Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts

DVisandPerformArts

 

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Coursework professional doctorate

 

Fees apply

The aim of this professional doctorate is to give candidates a competitive advantage in achieving high-level success in their profession. This may take the form of improved individual arts practice or relate to arts based careers such as tertiary level teaching, arts administration, gallery curatorship, cultural planning or other similar professions. By providing a major project subject and choice of topics within the course work subjects the proposed course aims to cater equally to candidates in all visual and performing arts fields for which supervision can be provided.

Enrolment through

Wagga Wagga Campus

Study mode

On campus

Distance education

Course completion

2 years minimum/8 years maximum

Admission criteria

1) Academic qualifications

Application shall hold one of the following academic qualifications:

a)    a master degree by coursework with a minimum of a credit grade in every subject. This includes CSU’s Master of Arts (Visual and Performing Arts) or Master of Visual and Performing Arts degree, which partially articulates with the Doctoral degree; or

b)    a Class 1 or Class 2 Division 1 Bachelor (Honours) degree; or

c)    a master degree by research; or

d)    a doctoral degree.

 

2) Professional and/or creative arts practice experience

In addition to acceptable academic qualifications, an applicant shall:

a)    have a minimum of five years of relevant professional and/or creative arts practice experience; and

b)    be working in the arts professions or have access to the relevant professional discipline such that the practical requirements of the program and the research can be undertaken; and

c)    submit a folio of their arts practice outcomes for assessment by the Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts Course Committee.

 

3) Professional standing

Applicants with an outstanding professional profile but who do not have formal academic qualifications may be admitted at the discretion of the Faculty. Such applicants shall also:

a)    have a minimum of five years of relevant professional and/or creative arts practice experience; and

b)    be working in the arts professions or have access to the relevant professional discipline such that the practical requirements of the program and the research can be undertaken; and

c)    submit a folio of their arts practice outcomes for assessment by the Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts Course Committee.

 

At the discretion of the Faculty such applicants can also be required to undertake probationary subjects from the Master of Visual and Performing Arts, such as ART501, ART502 and/or ART503, at the discretion of the Course Coordinator. A pass at credit level or above will be required.

Credit

Students entering the Doctoral program having completed CSU’s Master of Arts (Visual and Performing Arts) or Master of Visual and Performing Arts degree or that part of the master degree which articulates with the Doctoral program will be granted 64 points credit as follows:

ART501/ART511     Theories of Criticism (16                         points)

ART502/ART512     Critical Reading and Research                (16 points)

ART503/ART513     Applied Criticism (16 points)

                  or

ART505/ART515     Exhibition/Performance/Project Exegesis (16 points)

ART504/ART514     Topic Research and Development (16 points)

 

Applicants for entry to the Doctoral program who have completed a Master program at another university will be assessed for credit on a case by case basis.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.

Course structure

Note: in each component, the part-time for each subject is given first, followed by the full-time code.

Coursework

Doctoral program

The following seven core subjects are undertaken:

VPA701/VPA711    Theories of Criticism (16 points)

VPA702/VPA712    Critical Reading and Research (16 points)

VPA703/VPA713    Applied Criticism (16 points)

VPA704/VPA714    Topic Research and Development (16 points)

VPA705/VPA715    Contemporary Critical Issues (16 points)

VPA706/VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)

VPA707/VPA717    Reflection on Practice (16 points)

 

Master/Doctoral articulation

Students commencing study in the Master of Visual and Performing Arts complete the following subjects during enrolment in that program:

ART501/ART511     Theories of Criticism (16 points)

ART502/ART512     Critical Reading and Research (16 points)

ART503/ART513     Applied Criticism (16 points)

ART504/ART514     Topic Research and Development (16 points)

 

Students who are then approved for transfer to the Doctoral program (having obtained a credit grade in all of the above subjects) then complete the following subjects during enrolment in the Doctoral program:

VPA705/VPA715    Contemporary Critical Issues (16 points)

VPA706/VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)

VPA707/VPA717    Reflection on Practice (16 points)

 

Enrolment pattern

Doctoral program

Part-time

Session 1

VPA701    Theories of Criticism (16 points) (commenced)

VPA704    Topic Research and Development (16 points)(commenced)

 

Session 2

VPA701    Theories of Criticism (completed)

VPA704    Topic Research and Development (completed)

 

Session 3

VPA702    Critical Reading and Research (16 points)(commenced)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)(commenced)

 

Session 4

VPA702    Critical Reading and Research (completed)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 5

VPA703    Applied Criticism (16 points) (commenced)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 6

VPA703    Applied Criticism (completed)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 7

VPA705    Contemporary Critical Issues (16 points)(commenced)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 8

VPA705    Contemporary Critical Issues (completed)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 9

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 10

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 11

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

VPA707    Reflection on Practice (16 points) (commenced)

 

Session 12

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (completed)

VPA707    Reflection on Practice (completed)

 

Full-time

Session 1

VPA711    Theories of Criticism (16 points)

VPA714    Topic Research and Development (16 points)

 

Session 2

VPA712    Critical Reading and Research (16 points)

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)(commenced)

 

Session 3

VPA713    Applied Criticism (16 points)

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 4

VPA715    Contemporary Critical Issues (16 points)

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 5

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 6

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (completed)

VPA717    Reflection on Practice (16 points)

 

Master/Doctoral articulation

Part-time

Session 1

VPA501    Theories of Criticism (16 points) (commenced)

VPA504    Topic Research and Development
(16 points)(commenced)

 

Session 2

VPA501    Theories of Criticism (completed)

VPA504    Topic Research and Development (completed)

 

Session 3

VPA502    Critical Reading and Research (16 points) (commenced)

VPA503    Applied Criticism (16 points) (commenced)

 

Session 4

VPA502    Critical Reading and Research (completed)

VPA503    Applied Criticism (completed)

 

Session 5

VPA705    Contemporary Critical Issues
(16 points)(commenced)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)(commenced)

 

Session 6

VPA705    Contemporary Critical Issues (completed)

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 7

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 8

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 9

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 10

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 11

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

VPA707    Reflection on Practice (16 points) (commenced)

 

Session 12

VPA706    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (completed)

VPA707    Reflection on Practice (completed)

 

Full-time

Session 1

VPA511    Theories of Criticism (16 points)

VPA514    Topic Research and Development
(16 points)

 

Session 2

VPA512    Critical Reading and Research
(16 points)

VPA513    Applied Criticism (16 points)

 

Session 3

VPA715    Contemporary Critical Issues (16 points)

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (96 points)(commenced)

 

Session 4

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 5

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (continued)

 

Session 6

VPA716    Creative Arts Practice Research Project (completed)

VPA717    Reflection on Practice (16 points)

 

Inquiries

Course Coordinator

Ray Goodlass

School of Visual and Performing Arts

Telephone: (02) 6933 2472

Facsimile: (02) 6933 2751

Email: rgoodlass@csu.edu.au

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