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Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2018
Art History
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Miya Tokumitsu
Email: miya.tokumitsu@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The Art History program is the premier provider of art historical scholarship in Australia. Thematic and interdisciplinary subjects deal with the theories of art history, art and the market, prints, and other issues. Areas of specialisation include late antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th and 19th century European art, modernism and postmodernism, contemprary art, Indigenous Australian art, and international art.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- two core subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (62.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS30019 | Theory and Practice of Art History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS40002 | Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40008 | Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40015 | Histories and Theories of Conservation | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| AHIS40019 | The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| AHIS90008 | Writing About Art and the Moving Image | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
62.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS10001 | Art History: Theory and Controversy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS10002 | Modern Art: The Politics of the New | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20002 | Australian Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20011 | European Renaissance Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20016 | Art and Revolution | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20018 | Art, Market and Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS20019 | Art in Medieval Europe | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| AHIS20020 | Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30002 | Studying Contemporary Art Abroad | June (Off Campus) |
25 |
| AHIS30003 | The Age of Golden Ages: Art in Europe | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30005 | Contemporary Aboriginal Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30020 | Contemporary Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30021 | The Medieval Image: Art and Culture | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
| AHIS30022 | Global Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | June (Off Campus) |
25 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 18 December 2020