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200pt Program
Master of Art CuratorshipCourse Entry PointYear: 2024
Overview
The Master of Art Curatorship introduces students to key concepts in art curatorship and equips them for a career in the art museum and gallery world. Students will gain a deep understanding of the changing contexts in which the art curatorial profession operates, such as globalisation and decolonisation, new curatorial innovations, shifts in art and art museums, and the impact of new technologies on art museums, art galleries and professional practice. The program delivers subjects in the key areas of museum theory and practice, art collection management and conservation, and the interpretation and curating of exhibitions, together with challenging analytical content that assists graduates to participate in the ethical, political and philosophical dimensions of curating art in an international context. Students have the opportunity to do an industry internship as part of their studies. Students also have the option to undertake a research thesis that can provide a pathway to PhD study.
Last updated: 2 February 2024
Structure
200 credit points
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
- Foundation elective subjects (50 points) - must be completed in the first 100 points of the program
- Compulsory subjects (50 points)
- Capstone subjects (25 points or 50 points for the minor thesis option)
- Elective subjects (75 points or 50 points for the minor thesis option)
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, ACUR90010 Art Curatorship Thesis Part 2 and ARTS90032 Research Principles & Practices Graduate (50 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
Foundation elective subjects
50 points
Students must complete four foundation subjects in the first 100 points of the program. Please note that some subjects in this list may have specific prerequisites or recommended background knowledge/ See ‘eligibility and requirements’ in subject entries for details.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
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 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20018 | Art, Market and Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20020 | Avant-Garde and Postmodern Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20021 | Arts of East Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS20022 | Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
AHIS30002 | Studying Contemporary Art Abroad | Not available in 2024 | 25 |
AHIS30003 | European Art & Absolute Power 1660-1815 | 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 |
AHIS30022 | Renaissance Art in Global Context | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Compulsory Subjects
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90001 | Issues in Art Conservation | Semester 2 (On Campus - 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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Capstone Subjects
Capstone option 1
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90009 | Art Curatorship Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
ACUR90010 | Art Curatorship Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
18.75 |
ARTS90032 | Research Principles & Practices Graduate |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Please note: the minor thesis requires enrolment over two consecutive semesters
Capstone option 2
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT90064 | Industry Core and Project |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Capstone option 3
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ARTS90024 | Industry Core and Placement |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Elective Subjects
75 points or 50 points for the minor thesis option.
A maximum of 25 points can be completed at level 4, and must be completed in the first 100 points of the program. All other elective subjects completed must be at level 9.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACUR90005 | Interpreting Exhibitions | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90007 | Collection Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ACUR90008 | Curating Contemporary Art | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS90004 | The Print Room | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40002 | Indigenous Australian Art Histories | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40006 | Postcolonial Visual Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40008 | Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40013 | Advanced Art Fieldwork | June (Off Campus) |
25 |
AHIS40016 | Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory | June (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
AHIS40019 | The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS40020 | Museology in Florence | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2024 | 25 |
AHIS90007 | Biennales, Triennales and Documentas | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AHIS90008 | Writing About Art and the Moving Image | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90032 | Global Perspectives on Arts Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90004 | Cultural Policy |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
September (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90012 | Managing Creative Content | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90013 | Finance and Budgeting |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AMGT90014 | Directed Reading in Cultural Management | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
AMGT90017 | Marketing the Arts | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
AMGT90018 | The Economics of Culture | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
AMGT90024 | Cultural Festivals and Special Events | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT90059 | Social Enterprise Incubator |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
August (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PUBL90006 | Writing and Editing for Digital Media |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCRN40009 | Screen Media and Political Aesthetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN90004 | Visual Culture Industries | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 2 February 2024