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Art Curating

Unit of study table

Master of Art Curating

Students complete 72 credit points including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 42 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study.
(d) a minimum of 6 and a maximum 18 credit points of capstone units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Art Curating

Students complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 18 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of selective units of study; and
(c) 6 credit points of elective units of study

Graduate Certificate in Art Curating

Students complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 12 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 12 credit points of selective of study.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core

ARHT5902
Writing for the Art and Museum Sector
6  
ARHT6914
Working with Art: Objects in Focus
6  
ARHT6935
The Art Museum: Past, Present and Future
6  
ARHT6960
Contemporary Approaches to Curating
6 N CAEL5032

Selective

ARHT5908
The Business of Art

6  
ARHT6932
Ways of Curating: Exhibitions and Display
6  
ARHT6933
Exhibiting Australian Art
6  
ARHT6936
Biennales, Triennales and Contemporary Art
6  
ARHT6937
Collecting and Exhibiting Asian Art
6  
ARHT6956
Indigenising Museums:Theory and Practice
6  
ARHT6957
Art and Crime: Theft, Fakes and Forgery
6  
ARHT6961
Curating Islamic Art in 10 Objects
6  
ARHT6962
Art Unseen: Addressing Absent Objects
6  
ARHT6964
Art and the Moving Image
6  
GLAM6915
Professional Placement
6 N ARHT6942 or MHST6906 or MUSM7004
MUSM7030
Exhibition Development
6  
MUSM7032
Museum and Gallery Administration
6  
MUSM7036
Museums and the Digital
6  

Capstone

Master of Art Curating students need to complete either: GLAM6910, GLAM6920 or GLAM6901 and GLAM6902.
Students completing the dissertation can count GLAM6901 towards their electives.
GLAM6901
Dissertation Part 1
6 N ARHT6920 or MHST6907 or MUSM7007
GLAM6902
Dissertation Part 2
6 P GLAM6901
N ARHT6921 or MHST6908 or MUSM7008
GLAM6910
Capstone Professional Placement
6 N ARHT6923 or MHST6905
GLAM6920
Capstone Project
6  

Electives

GCST6901
Cultural Policy
6  
MHST6902
Museum and Heritage: Engaging Audiences
6  
MHST6903
Managing Collections and Heritage Sites
6  
MHST6904
Museum and Heritage: Objects and Places
6  
MHST6913
Indigenous Museums and Heritage
6
MUSM7035
Ethics of Cultural Property

6  
WRIT6000
Professional Writing

6  
WRIT6001
Professional Editing

6