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150pt Program (1.5 years full-time)
Executive Master of ArtsCourse Entry PointYear: 2021
150pt Program (1.5 years full-time)
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Sara Wills
Email: s.wills@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' on http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/24-executive-master-of-arts
Overview
The Executive Master of Arts (EMA) is designed for graduates who are eager to shape leadership roles for themselves in the 21st century. It is a program which recognises the unique benefits of combining traditional Arts strengths in analysis, ethics and critical reasoning with a skill set appropriate for managing resources, planning projects and delivering results in a dynamic contemporary environment.
The 150 point program normally has a start year intake only. In 2020, there is a mid year intake available.
Last updated: 12 November 2021
Structure
150 credit points
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time
- seven compulsory subjects (87.5 points)
- core subject/s (25 points)
- elective subjects (37.5 points)
It is strongly recommended that students complete all compulsory subjects sequentially in the first 100 points of the program.
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points). Students must complete one capstone option -
Capstone Stream 1: MGMT90129 Group Project (25 points)(Available for students completing the 200 and 150 point program)
Purpose: Provides students with the opportunity to conceptualise, plan and execute a substantial group project undertaken for an external organisation, responding to a real problem or challenge within that organisation, demonstrating advanced and innovative practical, analytical, team work and communication skills to understand, contribute to and engage with the organisation in question
Capstone Stream 2: MGMT90164 EMA Special Project (25 points) or MGMT90235 EMA Special project (Year Long) Part 1 and MGMT90236 EMA Special Project (Year Long) Part 2 (Available for students completing the 200 and 150 point program)
Purpose: Provides students with the opportunity to conceptualise, plan and execute a substantial, independent, research-based project in the form of a report or minor thesis, demonstrating a specialist understanding of the topic being studied, high level skills in interdisciplinary and comparative research, analysis and critique, underpinned by a demonstrable capacity to communicate research effectively, creatively and persuasively in written form
Capstone Stream 3: MGMT90131 Internship II (25 points)(Available for students completing the 200 and 150 point program)
Purpose: Provides students with the opportunity to plan and execute a four-week (full-time equivalent) placement or internship based capstone experience in an external organisation, demonstrating an ability to work across a range of tasks relevant to the organisation’s objectives, and develop and complete a specific project with creativity, integrity and cultural sensitivity, acquiring significant insight into the complexities of applying knowledge and skills within a professional workplace
Capstone Stream 4: Internship 1 (MGMT90130) and Project Management (MGMT90128) (Available for students completing the 150 and 100 point program - Students completing this Capstone option in the 150 point program must ensure an additional core subject is completed (12.5 points) as per the program requirements)
Purpose: Equips students with the capacity to plan, execute and manage professional projects in workplace contexts, provides a ‘real-world’ cohort experience designed to facilitate pathways towards careers and provide a group-learning experience that utilizes the key skills developed in all prior EMA subjects.
Capstone Stream 5: EMA Career Project (MGMT90209) and Project Management (MGMT90128) (Available for students completing the 150 and 100 point program - Students completing this Capstone option in the 150 point program must ensure an additional core subject is completed (12.5 points) as per the program requirements)
Purpose: Equips students with the capacity to plan, execute and manage professional projects, provides a ‘real-world’ cohort experience designed to facilitate pathways towards careers, provides a group-learning experience that utilizes the key skills developed in all prior EMA subjects and provides the opportunity to plan and execute a career-focused and research-based project.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework. Students also should also refer to information in the Student Policy Directory.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
It is strongly recommended that students complete all compulsory subjects sequentially in the first 100 points of the program.
87.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MGMT90126 | Budgets and Financial Management | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90127 | Leadership Theory & Practice | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90128 | Project Management | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90132 | Professional Communication | May (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90160 | The Secret Life of Organisations | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90021 | Critical and Creative Thinking | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL90022 | Thinking and Acting Ethically | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
Students should complete the core subject requirement in the final hundred points of the program.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARTS90004 | The Power of Ideas: Ten Great Books | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90129 | Group Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
MGMT90131 | Internship II |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
MGMT90164 | EMA Special Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
MGMT90130 | Internship I |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90209 | EMA Career Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90235 | EMA Special Project (Year Long) Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90236 | EMA Special Project (Year Long) Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Please note: written permission from the program and subject coordinator must be provided to undertake any electives that are not listed as part of the program, including language subjects, to a maximum of 12.5 points in total across the duration of the program.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90004 | States, Governments and the Arts |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARTS90018 | Morality and Politics | No longer available | |
CICU50001 | Human Rights on Screen | No longer available | |
CRIM40005 | Punishment and Detention: New Challenges | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
CRIM90008 | Sovereignty, Justice, Indigenous Peoples | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CRIM90020 | Crime, Culture & the Media | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM90025 | Organised Crime and Human Trafficking | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
CULS90004 | Cultural Complexity and Intelligence | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
DEVT90039 | Civil Society, NGOs and the State | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
DEVT90049 | Politics & Contested Development: Africa | No longer available | |
ENST90004 | Climate Change Politics and Policy | 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 |
PPMN90053 | The Politics of Food | No longer available | |
HIST90026 | History, Memory and Violence in Asia | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90027 | Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
HPSC90012 | Trust, Communication and Expertise | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC90013 | Science, Controversy and Public Policy | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
IBUS90004 | Cross Cultural Management and Teamwork |
Summer Term (Online)
July (Online)
November (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
INTS90007 | Rising China in the Globalised World | July (Online) |
12.5 |
ISLM90007 | Contemporary Middle East and South Asia | July (Online) |
12.5 |
ISLM90008 | Islam and Politics: Interfaith Relations | Summer Term (Online) |
12.5 |
ISLM90015 | Understanding the Gulf States | No longer available | |
LAWS50127 | Philosophical Foundations of Law | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LING90019 | English in a Globalised World | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LING90026 | Transcultural Communication at Work | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90003 | Mobility, Culture and Communication | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90007 | Media Convergence and Digital Culture | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90010 | Strategic Political Communication | No longer available | |
MECM90016 | Digital Politics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90013 | Leadership and Team Dynamics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MGMT90015 | Human Resource Fundamentals |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90018 | Managing Behaviour in Organisations |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90030 | Managing Innovation |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90111 | Management and Business Communication | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MGMT90165 | Social Entrepreneurship | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
MGMT90234 | Leaders, Business & Culture in Florence | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MKTG90004 | Marketing Management |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MULT90004 | Sustainability Governance and Leadership |
Semester 1 (Online)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MULT90028 | GSHSS Advanced Special Study | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PHIL90004 | Ethical Theory and Practice | No longer available | |
PHIL90009 | Violence, War and Terrorism | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL90010 | Global Justice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL90027 | The Moral Limits of Markets | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PHIL90032 | Inequality and Public Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90012 | Trade Policy Politics & Governance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90013 | Politics and Business in post-Mao China | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90015 | Business and Government | No longer available | |
POLS90016 | The United Nations: Review and Reform | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90034 | International Policymaking in Practice | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS90041 | Global Campaigning: NGOs and Movements | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
POLS90042 | Latin America in the World | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
POLS90056 | Social Policy and Development | No longer available | |
PPMN90031 | Public Policy Lobbying Strategies | January (Online) |
12.5 |
PUBL90006 | Writing and Editing for Digital Media |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PUBL90007 | History of Books and Reading | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
PUBL90010 | Print Production and Design |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI90009 | A Century of Australian Social Policy | No longer available | |
SOTH90006 | Social Justice: Policy and Practice | No longer available | |
SCRN90004 | Visual Culture Industries | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Links
http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
Last updated: 12 November 2021