Course Catalogue

View Specification Document | Reading List

This course will analyse community, arts and media from a community development perspective. Using local and international examples, it will explore the impact arts and media have on communities and appreciate the importance of creative platforms to enhance feelings of well-being and human flourishing.

It will consider how arts and media might support communities and individuals to articulate their own concerns and priorities. The module will examine the spaces that are used and the environments that are created to empower communities to have a voice and tell their story through creative means.

This will encourage discussion and critical analysis around alternative methods of learning in the field of community development practice.

5 * 4-hour sessions

Completion of level 3, or equivalent, with a GPA of 12 (C3) across levels 1, 2, and 3

N/A

N/A

1 - A creative output which critically analyses the use of arts and media in communities that promotes voice and enhances well-being.

2 - A 500 word critical reflection on the use of the creative output which examines arts and media in the community.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. Where, exceptionally, reassessment on Honours courses is required to satisfy professional/accreditation requirements, only the overall course grade achieved at the first attempt will contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

The aim of this course is to critically examine how arts and media can be used within community spaces to provide a voice and enhance feelings of well-being and human flourishing.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

LO1: Examine arts and media as alternative methods of engaging with communities.

LO2: Critically evaluate defining characteristics associated with community, arts and media from a community development perspective

LO3: Articulate a newfound knowledge in relation to the impact arts and media has on well-being and human flourishing within communities

LO4: Critically analyse issues within communities that arts and media challenge to promote empowerment.

LO5: Critically reflect on the spaces that arts and media use as a means to creating distinctive learning environments.

LO6: Adhere to academic convention

80% attendance is required