Creative Expressions
As an essential component of the core curriculum, Creative Expressions courses utilise artistic mediums, sports, and embodied learning to cultivate creativity, foster social cohesion, and build resilience. Encouraging students to take risks in unfamiliar disciplines, these courses nurture curiosity, self-discovery, and overall well-being. Through Creative Expressions, students are empowered to participate with meaningful social connection, fostering a community of active and responsible citizens.
In this set of courses, you will explore embodied ways of learning through a sustained practice of an art form or a sport. You could choose from a variety of interests including, but not limited to woodwork, martial arts, music, theatre, dance, yoga and visual art.
Courses
Art it up!
Common Curriculum
This course engages students in exploring artistic mediums such as pencils, pens, soft pastels, and acrylic paints.
Art of Foraging & the Local Foodways
Common Curriculum
The course has been designed to engage with the diverse student community at the University.
Belly Dance
Common Curriculum
Students learn to focus while moving freely, having fun and enjoying the process
Breakdancing
Common Curriculum
Fuses creativity and discipline through Breaking; merging arts and athletics.
Calligraphy 101
Common Curriculum
This course invites beginners to explore a craft that balances tradition with creative innovation.
Creative Expression with Clay
Common Curriculum
Mastering a personal style while the fundamentals of working with clay.
Football for all
Common Curriculum
Students will learn to work together as a team, foster relationships, and grow as individuals while playing.
Guitar 101
Common Curriculum
Mastering the acoustic guitar as a bridge between harmony and rhythm
Illustration for Visual Storytelling
Common Curriculum
This course enables students to actively engage in creating and observing to develop personal narratives and perspectives.
Learning and Embodiment: Mandalas
Common Curriculum
Explore the potential of mandala art in fostering creativity and wellness in a hands-on way
Origami 101
Common Curriculum
Origami is a course that will involve doing the art from the very basics of learning.
Playback Theatre & Community Building
Common Curriculum
Engage in improvisational storytelling bringing audience narratives to life.
Puppetry and Visual Theatre
Common Curriculum
Introducing students to puppetry and visual theatre, emphasising hands-on engagement
Salsa
Common Curriculum
Explore salsa's cultural history, rhythm and musicality skills while learning the dance form.
Singing 101
Common Curriculum
A space for exploration and a deep understanding of the voice to use it skilfully and efficiently
Sketching and Watercolour
Common Curriculum
This course introduces students to the fundamental language of visual art—line, form, colour and value—through direct experience.
Sustainable Ways of Growing Food
Common Curriculum
Practical insights into sustainable farming but also confront the challenges faced by farmers in their home communities.
The Art of Breathing
Common Curriculum
Explore the profound impact of breath on physical and mental wellbeing
The Selfie: Text and Image
Common Curriculum
Tell personal, poignant or political stories through poetry and portraiture
Woodworking: Thinking Hands
Common Curriculum
Crafting simple wood objects and developing precision through hands-on experience.
Yoga as a Life Skill
Common Curriculum
This course explores the true essence of yoga as a life skill that supports a healthy and balanced lifestyle, moving beyond its commonly perceived focus on physical postures (asanas).