units

APG5362

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 23 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
OfferedCaulfield First semester 2013 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Elizabeth Coleman

Synopsis

Cultural Arts Research Project is one of the focus units offered in the Master of Cultural Arts. Students will conduct original research into an aspect of the Cultural Arts under the supervision of a member of the academic staff. In Cultural Arts research Project B, this 24-point unit, sstudents will complete a Masters Coursework thesis (minor thesis), which may take the form of an extended essay, a critical literature review or a small-scale case study/survey based report. It is expected that the thesis will be theoretically, methodologically and technically sophisticated. This thesis will be based on research designed and commenced in Cultural Arts research Project A.

Outcomes

On successful completion of Cultural Arts Research Project B, students will be able to:

  1. gather and analyse additional data if appropriate;
  2. to apply theory to practice;
  3. and present a coherent and well organised argument based on all of these;

Assessment

Minor thesis (15000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Elizabeth Coleman

Contact hours

One 1-hour (min.) supervisory meeting per fortnight plus research/thesis writing

Prerequisites

Students must have completed two core units and a specialisation sequence (or the equivalent)

Prohibitions

MGX5440, MGX5300, MGX9220, MGX9230, MGX9270, MGX9280, MGX9420, MGX9600, MGX9660, MGX9720, MGX9761, MGX9850, MGX9940