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Master of Cultural Materials Conservation (MC-CULMC) // Course structure
About this course
Contact
Coordinator
Dr Paula Dredge
Email: paula.dredge@unimelb.edu.au
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
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/8-master-of-cultural-materials-conservation
Course structure
200 point program
Duration: 2 year full-time / up to 4 years part-time
First 100 points:
- 6 compulsory subjects (87.5 points)
- 1 elective subject (12.5 points)
Second 100 points:
- 1 compulsory subject (12.5points)
- 2 capstone subjects (37.5 points)
- Elective subjects (50 points)
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time
- 4 compulsory subjects (50 points)
- 2 capstone subjects (37.5 points)
- Elective subjects (62.5 points)
100 point program
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time.
- 1 compulsory subjects (12.5 points)
- 2 capstone subjects (37.5 points)
- Elective subjects (50 points)
Capstone Requirement:
All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program.
Capstone: CUMC90035 and CUMC90036 Conservation Thesis Part 1 and Conservation Thesis Part 2
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a research question; pathway to the PhD
Please note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
External Subject Rule
Student may undertake an external subject (not listed within the program structure) with the permission of the program and subject coordinator. All external subject requests must be for the elective subject requirement, not as a compulsory, core or capstone subject. The maximum external subjects allowed are as follows:
- 200 point program undertaken at University of Melbourne (2 years): maximum 25 points.
- 150 point program undertaken at University of Melbourne (1.5 years): maximum 12.5 points.
- 100* point program undertaken at University of Melbourne (1 year): 12.5 points
- 50*^ point program undertaken at University of Melbourne (0.5 years): 0 points.
* GC-ARTS, GD-ARTS, GCA-ARTS and GDA-ARTS students are not normally granted permission to undertake external subjects towards their degree.
^ Exception: Students admitted to 50 point programs may apply to take LING90002, Presenting Academic Discourse, as an external subject.
Please note that advanced standing contributes to a student’s remaining points undertaken at University of Melbourne, and may affect how many points the student can undertake outside the enrolled program.
For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.
Last updated: 15 February 2025