MUSC8004 Internship 1
| Offered By | Research School of Humanities |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Museum and Collection |
| Offered in | Summer Session, 2009, First Semester, 2009, Autumn Session, 2009, Winter Session, 2009, Second Semester, 2009, Spring Session 2009, Summer Session, 2010, First Semester, 2010, Winter Session, 2010, Second Semester, 2010, and Spring Session 2010 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description | The Internship provides students in the Liberal Arts program with a practical and customised opportunity to experience how the cultural and collecting sectors, heritage and public history sectors, and /or professionals in the field of visual and material culture production and research work. Students undertake a workplace-based placement with an agreed cultural and collecting institution, heritage agency, independent professional academic or consultant, or equivalent. Students will be supported by the ANU internship co-ordinator, but will be under the day-to-day supervision of a workplace-based supervisor nominated by the host institution or professional. Students will generally be given opportunities to experience the breadth and variety of the agency's professional role in curatorial, conservation, registration, public program, front of house and exhibitions, or other roles as appropriate to the placement. However, in consultation with the Internship Co-ordinator and the agency supervisor, the internship may also be designed to allow a student to work within a more confined context on a specific project. |
| Learning Outcomes |
Course aims: On completing this workplace-based course in a host institution or agency, students will have the knowledge and skills to: 1. apply theoretical knowledge of current and pertinent issues gained from other Liberal Arts coursework to the workplace, while developing a critical understanding, awareness and assessment of the host institution or agency. 2. identify and engage with key personnel, corporate and organisational operations and structures, the application of mission statements and industry policies and protocols as relevant, while reflecting on the role of individual institutions within the greater context appropriate to that workplace. 3. work in the cultural and collecting sector, heritage and public history sector, and /or field of visual and material culture production and research both independently and as part of a team, using the full range of available institutional collection-based research facilities and understanding the scope of practical skills appropriate to the particular workplace. 4. clarify personal vocational, professional and career interests and options in the context of future work in the sector interned within. Learning outcomes: 1. To demonstrate a working knowledge and critical engagement with the agency, institution, or sector interned within. 2. To gain skills required for humanities research and museum work. This includes data-collection, analysis, and verbal and written presentation at the standard of a postgraduate degree. 3. To gain understanding and a basic set of skills required for working in the agency, institution, or sector interned within, including a functioning knowledge of current industry standards and protocols, policy frameworks, and funding regimes. 4. To model best practice and have a commitment to ethical, reflective practice in relation to the agency, institution, or sector interned within. |
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| Course Classification(s) | SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation. |
| Areas of Interest | Archaeology, Art History, Cultural Studies, History, Museums and Collections, and Resource Management and Environmental Science |
| Requisite Statement |
Entry to the course requires the permission of the Course Coordinator. |
| Recommended Courses | Courses offered from the Liberal Arts program, especially from Museums and Collections, Visual Culture Research, and Cultural and Environmental Heritage. |
| Consent Required | Consent is required prior to enrolling in this course. |
| Programs | Master of Archaeological Science, Graduate Diploma in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections), Graduate Diploma in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research), Graduate Diploma in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives), Graduate Diploma in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage), Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections), Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research), Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage), and Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) |
| Other Information |
Students may take MUSC8004 and MUSC8005 concurrently, OR in consecutive teaching periods OR in consecutive semesters 1 and 2. |
| Academic Contact | Dr Kylie Message |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.
