Bachelor of Arts (Craft) Honours

• Important information
• Content
• Objectives
• Admission requirements
• Assessment
• Campus location

Important information

Course code: 0846

Content

This one-year full-time honours course can also be studied part-time over two consecutive years. It is available only on the Peninsula campus. The course is suited to those who wish to pursue, at a higher level, a special area of study taken in their undergraduate course.

Applicants may undertake a program in one of the following areas: ceramics, architectural and kiln-formed glass, jewellery and metal-smithing.

In developing knowledge and understanding of their specialised area of craft design, candidates may focus their research on conceptual development, design excellence and technical research competence.

Objectives

The primary objectives of the Bachelor of Arts (Craft) Honours degree are:

• to extend the capabilities of exceptional graduates within their specialised craft areas as a prerequisite to transition to independent designer/makers and craftspeople;
• to facilitate liaison with appropriate industries and commercial enterprises as additional support and input to design fulfilment and marketing strategy;
• to encourage students to engage in debate and critique on craft issues as appropriate to the independent development of a contemporary art practice;
• to enable students to undertake research which bears a direct relationship to individual aesthetic frameworks, directions and media;
• to prepare students for effective postgraduate studies and scholarly research.

Admission requirements

To be admitted into the Bachelor of Arts (Craft) Honours, applicants will be required to have completed the Bachelor of Arts (Craft) from Monash University with an aggregate of a credit or above across all final-year degree subjects.

Graduates with a similar academic record in craft-related areas from other tertiary institutions will also be considered for admission.

The selection panel will include the head of school and a lecturer or senior lecturer in the specialist area. Candidates are expected to bring to their studies a growing sense of maturity, independence and a high degree of initiative and self motivation.

Assessment

An assessment panel will review the candidate's work twice during the study program, and approval of the panel is required for the candidate to proceed to the final examination or folio presentation. The assessment panel will consist of an external examiner with experience in the area to be examined, the head of school and the lecturer responsible for the supervision of the candidate.

Campus location

From 1998 it is anticipated that studies may be transferred to the Caulfield campus. Applicants are advised to contact the school for details.

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