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Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2024
Art History
Contact information
Coordinator
Susan Lowish
Email: susan.lowish@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The Art History program is the premier provider of art historical scholarship in Australia. Thematic and interdisciplinary subjects deal with the theories of art history, art and the market, prints, and other issues. Areas of specialisation include late antiquity, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th and 19th century European art, modernism and postmodernism, contemprary art, Indigenous Australian art, and international art.
Intended learning outcomes
See program objectives
- See program objectives
Last updated: 27 August 2024
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
- two core subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (62.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Compulsory Subject
12.5 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS30019 | Theory and Practice of Art History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS40002 | Indigenous Australian Art Histories | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40008 | Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40019 | The Book: Late Antiquity to Renaissance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
Elective Subjects
62.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHIS10001 | Art History: Theory and Controversy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS10003 | The World in Twenty Art Works | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| 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 |
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| AHIS30024 | Virtual Worlds in Japanese Art | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS30025 | Photography in China | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AHIS40022 | Studying Contemporary Art Overseas | Not available in 2024 | 25 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 27 August 2024