This course provides students with the opportunity to undertake a program of in-depth reading in an area of Art History under the guidance of a staff member.  The nature of the program will be negotiated between the student and a proposed supervisor, but might include Australian Art History, Asian Art or Curatorial Studies.  Students must gain the formal agreement of a staff member to supervise them before enrolling in this course.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the skills and knowledge to: 

1. Formulate a coherent program of reading in consultation with a professional Art Historian

2. Identify a series of art historical and curatorial studies questions and problems in a field and devise a plan for dealing with them.

3. Analyse the major contributions to the art historiography of a coherent field of study.

4. Evaluate the significant debates, problems and controversies in a particular field of art historical and curatorial studies.

5. Locate and interpret a body of primary source material and artworks relevant to the field of art historical and curatorial studies.

1. Learning Plan (Reading List / Questions and Problems / Assessment Plan) 800 words, excluding reading lists: 10% (LOs 1 and 2)

2.  Essay 1: 2000 words: 40% (LOs 3, 4 and 5)

3. Essay 2: 3000 words: 50% (LOs 3, 4 and 5)

120 hours of reading, assignment work and consultations, with a minimum of 12 hours of direct communication between supervisor and student.

Students must gain the formal agreement of a staff member to supervise them before enrolling in this course.

Approval from the Graduate Convenor and Head of Discipline

None

None.  Reading to be negotiated between student and supervisor.