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Structure
150 credit points
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
Coursework Only Option:
- four compulsory subjects (50 points)
- core subjects (minimum 50 points, maximum 100 points)
- elective subjects (maximum 50 points)
- within these elective points, students must choose one of (and not both) ARTS90024 or MULT90064
or
Minor Thesis Option:
- four compulsory subjects (50 points)
- minor thesis parts 1 and 2 (37.5 points total)
- ARTS90032 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points)
- core subjects and/or elective subjects (50 points)
Please note: the minor thesis requires enrolment over two consecutive semesters
Capstone Requirement:
Capstone subject options must be completed in the final hundred points of the program. All students are required to complete one Capstone subject option (at least 25 points). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances.
Capstone Stream 1: ACUR90009 Art Curatorship Thesis Part 1 and ACUR90010 Art Curatorship Thesis Part 2 (37.5 points total)
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a specific art curatorship research question. Pathway to the PhD.
Capstone Stream 2: MULT90064 Industry Core and Project (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to bring together theoretical grounding in art curatorship and management practice and apply this knowledge within a creative practice or cultural management project in order to develop an integrated understanding of art curatorship theory and practice.
Capstone Stream 3: ARTS90024 Industry Core and Placement (25 points)
Purpose: An opportunity to bring together the theoretical grounding in art curatorship and management practice gained in the course and apply this knowledge in a professional context in order to develop an integrated understanding of art curatorship theory and practice.
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
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90001 | Issues in Art Conservation | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90002 | Art Museums and Curatorship | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90006 | Exhibition Management | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS90005 | History and Philosophy of Museums | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
minor thesis option - up to 50 points*
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90005 | Interpreting Exhibitions | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90007 | Collection Management | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90008 | Curating Contemporary Art | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS40013 | Contemporary Art in China | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
AHIS40016 | Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS40020 | Museology in Florence | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
AHIS90004 | The Print Room | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS90008 | Writing About Art and the Moving Image | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone option 1
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90009 | Art Curatorship Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
ACUR90010 | Art Curatorship Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
ARTS90032 | Research Principles & Practices Graduate |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Capstone option 2
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT90064 | Industry Core and Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
Capstone option 3
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARTS90024 | Industry Core and Placement |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
coursework only option - maximum 50 points
minor thesis option - up to 50 points*
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS40002 | Indigenous Australian Art Histories | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40005 | Trauma & Spectacle: Postwar European Art | No longer available | |
AHIS40006 | Postcolonial Visual Art | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS40008 | Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40019 | The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
AMGT90004 | Cultural Policy |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90012 | Managing Creative Content | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AMGT90013 | Finance and Budgeting |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90014 | Directed Reading in Cultural Management | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90018 | The Economics of Culture | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PUBL90006 | Writing and Editing for Digital Media |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCRN40006 | Film, Art and Exhibition | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
SCRN40009 | Screen Media and Political Aesthetics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN90004 | Visual Culture Industries | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
*Please note: Students completing the minor thesis option are able to select up to a maximum of 50 points of subjects from the combined list of Core and Electives subjects available in the 150 point program.
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 9 December 2022