Fine Arts / Law - 4704

Program Summary

1. a functioning and contextual knowledge of law and legal institutions;
2. excellent intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, critical judgment, reflection and evaluation;
3. the capacity to engage in practical and scholarly research;
4. effective oral and written communication skills both generally and in specific legal settings;
5. a commitment to personal and professional self-development, ethical practice and social responsibility.

1. Provide an opportunity for students to undertake rigorous and demanding studies at tertiary level from a wide range of approaches and disciplines within the visual arts.
2. Provide the opportunity for students to explore the visual arts through a critical examination of the possibilities they offer and by use of available technological resources.
3. Encourage students to develop increased self-motivation as developing independent and professional practitioners.
4. Encourage students to realise their own intellectual and creative potential.
5. Increase students' awareness of, and sensitivity to, their environment.
6. Provide students with:

• an understanding of concepts relevant to aesthetics and the visual arts;
• an understanding of various media through practice and experimentation with such media;
• an understanding of research practice in fine arts, and a capacity to engage with research;
• a confidence and competence in decision making, together with an appreciative and informed awareness of viewpoints in the visual arts other than their own; and
• an understanding of the historical and theoretical underpinning of contemporary fine art practice.