Late Assessment Submission

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue. This late penalty will apply to written reports and recordings only. Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs will be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application.

Use of AI in Open Assessments

In this unit, unless notified otherwise in writing by the Unit Convenor, it is expected that the work you submit demonstrates your own understanding, analysis, research, reflection, critical thinking, and writing, and you will be marked on the basis of your demonstrated understanding of and engagement with the unit content and activities. This applies to all assessments, including online forums. If your teachers have concerns about whether a submission is your own work in a meaningful sense, you may be required to attend an interview with the Unit Convenor or other academic staff to discuss your work and demonstrate your attainment of unit and task learning outcomes.  Further information and advice about policies and expectations around the use of Generative AI will be given in iLearn. 

This unit uses an iLearn website and Echo360 lecture recordings. The website contains links to the reading material (via Leganto), lecture notes/slideshows, lecture recordings, and other learning materials such as video clips, weblinks, and images. Students will therefore require access to a computer and a good internet connection in order to access all the material and participate in the unit effectively. PHIL/PHIX3052 will be delivered using a combination of live lectures (recorded via Echo360) and tutorial discussions (in-class tutorials for 'in person scheduled' students; asynchronous online forums for 'online flexible' students). External students will engage in these activities online via dedicated iLearn discussion forums. Lectures are organised around key texts in which fundamental concepts and arguments are introduced and explained.  

Lectures

Lectures will take place on Wednesday 1pm-3pm, 17WW G02 Lecture Theatre. All lectures will be recorded and made available via Echo360 Online Lecture Recordings shortly afterwards via the iLearn page.

Tutorials

Weekly tutorial classes (for all students) will be conducted from Week 1 until Week 12. Internal students will have on-campus tutorials; external (online flexible and OUA) students will participate via online tuorial discussion forums. Weekly Tutorial Discussion Questions will be posted before the Wednesday morning lectures. Students are required to respond to the Tutorial Discussion Questions and engage each other in discussion responding to issues raised in these responses. 

PART I - Aesthetics, Art, and Beauty

Week 1 Introduction: What is Aesthetics?

Week 2 - Art, Creativity and Cognition

Week 3 – Art as Representation

Week 4 – Art and Ethics

Week 5 – Everyday Aesthetics

Week 6 – Existentialist Art and Politics

Part II – Social Philosophy

Week 7 – Populist Politics

Week 8 – The Crisis of Care

Week 9 – Economy, Ecology, Politics

Part III – Aesthetic and Social Issues of AI

 Week 10 – Automation and the End of Work

Week 11 – Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction

Week 12 - Art and Human Creativity

Week 13 – AI, Art and Propaganda