2953 - Master of Fine Art
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | MFA |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 034885K |
| Managing faculty | Art and Design |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus (Gippsland, Caulfield) On-campus (Gippsland, Caulfield) |
| Duration (years) | 2 years FT, 4 years PT Early submission can take place after 1.5 years |
| Contact details | Telephone +61 3 9903 1517, email enquiries@artdes.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au. |
| Course coordinator | Associate Professor Domenico De Clario |
Description
The Master of Fine Art is an 85per cent research degree. Candidates develop a studio research proposal that results in a body of creative or visual works with accompanying written and visual documentation. The documentation is a commentary that outlines the development of the project and its conclusion, and provides a critical context within which the work may be viewed and assessed. The visual works are new works that demonstrate a conclusion to the research at the masters level. Works completed for other purposes, or before the candidacy, are not permitted for inclusion in the exhibition. Unless site specific, the faculty requires masters examination exhibitions to be conducted on-campus at either the Caulfield or Gippsland campuses.
Disciplines offered include:
- ceramics
- digital arts
- drawing
- glass
- metals and jewellery
- painting
- photomedia
- printmedia
- sculpture
- visual arts.
Interdisciplinary studio projects will be considered on a case by case basis.
Assessment
Examination normally occurs through an exhibition of visual work and the supporting documentation. The documentation is not examined separately, but is considered together with the work and unites theory with practice.
Requirements
Candidates submit a written commentary between 10,000 and 20,000 words with a photographic record of the visual or creative work being bound into the document. They are also required to successfully complete a sequence of two units which guide them through the discursive and documentary dimensions of their project:
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.