Master of Arts (Archives and Records)
Clayton campus
Course code: 0652
Course leader: Associate Professor Sue McKemmish
This course will not be taking new enrolments in 1998. It has been replaced by
the Master of Information Management (Archives and Records)
The course may be completed in a minimum of two years of full-time study
or four years of part-time study. Each part requires a minimum of one year
full-time study or its part-time equivalent.
Part one of the program normally comprises six required subjects.
Full-time students take three subjects per semester. The required subjects are:
- LAR4500 Computers in information transfer
- LAR4510 Information services (archives and records)
- LAR4520 Information science and technology (archives and records)
- LAR4530 Managing information and cultural heritage resources
- LAR4540 Handling recorded information
- LAR4550 Literature of archives and records management
The program normally consists of either:
- three elective subjects plus a thesis weighted at 25 per cent of the
total requirement of the degree (50 per cent of part two); or
- six elective subjects.
Permission may be given for variations
involving a more heavily weighted thesis up to 100 per cent of part two.
Electives are chosen from those offered by the school or from appropriate
subjects in other schools or faculties at Monash. Appropriate electives offered
in the school include:
- LAR5200 Special topic
- LAR5310 Management of library and information services
- LAR5410 Preserving the memory
- LAR5440 Documenting Australia
- LAR5490 Evaluation and implementation of information systems
- LAR5510 Issues in archives and records management
- LAR5520 The impact of technology on archives and records management
- LAR5530 Managing the records continuum
- LAR5630 Action and memory: the dynamics of community information
- LAR5640 Business records management
- LAR5720 Electronic record keeping
Students also undertake six weeks of fieldwork during part one of the
course and attend school research seminars.
Seminars and practical sessions will normally be timetabled during the
day, although some early-evening seminars may be arranged. Part-time students
in full employment will need a minimum of one half-day work release per week.