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Units indexed by faculty Masters Qualifying in Visual Culture with a research componentCourse code: 1988 + Course abbreviation: MQualwresearchcomp + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time Study mode and course locationOn-campus (Clayton) Course descriptionThis course is intended to offer advanced studies in visual culture and provides students with the opportunity for work in gallery and museum studies, Australian art and film studies. It is addressed to students returning to study after either professional work or a period away from the university who are intending to pursue research in visual culture or who wish to bring themselves up-to-date with recent developments in the discipline and who wish to develop a major research initiative in specialised areas. Students will pursue study in visual culture and criticism and will undertake detailed elective study by coursework in an area of visual culture (including film and gallery studies) and pursue skills in research technique, writing and argument. The research component will introduce these skills to students at a larger scale and is intended to provide a bridge between their previous scale of essay work and the requirements of a large research project at graduate level. Entry requirementsThere are three paths of entry into the masters qualifying with research component. Candidates must have obtained one of the following: (a) A Bachelor of Arts pass degree incorporating a major sequence in visual arts, film studies, or visual culture, or its equivalent to the approval of the head of the section, with credit results in units completed for this major sequence at third-year level if completed before or during 1996. If completed during 1997, the section will normally expect results of credit level or above at third year. In addition, the section will consider special admission for those who possess a bachelors degree in another discipline or who have completed a single major outside of the visual arts or visual culture. (b) A degree in practical areas of art, architecture, photography or film and video training that includes a significant sequence, normally three years with at least credits in one or more of art, architectural, film or television theory, art or architectural history and criticism, or in media studies with an emphasis on theory training. Students holding these qualifications should have significant experience in the scholarship and curating of art galleries or of museums with a significant art or media involvement. (c) A degree in another discipline with credit grades in the third year of a major sequence, coupled with significant experience in research, criticism, history, curating or administration of the visual arts. Course structureStudents complete 48 points at level 4 including a research unit, at least one methodology unit and electives chosen from the list below: Research unit
Methodology units
Electives
ArticulationStudents successfully completing the masters qualifying (with a credit average or above or second class honours division B) may apply to proceed directly into the Master of Visual Culture by coursework. Successful completion of the masters qualifying program with a research component is also a means of entry to the MA by research, or to the PhD if a student’s consistent grading for the masters qualifying is the equivalent of a distinction or a second class honours degree, division A, including a grade of distinction or above for the research component. For further information on the research programs in this discipline, see the discipline entry under ‘Research programs’. Contact detailsCourse coordinatorLeigh Astbury Previous page | Next page | Section contents | Title and contents |