courses

2953

18 September 2017 26 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Course

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course.

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This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Managing facultyArt, Design and Architecture
Abbreviated titleMFA
CRICOS code034885K
Standard duration of study (years)2 years FT, 4 years PT
Study mode and locationOn-campus (Caulfield, Gippsland)
Off-campus (Caulfield, Gippsland)
Admission, fee and application details http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/2953
Contact details

Telephone +61 3 9903 1517, email artdes-postgrad@monash.edu or visit http://www.artdes.monash.edu.au.

Course coordinator

Mr Kit Wise

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.
  • Early submission can take place after 1.5 years

Description

The Master of Fine Art is an 85 per 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:

  • digital arts
  • drawing
  • 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.

Structure

This course comprises a research proposal, creative or visual works and documentation, and completion of two units.

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)

Master of Fine Art