* Apply and defend innovative practice to generate and evaluate abstract ideas which contribute to problem solving or the advancement of professional knowledge and/or practice.
* Communicate arts knowledge and research results, in writing and orally using plain English and making a sustained argument to specialist and non-specialist audiences.
* Critically consider and apply emergent practice principles, including sustainability and global perspectives, relevant to arts.
* Demonstrate advanced knowledge of research principles and methods through the review and analysis of existing research relevant to work and learning in arts.
* Demonstrate and reflect on cross-cultural awareness, including indigenous cultural competence as it applies to research design, research methods and/or professional practice in arts.
* Demonstrate specialist knowledge and understanding of theory, practice and recent developments within arts.
* Demonstrate the ability to collaborate and work in team settings, relevant to research or work-integrated projects to produce measurable outcomes.
* Design, plan apply and evaluate a substantial piece of research, with accountability, which contributes to theory and/or practice in arts.
* Independently integrate theoretical and technical knowledge to contribute to the development of theory, understanding and practice in arts.
* Investigate analyse and synthesise complex concepts and problems in arts through the application of advanced technology, information and numeracy literacy.
* Reflect critically on theory and its application to arts.