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 work experience in this discipline.
Applicants may undertake a program in one of the following areas: ceramic technology, design for ceramics; or studio practice in clay, metal, glass, or architectural ceramics.
Applicants who hold an Associate Diploma of Art and Design (Ceramic Design) will be considered for the course if they have professional experience and a demonstrated ability to study at this advanced level.
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 bachelors degree with at least a second class honours Division A, an 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.
The Master of Arts (Craft) is a two-year full-time coursework degree available on the Peninsula campus. It is designed to produce advanced level craftsperson-designers who will operate within the market place by contributing to the `arts industry' and to the Australian economy. It is an educational program which operates within a commercial climate to instil in master craftspersons a recognition of the desirability of commercial viability as an outcome of work.
Applicants are required to have an honours degree or an approved fourth year of study (eg a graduate diploma).