Art History // Structure
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Art History
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- thesis (50 points)
- 25 points from the Advanced Research Seminars in Art History elective subjects
- elective subject (12.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis AHIS40023 Art History Thesis Part 1 and AHIS40024 Art History Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters
Subject Options
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT50001 | Research Principles and Practices |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Thesis Subject
50 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS40023 | Art History Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| AHIS40024 | Art History Thesis Part 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Advanced Research in Art History Elective Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS40002 | Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| AHIS40005 | Trauma & Spectacle: Postwar European Art | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| AHIS40006 | Postcolonial Visual Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40007 | The Artist's Body | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| AHIS40008 | Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40013 | Contemporary Art in China | June (Off Campus) |
25 |
| AHIS40015 | Histories and Theories of Conservation | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
| AHIS40016 | Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory | June (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40019 | The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40020 | Museology in Florence | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2017 | 25 |
| AHIS90008 | Writing About Art and the Moving Image | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Other Elective Subjects
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUR90005 | Interpreting Exhibitions | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ACUR90008 | Curating Contemporary Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS90004 | The Print Room | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS90005 | History and Philosophy of Museums | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communicationLast updated: 4 March 2025