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Executive Master of Arts (MC-EMA)
Masters (Coursework)Year: 2024 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Majors, minors and specialisations
Contact
Course Coordinator
Professor Sara Wills
Email: s.wills@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' on http://gr
Overview
Award title | Executive Master of Arts |
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Year & campus | 2024 — Parkville |
CRICOS code | 068099M |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | 9 |
Credit points | 200 credit points |
Duration | 24 months full-time |
The Executive Master of Arts (EMA) is designed for graduates who are eager to shape leadership roles for themselves in the 21st century. It is a program which recognises the unique benefits of combining traditional Arts strengths in analysis, ethics and critical reasoning with a skill set appropriate for managing resources, planning projects and delivering results in a dynamic contemporary environment.
Links to further information
http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/executive-master-of-arts/overview
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
• an undergraduate degree, or equivalent; and
• a personal statement outlining why they wish to be considered for the course.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
• prior academic performance; and
• the personal statement.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for graduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 50 points of credit:
• a Bachelor of Arts degree, or equivalent.
Applicants with the following may be awarded up to 100 points of credit:
• a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree, or equivalent.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005) and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF127). For the purposes of considering requests for reasonable adjustments, academic requirements for this course are articulated in the overview, attributes, outcomes and skills of this entry. Further details about how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Executive Master of Arts should have:
- The ability to apply critical and creative thinking to a range of professional and workplace contexts;
- Transportable practical communication skills across a range of professional and workplace contexts and media;
- Familiarity with key concepts and theoretical tools in ethics;
- Understanding of different contexts, definitions and applications of leadership;
- The ability to conduct work activities in an ethical and responsible manner;
- Skills in critical discourse analysis and intercultural communication;
- The ability to employ and critique principles of financial, budget, resource and risk management;
- Demonstrated capacity for project teamwork.
Generic skills
The Executive Master of Arts offers advanced training for students aspiring to leadership roles in their future professional careers. EMA graduates should have acquired skills in the areas of:
- Leadership and professional communication
- Ethical practice
- Financial management
- Critical analysis and creative thinking
- Project management
- Team work and professional networking.
Graduate attributes
The EMA is designed for students who are seeking to acquire marketable professional skills; opportunities for further intellectual and personal growth and development; opportunities to network with their fellow students and community leaders; and how to apply their knowledge to the ‘real world’. The degree is a qualification designed for students seeking to enter professional employment.
Academically excellent
The EMA will be subject to a continuous cycle of review through constant refinements in teaching and learning principles and approaches. The compulsory completion of a core suite of professional module subjects ensures a valuable cohort experience as well as depth of study.
Knowledgeable across disciplines
The EMA offers students a core program designed around professional skills acquisition as well as a range of subjects from the humanities, social sciences and languages. All EMA students will complete seven skills subjects as well as subjects that offer cross-cultural perspectives on a number of historical and contemporary themes, and each of which has been designed collaboratively by teachers drawn from a number of different disciplines.
Leaders in communities
The EMA has been designed to train students aspiring to leadership roles in their future careers. It facilitates the development of excellent interpersonal and communication skills through subject content and assessment practices, and through the commitment of the degree to small-group interactive teaching and learning environments. The provision of research and knowledge transfer opportunities enables the development of public discourse skills and an extensive awareness of community issues and global needs.
Attuned to cultural diversity
The EMA offers students the opportunity to explore aspects of cultural diversity and indigeneity. Many of the degree’s discipline-based subjects are concerned specifically and analytically with cultural diversity, from language, Asian studies and historical studies, through comparative social science studies, to the explicit study of culture itself. EMA students will be exposed specifically to cross-cultural issues through both the core and elective subjects. All EMA students will be given the opportunity to undertake an internship or group work that will provide them with experiences outside their own immediate cultures.
Active global citizens
EMA graduates will be equipped to be active global citizens by virtue of their leadership skills, academic excellence, their inter-disciplinary and cross-cultural knowledge, and their community and cultural awareness.
Course structure
Students are required to complete the program requirements/structure from the year that they commenced their program. All compulsory, core and capstone subjects must be completed to be eligible to graduate from the program.
It is strongly recommended that students complete all compulsory subjects sequentially in the first 100 points of the program.
200 point program
Duration: 2 years full-time
- Eight compulsory subjects (100 points)
- Capstone subject/s (25 points for the coursework option and 37.5 points for the minor thesis option)
- Elective subjects (75 points for the coursework option and 62.5 points for the minor thesis option)
150 point program
Duration: 1.5 years full-time
- seven compulsory subjects (87.5 points)
- Capstone subject/s (25 points for the coursework option and 37.5 points for the minor thesis option)
- Elective subjects (37.5 points for the coursework option and 25 points for the minor thesis option)
100 point program
Duration: 1 year full-time
- Five compulsory subjects (62.5 points)
- Capstone subject/s (25 points for the coursework option and 37.5 points for the minor thesis option)
- One elective subject (12.5 points) in the coursework option only
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 (25 points for the coursework option and 37.5 points for the minor thesis option). This requirement cannot be waived or replaced in any circumstances.
External Subject Rule
Students 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 the Courses, Subjects, Awards and Programs Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Library. Students also should also refer to information in the Enrolment and Timetabling Policy.
Majors, minors & specialisations
Name | Credit Points |
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200pt Program (2 years full-time) | 200 |
200pt Program (1.5 years accelerated) | 200 |
150pt Program (1.5 years full-time) | 150 |
100pt Program (1 year full-time) | 100 |
Last updated: 27 April 2024