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Master of Arts and Cultural ManagementCourse Entry PointYear: 2022
200pt Program
Contact information
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 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 2022
Structure
200 credit points
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
- Foundation elective subjects (50 points): The maximum number of undergraduate subjects that can be completed is 50 points, these subjects must be completed in the first 100 points of the program.
- Compulsory subjects (62.5 points)
- Capstone subjects (25 points or 37.5 points for the minor thesis option)
- Elective subjects (62.5 points or 50 points for the minor thesis option): A maximum of 25 points of Level 4 subjects can be completed, and must be completed in the first 100 points of the program.
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (25 points or 37.5 points for the minor thesis option). Students must complete one capstone option:
Capstone Stream 1: ARTS90024 Industry Core and Placement
Purpose: An opportunity to undertake an evaluation study of a section of the industry.
Capstone Stream 2: MULT90064 Industry Core and Project
Purpose: An opportunity to undertake an action research project.
Capstone Stream 3: 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.
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 1 (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 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS20020 | Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20021 | Arts of East Asia | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS30002 | Studying Contemporary Art Abroad | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
AHIS30003 | European Art & Absolute Power 1660-1815 | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS30005 | Contemporary Aboriginal Art | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS30021 | The Medieval Image: Art and Culture | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
English and Theatre Studies
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ENGL20030 | Modern and Contemporary Theatre | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL20033 | Shakespeare in Performance | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL20034 | The Theatre Experience | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL30048 | Performance and the World | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Music
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MUSI20198 | Music History 2: The Long 19th Century |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
MUSI30053 | The Ethnography of Music | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI30249 | Music History 3: 20th & 21st Centuries | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Southbank) |
12.5 |
MUSI10227 | Musics of the World | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MUSI20206 | The Business of Music |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
Business/Economics/Commerce
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MGMT30002 | Managing in Contemporary Organisations | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
MGMT30005 | Managing Strategic Change | Not available in 2022 | 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 |
April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90004 | Cultural Policy |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90013 | Finance and Budgeting |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90018 | The Economics of Culture | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90029 | Applied Research Methods |
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Capstone Subjects
25 points or 37.5 points for the minor thesis option
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARTS90024 | Industry Core and Placement |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
or
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT90064 | Industry Core and Project |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
or
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AMGT90027 | Arts Management Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
AMGT90028 | Arts Management Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
Elective Subjects
62.5 points or 50 points for the minor thesis option
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90005 | Interpreting Exhibitions | Semester 2 (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 |
AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2022 | 25 |
AMGT90006 | Audiences and the Arts | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90007 | Stakeholders and Fundraising in the Arts | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90011 | Global Cultural Policy and Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AMGT90012 | Managing Creative Content | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90031 | Developing Cultural Industries | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AMGT90032 | Art and Cultural Management in Asia | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AHIS90005 | History and Philosophy of Museums | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
CULS90004 | Cultural Complexity and Intelligence | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CWRI40017 | Serial Storytelling | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL40020 | Australian Theatre and Performance | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90007 | Media Convergence and Digital Culture | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MECM90037 | Online Community Management | Not available in 2022 | 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 |
PUBL90014 | Legal Issues in Arts and Media | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN90006 | Film Festival Cultures | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
SCRN90002 | Film Production: From Script to Screen | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 12 November 2022