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VISA2214 Aesthetic Crossovers of Art and Science [UG]

The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change. For the most up-to-date information click on the Timetable link below.
 
Credit: 6 points  Availability: Semester 2 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 252.214
 
Outcomes: Students understand the social, ethical, aesthetical and conceptual aspects and limits of the use of the technologies of the life sciences in exploring art and science crossovers, and various examples of its application by national and international artists/scientists/communicators.
 
Content: Students learn to understand, through the use of the technologies of the life sciences, ways for exploring practically and theoretically the methods and ideas concerned with the crossovers between the fields/cultures of art and science (particularly the life sciences).
 
Assessment: This comprises an inter-semester assessment. There is no examination.

Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course.
 
Unit Co-ordinator(s): Professor Stuart Bunt and Ionat Zurr
Location: UWA (Crawley)
Mode: on-campus

Unit Rules:
Contact hours—40 (lectures: 10 hrs; workshops: 30 hrs)

Unit Web Page: http://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/page/96955
Note: Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2008.
 

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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.