Program Requirements

The Master of Art History and Curatorial Studies program requires the completion of 48 units including:

 

A minimum of 24 units must come from the completion of core courses from the following list:

 

ARTH8012: Methodologies of Art (12 units)

ARTH8013: East-West Interactions (12 units)

ARTH6045: Curatorship Theory and Practice (6 units)

ARTH6057: Art and Politics of Collecting (12 units)

 

A maximum of 24 units can come from the completion of elective courses from the following list:

ARTH6015 - Byzantine Empire
ARTH6027 - Australian Art: 20th and 21st Century
ARTH6038 - Byzantine Commonwealth
ARTH6039 - Painters of Modern Life
ARTH6043 - Modernism and Postmodernism in Art and Design: 1850-2000
ARTH6044 - Art and Its context: Materials Techniques and Display
ARTH6049 - Australian Art: Methods and Approaches
ARTH6050 - Photography: A History in Art
ARTH6052 - Art of the Modern Print
ARTH6055 - Fabric of Life: An Introduction to Textile History
ARTH6056 - Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia: Tradition and Transformation
ARTH6059 - Art and Architecture of Asia: Continuity and Change
ARTH6060 - Russian Art: Icons and Revolutions
ARTH6061 - Postmodern Sublime
ARTH6093 - Post-Colonial Discourses in Australian Art
ARTH6097 - Victorian and Edwardian Art: Australia and Europe 1837-1914
ARTH6504 - Art of Portraiture: History and Theory
ARTH6598 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art
ARTH8004 - Exploring Asian Art in Asia
ARTH8014 - Art Museum Internship: Collection Management
ARTH8015 - Art Museum Internship: Audience Development
ARTH8016 - Readings in Art History
ASIA6073 - Chinese Calligraphy
ASIA6078 - Modern Arts in Taiwan
INDN6107 - Introduction to Southeast Asian Performing Arts (language requirement)
INDN6507 - Introduction to Southeast Asian Performing Arts
MUSC8008 - Museums, Art and Society in the Asia Pacific
MUSC8010 - Exhibitions Innovations Workshop

 

*Students who have completed the above courses in another award are exempt from this requirement and will take alternative course(s) in their place.*

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