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Museum and Heritage Studies

Unit of study table

Master of Museum and Heritage Studies

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

Graduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies

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

Graduate Certificate in Museum and Heritage Studies

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

Core

MHST6901
Museum and Heritage: History and Theory
6  
MHST6902
Museum and Heritage: Engaging Audiences
6  
MHST6903
Managing Collections and Heritage Sites
6  
MHST6904
Museum and Heritage: Objects and Places
6  

Selectives

ARHT5902
Writing for the Art and Museum Sector
6  
GLAM6915
Professional Placement
6 N ARHT6942 or MHST6906 or MUSM7004
MHST6913
Indigenous Museums and Heritage
6  
MHST6914
Heritage in Action
6  
MHST6915
Heritage Studies and Communities
6  
MHST6916
Public History, Memory and Heritage
6  
MUSM7030
Exhibition Development
6  
MUSM7032
Museum and Gallery Administration
6  
MUSM7035
Ethics of Cultural Property

6  
MUSM7036
Museums and the Digital
6  

Electives

ARCL6902
The Archaeology of Athens
6  
ARHT5908
The Business of Art

6  
ARHT6914
Working with Art: Objects in Focus
6  
ARHT6935
The Art Museum: Past, Present and Future
6  
ARHT6956
Indigenising Museums:Theory and Practice
6  
ARHT6960
Contemporary Approaches to Curating
6 N CAEL5032
ARHT6961
Curating Islamic Art in 10 Objects
6  
ARHT6962
Art Unseen: Addressing Absent Objects
6  
GCST6901
Cultural Policy
6  
JCTC6908
Exhibiting Jewish Australia
6  
JCTC6100
Sites of Trauma, Landscapes of Genocide
6  
WMST6902
Arguing the Point

6  
WMST6904
Modernist Cultural Studies

6  
ARCH9082
Conservation of Traditional Buildings
6 Students only need to complete either ARCH9082 or ARCH9083 to complete the core of the Master of Heritage Conservation degree. If students choose to attempt both units the second unit will be treated as an elective for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the degree.
ARCH9028
Conservation Methods and Practices
12  
ARCH9081
Heritage Law and Policy
6  
WRIT6000
Professional Writing

6  
WRIT6001
Professional Editing

6  

Capstone

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