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Compulsory Module 1: Orientation in the Field of Contemporary and Historical Arts (6 ECTS-Credits; 7 SSt.)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to discuss fundamental questions in the contemporary art scene;
- are able to use the offers of cultural institutions and place their own artistic work in the context of the discourse on art;
- have gained an overview of the development of art from its beginnings to the present;
- are able to place works from different epochs of art history with appropriate methods with regards to time, function and politics;
- recognise art as communicative medium and are able to critically deal with cliché formation, exclusion and other socio-political aspects;
- are aware of the construction of social genders are able to discuss this topic in the field of contemporary art and in the context of phenomena of everyday culture;
- continuously increase their knowledge about the development of European and non-European art by reading, visiting museums and exhibitions to the completion of the Bachelor's programme.
Compulsory Module 2: Orientation in Sciences of Arts and Didactics of Arts (7 ECTS-Credits; 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to name the tasks and functions of subject-specific didactics for art education;
- know concepts of art education and can analyse and reflect on them;
- understand art education against the backdrop of their biography;
- understand the importance of aesthetic socialization of children and youths;
- show understanding and have respect for the learners and are sensitive towards their diversity (social, cultural, ethnical and religious background, age and developmental stage, learners with special needs) and can develop appropriate subject-didactic concepts based on this;
- are able to relate their own teaching experience to basic concepts of art education and place them in their own biography;
- are ready to follow the discussion on subject-didactics;
- understand scientific texts of the discipline and related sciences, are able to summarise them in a structured way and link them with their own thoughts and positions;
- are able to undertake research on actual issues in arts science and the didactics of arts and deal with a topic in a logical and comprehensive way.
Compulsory Module 3: Artistic Practice (Orientation) (8 ECTS-Credits; 13 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- develop ideas and projects in different fields of arts under guidance;
- are able to select and use appropriate materials and methods for their own artistic Projects;
- can interpret connections and their own views by drawing;
- use drawing as a research method; are able to develop, test and discuss their own ideas in different fields of arts;
- are able to use artistic techniques and materials in a reflected manner.
Compulsory Module 4: Arts Education (4 ECTS-Credits; 4 h)
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Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to develop, realise and reflect on age- and situation-appropriate methods for teaching arts;
- are able to independently develop working materials;
- recognise the different needs of their target groups and are able to develop and use methods with regards to diversity.
Compulsory Module 5: Visual Culture (5 ECTS-Credits; 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to describe current and historic visual media with regards to subjective, socio-cultural and political realities;
- are able to intentionally interpret the integrative and discriminating functions of the media;
- are able to critically reflect on and discuss their expansive knowledge of the visual media with regards their effects;
- are able to deal with aspects of visual culture irrespective of their own aesthetical and cultural preferences, deal with them in their teaching in an appropriate way and create a learning environment promoting creative implementation;
- expand their knowledge about visual media and are interested in current developments in visual culture in general and children and youth cultures in particular.
Compulsory Module 6: Artistic Practice (Development) (10 ECTS-Credits; 16 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 3
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- understand visual-artistic thinking as basis of artistic processes;
- know their preferred techniques, possibilities and materials;
- know methods of advanced visual-creative work;
- are able to reflect on, use and discuss artistic methods;
- develop and realise artistic ideas and projects;
- are able to largely independently think and act in a visual-creative way in different fields of arts;
- investigate artistic media with regards to their own interests;
- develop different practical and theoretical skills;
- create, design and realise their own artistic ideas and projects;
- are able to see their work in relation to and in the context of other artistic expressions.
Compulsory Module 7: Digital Image / Communication Design (8 ECTS-Credits; 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- know the fundamental functions of apparatuses and programmes for digital image and text design;
- use (audio)visual media in consideration of creative aspects for producing and editing of images and multimodal information offers;
- are able to substantiate the use of visual signs with semiotic and media-scientific theories and models;
- follow the development of visual media with regards to technology, culture and society and expand their competences in this field and consider them appropriately;
- expand their understanding of arts and media with their own practice and reflection;
- are able to use their understanding of arts and media for their creative-visual and pedagogical work;
- are aware of the ethical and moral implications of visual design, consider them and are able to pass this knowledge on to their pupils.
The contents of the courses of this module are closely connected to the artistic practice of the students.
Compulsory Module 8: Subject-Related Practical Course (5 ECTS-Credits; 1 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 2
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to correctly and understandably prepare and plan their specific knowledge for their teaching;
- are able to realise and evaluate their classes according to the principles of contemporary art didactics;
- are able to reflect on art-didactic research results, theories and models in the context of teaching reality and to critically reflect on their teaching;
- hand on their knowledge to their colleagues and contribute to expert discourse
Compulsory Module 9: Sciences of Arts, Visual Culture, Didactics of Arts (Extension) (8 ECTS-Credits; 6 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 2
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- know about the importance of the place or the context resp. in which the piece of art is perceived (in situ, museum, gallery) for their iconographic analysis and iconological interpretation;
- can instruct pupils to observe, describe and analyse selected aspects of own or foreign visual cultures, to see them in larger cultural contexts and critically assess them;
- can develop topics and tasks for creative-practical lessons considering current subject-specific didactical theories and models in the field of the science of arts and cultural science;
- are able to independently develop methods for observation, description and analysis of different cultures for their teaching;
- refine their terminology for describing and imparting art and advance their theory-based reflection;
- are able to connect their knowledge of arts and culture with their knowledge in art education;
- are able to critically reflect on arts and picture phenomena and to understand and communicate their respective cultural context;
- independently deal with exemplary current research perspectives in arts and cultural science and are able to take up and communicate a reflected stance on the current fields in arts
Compulsory Module 10: Architecture for Arts Educators (6 ECTS-Credits; 4 h)
Prerequisites for registration: none
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- are able to describe and critically discuss public and private buildings and rooms and examples of product and industrial design from a social, functional, cultural, economic, political and ecological perspective;
- are able to develop teaching models (reflecting and creative) on issues in public and private building appropriate for the age of the pupils;
- understand designed environments as condition for living together, also in relation to inclusion and diversity, e.g. barrier-free access, and are able to teach this correlations;
- follow the design of public spaces and discuss their conditions and effects regularly in class.
Compulsory Module 11: Artistic Practice I (Extension) (5 ECTS-Credits; 8 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 6
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- know the main focus of their own artistic work;
- know the relationships between idea, technique and realisation of their own artistic work;
- know the artistic methods required for their own artistic work;
- know the theoretical context of their own artistic work;
- work independently;
- independently realise and reflect on their work in the main field of their artistic practice;
- are able to adequately select and apply working techniques and materials;
- develop and realise concepts, ideas and projects;
- are able reflect on and present their own work in the context of art discourse and their relevance for society;
- independently realise artistic work;
- independently experiment and research with artistic media and methods;
- are able to critically discuss their own artistic work and the work of others;
- are able to impart creative-visual thinking, artistic concepts, ideas and projects to learners.
Compulsory Module 12: Artistic Practice II (Extension) (6 ECTS-Credits; 10 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 11
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- know the main focus of their own artistic work;
- know the relationships between idea, technique and realisation of their own artistic work;
- know the artistic methods required for their own artistic work;
- know the theoretical context of their own artistic work;
- work independently;
- independently realise and reflect on their work in the main field of their artistic practice;
- are able to adequately select and apply working techniques and materials;
- develop and realise concepts, ideas and projects;
- are able reflect on and present their own work in the context of art discourse and their relevance for society;
- independently realise artistic work;
- independently experiment and research with artistic media and methods;
- are able to critically discuss their own artistic work and the work of others;
- are able to impart creative-visual thinking, artistic concepts, ideas and projects to learners.
Compulsory Module 13: Artistic Practice III (Extension) (6 ECTS-Credits; 10 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Module 11
Learning Outcome: Graduates
- know the main focus of their own artistic work;
- know the relationships between idea, technique and realisation of their own artistic work;
- know the artistic methods required for their own artistic work;
- know the theoretical context of their own artistic work;
- work independently;
- independently realise and reflect on their work in the main field of their artistic practice;
- are able to adequately select and apply working techniques and materials;
- develop and realise concepts, ideas and projects;
- are able reflect on and present their own work in the context of art discourse and their relevance for society;
- independently realise artistic work;
- independently experiment and research with artistic media and methods;
- are able to critically discuss their own artistic work and the work of others;
- are able to impart creative-visual thinking, artistic concepts, ideas and projects to learners.
COURSES
Compulsory Module 14: Interdisciplinary Skills (9 ECTS-Credits)
Prerequisites for registration: The registration prerequisites of the respective curricula must be met.
Learning Outcome: This module aims at advancing and expanding the study programme by acquiring additional qualifications.
Providing the availability of places, courses corresponding to 9 ECTS-Credits can be chosen from one's subject and/or other curricula of Bachelor or Diploma programmes at the Mozarteum Salzburg/location Innsbruck and the University of Innsbruck, with the exception of the other teaching subject, as well as from offers of other post-secondary educational institutions home and abroad.
It is recommended to choose courses from the school-practical field and on gender-specific aspects and inclusive educational science.
Attending the following course is also recommended: KE Artistic Practice (Extension) (7 hrs./5 ECTS-Credits).
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Compulsory Module 15: Bachelor's Thesis Seminar (7 ECTS-Credits; 2 h)
Prerequisites for registration: successful completion of Compulsory Modules 2 and 4
Learning Outcome: The graduates of this module are able to deal with a subject-specific or didactic subject with a connection to the practical field of school in a methodical correct manner and to present the result of this examination in a well-understandable written and oral form.
Notes:
- There may still be changes in the courses offered as well as room allocation and course dates.
- The course descriptions found in the English version of the course catalogue are for informational purposes only. Authoritative information can be found in the "Vorlesungsverzeichnis" (German version of the course catalogue).