Handbook home
Master of Fine Art (952AA) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
You’re currently viewing the 2017 version of this course
About this course
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: Graduate Research Hub
Future students:
- Further information: MCM website
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
- Email: vcamcm-research@unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Dr Stephen Haley
Intended learning outcomes
This course aims to:
- provide the opportunity for candidates to extend their knowledge, understanding and competence within the visual arts;
- promote research in and via the visual arts;
- aid, through research, the advancement of the practice and theory of visual art;
- provide opportunities for the investigation of the conjunction between the cognitive and formative aspects of the visual arts.
Generic skills
At the completion of this course, students should be able to:
- exhibit extensive theoretical and practical knowledge of their discipline including relevant professional knowledge, skills, discipline and ethics as they relate to a practising visual artist;
- demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation;
- demonstrate practical skills in respect of critical analysis, problem solving, report writing, team work and oral and written communication;
- demonstrate a flexible and innovative approach to the national and international challenges for the professional visual artist in the 21st century;
- work at various levels, both as an individual and as a team member, in a wide variety of visual artistic environments;
- contribute to a range of visual arts environments as artistic collaborators and leaders;
- demonstrate an open, independent and inquiring attitude towards contemporary cultural developments and new ideas;
- critically and creatively engage with topics of cultural significance across communities;
- understand and appreciate how the visual arts connect with the broader society and contribute to its social and economic development;
- understand their relationship with and responsibility to their cultural environment and society.
Graduate attributes
http://gradresearch.unimelb.edu.au/handbooks/mres/intro.html
Last updated: 30 January 2024