Completion requirement
To satisfy the requirements of the Master of Fine Arts you must complete any specified probationary requirements:
- attend any prescribed weekly seminars and fora; and
- conduct research on the approved topic, resulting in a thesis of :
- 25,000 to 35,000 words (progress by thesis and coursework); or
- 10,000 to 12,000 words (progress by body of creative work for exhibition, thesis and coursework).
If you are proceeding by thesis you must also write a thesis embodying the results of the research. If you are proceeding by creative work and research paper you must also submit for examination, at a joint exhibition by candidates, a substantial exhibition, screening, performance or installation of works; and a research paper on an area relevant to the creative work.
Examination of both the thesis and the creative work and research paper will be conducted in general accordance with standards prescribed by Academic Board for the Doctor of Philosophy, except that two examiners will be appointed by the Faculty, at least one of whom shall be external to the University.
In the case of you proceeding by creative work and research paper, the examiners will examine the creative work and the research paper at an oral examination chaired, in a non-voting capacity, by the HRD Coordinator or his/her nominee. Thesis submission requirements and examination procedure as set out in the Academic Board resolutions for this course and the Higher Degree (HDR) Rule 2011.