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PHIL543 Aesthetics

Updated: 14 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Non-Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions PHIL343 or PHIL443
Notes None
Combined Units PHIL343 - Aesthetics
Coordinator(s) Anthony Lynch (alynch@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Aesthetics is the philosophy of the arts of every kind. Important questions concern the relations between the beautiful, the sublime, the ugly, the banal, and the humourous. Other topics concern the relation of art to truth and to morality, and the questions of fiction and metaphor, and their analogs.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Aesthetics
ISBN: 9780631221319
Kivy, P., Blackwell 2003
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 50% 3500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 4-7
Assignment 2 50% 3500
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 4-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. think in a critically substantial fashion about contemporary issues in aesthetics;
  2. demonstrate a higher level of understanding in a scholarly way the important historical positions about aesthetics;
  3. demonstrate a high level ability to express clearly difficult philosophical positions and the arguments for them.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge of the philosophy discipline through unit notes, essential readings and assignments. It will be assessed in both written essays. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will practise their communication skills through written feedback on the essays for the unit. Students will learn valuable communication skills through participation in tutorials and online discussion postings. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practise their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Tthis unit's emphasis on the broader philosophical underpinnings of our reasoning practices will present students with opportunities for developing a global perspective. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Students will develop research skills in collecting and evaluating data, including the skills to assess the utility of information, identify the most useful sources of information and critically examine those sources. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
By completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary life-long skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to conceptualise problems and formulate a range of solutions to both research and presentation. They will be able to collect, collate and analyse relevant information to assist problem solving. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some 'facts'. This will be assessed and taught through their responses to the assessments and discussions in tutorials or online postings. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students will practise working collaboratively and network effectively to solve problems on the online discussion board taking initiative and leading others in this environment. They will also negotiate and assert their own values and respect the values and contributions of others through online discussion postings and in their own essays. 		True
   

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