Master of Fine Arts (Interdisciplinary Arts Practice) (MR-FAIAP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

The Master of Fine Arts develops the following skills in its graduate researchers:

  • the ability to engage in independent and contextually-informed artistic practice;
  • an ability to initiate research projects and to formulate viable research questions;
  • a demonstrated capacity to design, conduct and report independent and original research on a closely-defined project;
  • an ability to manage time to maximise the quality of research;
  • an understanding of the major contours of international research in the research area;
  • a capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature and artistic practice;
  • well-developed and flexible problem-solving abilities appropriate to the discipline;
  • the capacity to communicate effectively the results of research and scholarship by oral and written communication;
  • an understanding of and facility with scholarly conventions in the discipline area;
  • a profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of research and scholarship;
  • a capacity to cooperate with other researchers;
  • an ability to manage information effectively, including the application of computer systems and software where appropriate to the student's field of study.

Graduate attributes

Research Masters degrees at the University of Melbourne seek to develop graduates who have a capacity for defining and managing a research project characterised by originality and independence. Their training equips them for more sustained and original work at the doctoral level or for applied research positions in a wider variety of contexts.

Last updated: 21 February 2025