning Area Methodology: Arts and Culture course. Similarly, the assessment of the Teaching Experience courses will be discussed with you at the beginning of the PGCE course.

Course Outline

A detailed course outline will be given to you at the start of the Semester.

Venue

The Visual Arts Methodology lectures will take place at a time and venue as agreed upon between staff and students. The venue for these lectures will be in either the Fine Arts Teaching Room, third floor, Wits School of Arts Building or in Room B7, Bohlaleng Block, WSOE campus (first, second and fourth quarters).