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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:

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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