visual-culture/hons-arts-visual-culture

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18 September 2017 24 April 2024
Monash University

Honours - Area of study

Students who commenced study in 2013 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; 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 area of study.

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered byDepartment of Theory of Art and Design
Campus(es)Clayton

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis and two coursework units.

The honours program in visual culture is administered by the Department of Fine Art and Design in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.

The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the visual culture honours coordinator.

Units

Thesis

Students complete the following two units:

  • VSA4002A Minor thesis part 1
  • VSA4002B Minor thesis part 2

Coursework units

Students complete the following two units:

  • VSA4012 Visual culture and its theories*
  • VSA4076 Australian postmodernism**

* Classes for VSA4012 (Visual culture and its theories) and TAD4503 (Advanced art theory) are held together. Students enrolled in VSA4012 produce an additional piece of assessment to make up the required 9000 word assessment total of a 12-point unit.

** Classes for VSA4076 (Australian postmodernism) and TAD4504 (Research seminar in art and design) are held together on the Cauflield campus. Students enrolled in VSA4076 produce an additional piece of assessment to make up the required 9000 word totaly of a 12-point unit.

Relevant courses

  • 0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts
  • 0082 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws