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200pt Program
Master of Arts and Cultural ManagementCourse Entry PointYear: 2021
200pt Program
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Christiaan De Beukelaer
Email: christiaan.debeukelaer@unimelb.edu.au
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
- Contact: 'Make an enquiry' at http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/16-master-of-arts-and-cultural-management
Overview
The Master of Arts and Cultural Management is a vocationally orientated program which prepares students for a management career in the arts, entertainment, and cultural industries, including theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and film and in cultural policy development in government or industry peak bodies. The program focuses on the relationship between management practices and creative production and presentation in an international context. The program delivers subjects in the key areas of management, law, cultural and creative industries, policy and marketing together with challenging analytical content that assists graduates to participate in the ethical, political and philosophical dimensions of creative practices in an international context. Students can choose their core subjects from a wide range of offerings that encompass the fields of management in the arts, art and social change, global cultural industries, and policy and advocacy.
The Graduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Management (Advanced) is also available.
Last updated: 12 November 2021
Structure
200 credit points
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
- foundation subjects (50 points) - must be completed in the first 100 points of the program
- 5 compulsory subjects (62.5 points)
- core subjects (minimum of 62.5 points, maximum of 87.5 points)
- elective subjects (maximum 25 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (at least 25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: Minor Thesis: AMGT90027 Arts Management Thesis Part 1 and AMGT90028 Arts Management Thesis Part 2 (37.5 points total)
Purpose: An opportunity to undertake a theoretically underpinned study of the industry.
Capstone Stream 2: ARTS90024 Industry Core and Placement
Purpose: An opportunity to undertake an evaluation study of a section of the industry.
Capstone Stream 3: MULT90064 Industry Core and Project
Purpose: An opportunity to undertake an action research project.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.
Subject Options
Foundation Subjects
50 points
Note: Students must complete four foundation subjects in the first 100 points of the program. Please note some subjects in this list may have specific prerequisites or recommended background knowledge. See “eligibility and requirements” in subject entries for details.
Art History
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS20002 | Australian Art | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20011 | European Renaissance Art | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20016 | Art and Revolution | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20018 | Art, Market and Methods | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20019 | Art in Medieval Europe | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AHIS20020 | Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AHIS20021 | Arts of East Asia | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AHIS30002 | Studying Contemporary Art Abroad | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
AHIS30003 | European Art & Absolute Power 1660-1815 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AHIS30005 | Contemporary Aboriginal Art | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AHIS30021 | The Medieval Image: Art and Culture | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
English and Theatre Studies
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ENGL20030 | Modern and Contemporary Theatre | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL20033 | Shakespeare in Performance | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ENGL20034 | The Theatre Experience | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL30048 | Performance and the World | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Music
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20198 | Music History 2: C19th Music and Ideas |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30053 | The Ethnography of Music | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MUSI30249 | Music History 3:Impressionism to Present |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MUSI10227 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI20206 | The Business of Music | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
Business/Economics/Commerce
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MGMT30002 | Managing in Contemporary Organisations | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MGMT30005 | Managing Strategic Change | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MGMT30006 | Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT30008 | Managing Sustainably | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT30013 | Managing for Competitive Advantage | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Compulsory Subjects
62.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AMGT90001 | Principles of Arts Management |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90004 | States, Governments and the Arts |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90013 | Finance and Budgeting |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90018 | The Economics of Culture | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90029 | Applied Research Methods |
February (Online)
Winter Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
Core Subjects
minimum of 62.5 points/maximum of 87.5 points
Please note: Students who were admitted to the Master of Arts and Cultural Management prior to 2017, but who are accepted for the minor thesis from Semester 1 2017 onwards, will need to take ARTS90032 Research Principles and Practices during the first semester of their enrolment in the thesis, in accordance with course rules at the time of admission.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90008 | Curating Contemporary Art | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AHIS40013 | Contemporary Art in China | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
AHIS40016 | Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2021 | 25 |
INDG90001 | Working in Indigenous Cultural Contexts | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AMGT90032 | Art and Cultural Management in Asia | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AMGT90006 | Audiences and the Arts | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90007 | Stakeholders and Fundraising in the Arts | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90011 | Global Cultural Policy and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AMGT90012 | Managing Creative Content | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90027 | Arts Management Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
AMGT90028 | Arts Management Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
AMGT90030 | Philanthropy and Development in the Arts | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AMGT90031 | Developing Cultural Industries | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ARTS90024 | Industry Core and Placement |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
MULT90064 | Industry Core and Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
CULS40001 | Cultural Policy and Power | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CULS90004 | Cultural Complexity and Intelligence | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI20206 | The Business of Music | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN90006 | Film Festival Cultures | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN90002 | Film Production: From Script to Screen | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
PUBL90014 | Legal Issues in Arts and Media | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
maximum 25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90005 | Interpreting Exhibitions | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40016 | Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
AHIS90005 | History and Philosophy of Museums | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ARTS90004 | The Power of Ideas: Ten Great Books | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40011 | Cultural Studies Now | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40017 | Serial Storytelling | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
ENGL40020 | Australian Theatre and Performance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90001 | Professional Speaking Communication | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ESLA90002 | Advanced Self-Editing | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
ESLA90003 | Professional Literacies | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
ESLA90004 | Intercultural Professional Communication | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM40011 | Writing for the Media | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MECM90007 | Media Convergence and Digital Culture | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90037 | Online Community Management | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCRN40002 | Contemporary Film Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MGMT90234 | Leaders, Business & Culture in Florence | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 12 November 2021