Section 7 - Faculty of Arts

Master of Arts (Communication – Cultural Performance)
MA(Comm-CultPerf)

Fees apply

This course is designed to meet an increasing demand for a post-graduate course that specialises in the design and production management of cultural events.

Enrolment through

Bathurst Campus

Study mode

On campus

Distance education

Normal course duration

Full-time 1.5 years (3 sessions)

Part-time 3 years (6 sessions)

Admission criteria

An undergraduate degree in a related discipline, a postgraduate certificate and/or experience in cultural performance or community arts is generally required for admission into the course.

Credit

Credit will be awarded for COM521 and/or COM523 where students have successfully completed study equivalent to one or both of these subjects in CPEC’s Devising Celebration course.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.

Course structure

The course has five core subjects totalling 96 points, comprising four coursework subjects of 16 points each and a 32 point dissertation. There is one compulsory residential workshop during the second session, attached to COM523 Site-Specific Cultural Performance.

Enrolment pattern

Internal

Session 1 (Autumn)

COM520 Cultural Performance Research

COM521 Drama & Theatre of Celebration

Session 2 (Spring)

COM522 Seminar in Cultural Performance

COM523 Site-Specific Cultural Performance

Session 3 (Autumn) (full-time)

COM524 Dissertation (32 points)

Session 3 (Autumn) (part-time)

COM500 Dissertation (32 points)(commenced)

Session 4 (Spring) (part-time)

COM500 Dissertation (completed)

Distance education

Session 1 (Autumn)

COM520 Cultural Performance Research

Session 2 (Spring)

COM521 Drama & Theatre of Celebration

Session 3 (Autumn)

COM522 Seminar in Cultural Performance

Session 4 (Spring)

COM523 Site-Specific Cultural Performance

Session 5 (Autumn)

COM500 Dissertation (32 points)(commenced)

Session 6 (Spring)

COM500 Dissertation (completed)

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Gerard Boland
School of Communication
Telephone: (02) 6338 4514
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409
Email: gboland@csu.edu.au