Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
This is a one-year full-time course which can be studied part-time over two consecutive years. It is available on the Caulfield and Peninsula campuses. The course is suited to those who wish to pursue, at a higher level, a special area of study taken in their undergraduate course. Candidates are expected to have a mature attitude towards their chosen field of study and in most cases will have had professional experience in this discipline.
Applicants may undertake a program in one of the following areas: ceramic, glass, concrete technology, ceramic technology, design for ceramics; or studio practice in clay, metal, glass, or architectural ceramics.
The degree of Master of Arts is a research degree for which the major `thesis' is a body of fully documented studio-based work. Applicants for the research degree of Master of Arts are required to have an honours bachelor's degree with at least a second class honours Division A, and approved fourth year of study (eg. a graduate diploma) and/or, in some cases, a significant previous record as a practising artist or designer.
Where candidacy is approved on the records listed above, admission will be to Part II of the Master of Arts. In some cases admission to Part II may only be after completion of a prescribed Part 1 - or bridging subjects or projects equivalent to an MA preliminary.
Further information on the Subfaculty of Art and Design's policy for research degrees may be obtained by contacting the subfaculty office on (61) (3) 9903 2707.
Applicants are required to have either high honours in the bachelors degree or a masters degree. In some cases significant records as a practising artist or designer may be taken into account.