Monash University Arts Graduate Handbook, 1997

Course structure

MA part I

Candidates choose fourth-year level subjects to the value of forty-eight points in the MA part I. All students must undertake the two core subjects:

AUS4010.12 Society, culture and the study of Australia
VAM4021.12 Beyond the museum: institutions and insurrections

plus two other subjects, each of twelve points value, from the list of elective subjects.

Electives

AUS4030.12 The Australian ethnic experience
COM4005.12 Communications and public policy
HYM4870.12 Social theory and social history
FLF4300.12 Australian folk culture: a multicultural perspective
MCM4004.12 Cultural policy in the information age
VAM4070.12 Towards an Australian post-modernism
VAM4023.12 Museum practice and research
VAM4120.12 Australian film history

MA part II (for students who have completed the MA part I)

The MA part II may be undertaken by (a) coursework only, and (b) thesis and coursework.

(a) Students may, with the permission of the director of the centre, complete the MA by coursework only, by completing four subjects totalling forty-eight points, consisting of two core subjects:

MCM5001.12 Material Culture: theory and practice
MCM5004.12 Cultural policy in the information age

plus a research project (MCM5003.12) and one subject selected from the list of electives at fifth-year level.

Electives

AUS5300.12 Australian folk culture: a multicultural perspective
AUS5030.12 The Australian ethnic experience
COM5005.12 Communications and public policy
VAM5023.12 Museum practice and research
VAM5070.12 Towards an Australian post-modernism
VAM5120.12 Australian film history

(b) With the permission of the director of the centre, students may undertake the MA part II by research. Students will enrol in the two core subjects:

MCM5001.08 Material culture: theory and practice
MCM5004.08 Cultural policy in the information age

plus a thirty-two-point thesis of 25,000-35,000 words.

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