Master of Arts (Communication – Cultural Performance)

MA(Comm-CultPerf)

Fees apply

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

Enrolment through

Bathurst Campus

Study mode

On campus (also available to international students)

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 COM525 and/or COM526 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 COM528 Seminar in Cultural Performance.

Enrolment pattern

Internal

Session 1

COM527 Cultural Performance Research (16 points)(commenced)

COM525 Drama and Theatre of Celebration (16 points)(commenced)

COM528 Seminar in Cultural Performance (16 points)(commenced)

COM526 Site-Specific Cultural Performance (16 points)(commenced)

Session 2

COM527 Cultural Performance Research (completed)

COM525 Drama and Theatre of Celebration (completed)

COM528 Seminar in Cultural Performance (completed)

COM526 Site-Specific Cultural Performance (completed)

Session 3 (full-time)

COM524 Dissertation (32 points)

Session 3 (part-time)

COM524 Dissertation (32 points)(commenced)

Session 4 (part-time)

COM524 Dissertation (completed)

Distance education

Session 1

COM525 Drama and Theatre of Celebration (16 points)(commenced)

COM526 Site-Specific Cultural Performance (16 points)(commenced)

Session 2

COM525 Drama and Theatre of Celebration (completed)

COM526 Site-Specific Cultural Performance (completed)

Session 3

COM527 Cultural Performance Research (16 points)(commenced)

COM528 Seminar in Cultural Performance (16 points)(commenced)

Session 4

COM527 Cultural Performance Research (completed)

COM528 Seminar in Cultural Performance (completed)

Session 5

COM524 Dissertation (32 points)(commenced)

Session 6

COM524 Dissertation (completed)

Inquiries

Course Coordinator

Gerard Boland

School of Communication

Telephone: (02) 6338 4514

Facsimile: (02) 6338 4409

Email: gboland@csu.edu.au