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Doctor of Philosophy - Arts (DR-PHILART) // Course structure
About this course
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Coordinator
Associate Professor Chloé Diskin-Holdaway
For currently enrolled students:
- General information about enrolment:
https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/students/graduate-research - Email: arts-gr@unimelb.edu.au
For future students:
Coordinator email:
Course structure
PhD thesis of 80,000 words. The award of the PhD is based solely on external examination of the PhD research thesis.
Four subjects (25 points in total) undertaken in the first year of probationary candidature:
- One compulsory subject: Arts PhD Research Intensive, taught intensively over 2 days in semester one (6.25 points)
- One core subject from a list of Arts PhD Research Workshops, held fortnightly in semester one (6.25 points)
- Two Arts PhD Electives (2 x 6.25 = 12.5 points)
Please note the following:
- All students are required to complete the Arts PhD Research Intensive (6.25 points total) and achieve a minimum grade of H2A (75%).
- All student are required to complete one PhD Research Workshop from the list below (6.25 points total) and achieve a minimum grade of H2A (75%).
- All students are required to complete two PhD Electives (12.5 points total) from the list below with the approval of the student’s supervisor and achieve a minimum grade of Pass (50%) in each elective
- In some cases, supervisory panels, disciplines or Schools will require their students to take particular Electives or Workshops.
- Some subjects may be restricted to students with cognate disciplinary expertise in that area of study.
- Language subjects that are essential to the student's research thesis, or to improve a student’s English language proficiency, may be substituted for one PhD Elective (6.25 points) with approval from the student's supervisor and require the endorsement of the subject coordinator and Faculty.
Subject options
Arts PhD Research Intensive Workshop
This subject is taught intensively over two days in April (6.25 points).
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ARTS90005 | Arts PhD Intensive | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Arts PhD Research Workshop Subject
One PhD Research Workshop subject, taught fortnightly in semester one (6.25 points).
Please note the following:
All students are required to select one Arts PhD Research Workshop with approval from their supervisor.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ARTS90008 | Researching the Past | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90009 | Researching Texts | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90010 | Researching Society and Culture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90011 | Researching Images | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90012 | Researching Ideas | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90013 | Researching Media and Culture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90014 | Researching Politics and Policy | Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90015 | Researching Language | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Arts PhD Elective Subjects
All students are required to select two Arts PhD elective subjects (2 x 6.25 points = 12.5 points total)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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ARTS90001 | Melancholy and the Sweetness of Sorrow | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90002 | Social Research and Reflexive Writing | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
ARTS90003 | Introduction to Action Research | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90022 | Power and Marginalisation in Research | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
ARTS90030 | Melbourne History Workshop Practicum | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90036 | Theories of Art | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90037 | The Cosmopolitan Imaginary | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90038 | Writing as Women: Critical Readings | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90040 | Advanced Linguistics Analysis A |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
ARTS90041 | Advanced Linguistics Analysis B |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
6.25 |
ARTS90042 | Digital Methods | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90043 | Translation in Research | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
ARTS90044 | The Art & Practice of the Personal Essay | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90045 | Greco-Roman Governance and Public Policy | Not available in 2024 | 6.25 |
ARTS90046 | Quantitative Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90047 | Advanced Qualitative Methods | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90048 | Philosophical Methodology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90049 | Research in Gender | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90050 | Digital Archives: Theory and Methods | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
ARTS90051 | Time | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Last updated: 8 November 2024