Master of Arts Practice - with specialisations
The aim of this course is to afford the student the opportunity to direct their studies to a focused area for investigation and resolution, to critically analyse and reflect on their creative practice and research investigation in national and international contexts.
About the course
The Master of Arts Practice - with specialisations, replaces the Master
of Visual and Performing Art, and may be undertaken full-time over
one year, or part-time over two years; either by distance education, on campus
or in mixed mode, i.e. the first year on campus and the second year by
distance education, or vice versa.
The following specialisations are available:
- Master of Arts Practice (Acting) MAPrac(Acting)
- Master of Arts Practice (Advertising) MAPrac(Advert)
- Master of Arts Practice (Circus and Physical Theatre) MAPrac(Circus&PhysTheatre)
- Master of Arts Practice (Communication Design)MAPrac(CommDsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Costume Design) MAPrac(CostumeDsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Cultural Event Management) MAPrac(CultEventMgt)
- Master of Arts Practice (Directing for Stage) MAPrac(Directing for Stage)
- Master of Arts Practice (Drama and Theatre for Young People) MAPrac(Drama&TheatreYoungPeople)
- Master of Arts Practice (Electronic Arts) MAPrac(ElectArts)
- Master of Arts Practice (Illustration and Drawing) MAPrac(Illstrtn&Drwng)
- Master of Arts Practice (Image, Sound and Text) MAPrac(ImageSnd&Text)
- Master of Arts Practice (Installation Art) MAPrac(InstallationArt)
- Master of Arts Practice (Jewellery Design and Production) MAPrac(JewelleryDsgn&Prod)
- Master of Arts Practice (Lighting Design) MAPrac(LightingDsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Online Writing) MAPrac(OnlineWrtg)
- Master of Arts Practice (Performance) MAPrac(Perf)
- Master of Arts Practice (Photomedia) MAPrac(Photom)
- Master of Arts Practice (Publication Design) MAPrac(PublnDsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Scriptwriting) MAPrac(Scriptwriting)
- Master of Arts Practice (Set Design) MAPrac(SetDsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Sound Production and Design) MAPrac(SndProdn&Dsgn)
- Master of Arts Practice (Stage/Production Management) MAPrac(Stage/ProdnMgt)
- Master of Arts Practice (Television and Screen Direction) MAPrac(TV&ScreenDir)
- Master of Arts Practice (Television Post Production) MAPrac(TVPostProd)
- Master of Arts Practice (Typography) MAPrac(Typog)
- Master of Arts Practice (Visual Arts) MAPrac(VisArts)
- Master of Arts Practice (Visual Effects)MAPrac(VisEffects)
It is a Commonwealth supported course which provides students
the opportunity to undertake a supervised creative practice-based project
in either; fine arts, performance, photography, theatre, television,
sound, text, hybrid arts or new media, or any other creative discipline,
which can be exhibited, published, produced, performed or presented;
and a writing project, as part of which the student carries out contextual
research in creative practices and critical reflection on the practice
based project.
The specialisation with which the student graduates is dependent on
the nature of the project.
Students may commence in either semester.
Professionals teaching you
Students of the course are supervised and guided by lecturers from the School of Visual and Performing Arts experienced in their field.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
Further study
Graduates are able to apply for entry to research postgraduate studies, including the Doctor of Philosophy.
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