Objectives
Students who complete the masters should: * develop an appreciation and overview of the arts within our culture; * understand, access and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of arts policy within Australia and internationally; * understand the role of marketing in positioning arts organizations to attract audiences and funding from a diversity of sources including government and the private sector, and attracting opportunities for international exchange; * understand the demands for managing small and large projects, developing tenders, or managing small business enterprises; * understand state, federal and international legislation including international contract negotiations, cultural property rights within various media such as film and multi-media; * demonstrate an understanding of financial management, budgeting, costing and planning; * demonstrate a high level of leadership potential and ability to function ethically, imaginatively and resourcefully within the arts and cultural industries in ways that will advance the arts and promote them within Australia and internationally.
Course description
200 point program
Duration: 1-2 years full-time / up to 4 years part-time
First 100 points:
* 7 compulsory subjects
* 1 elective subject
Second 100 points:
Two Options:
Option 1. Standard course structure
* Four compulsory subjects (50 pts)
* Compulsory Internship and Research (choose 25 pts)
* Electives (25 pts from)
Option 2. Minor thesis option
* Minor thesis (37.5 pts)
* One Compulsory subject (12.5 pts)
* 3 Core subjects (37.5 pts)
* 1 elective from Year 5 offerings across School of Culture and Communication (12.5 pts)
Total 200 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
100 point program:
Duration: 1 year full-time / up to 2 years part-time
Two options as per the second 100 points above.
Total 100 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
First 100 points:
Compulsory subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-433 Arts Law
This subject introduces the general framework of Australia's legal system. It then focuses on three areas relevant to all cultural sectors: contract, copyright and negligence. Aspects of trade practices law and corporations legislation will also... Semester 1 12.50
760-545 Finance and Budgeting
This subject introduces students to the fundamentals of financial management and budgeting in arts organisations. Commencing with an examination of the principal financial reports the subject takes students through the nature and type of transactions... Semester 1 12.50
760-442 Arts Policy and Issues
This subject will introduce students to past and current policies relating to the arts and cultural policy in Australia and Victoria, and analyse arts policy development. The subject will also examine the development of arts policy organisations of f... Semester 1 12.50
760-435 Internship 1
Students are provided with the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge developed in the course to a practical work environment and to observe professional practice within the field of arts management. Students must select one of two models: field ... Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer 12.50
760-431 Arts Management
This subject introduces students to key principles of organisational management within the context of the arts industry. In addition to generic management issues, students will be asked to identify and analyse issues unique to the arts industry. Stud... Semester 2 12.50
760-484 Audience and the Arts
This subject examines audience development and retention in arts and cultural activities through a variety of professional techniques involving the development of new audiences. Students will examine a range of programming and content analysis, ways ... Semester 2 12.50
760-552 Sustainability and the Arts
This subject introduces students to the notion of the arts as an ecological system, investigating how the arts industry finds ways to sustain its practices in changing environments. Students are introduced to strategies employed by both commercial an... Semester 2 12.50
Elective subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-492 Cultural Festivals and Special Events
Cultural festivals, carnivals and special events are a prominent feature of arts and cultural activities at the local, national and international level. Through a series of international and local case studies this subject examines the cultural, econ... Semester 1 12.50
760-404 Deleuze, Lyotard and the Arts
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
760-411 Critical Studies Culture & Creative Arts
This subject introduces students to a variety of critical methodologies suitable for the engagement in, and analysis of, creative arts. Students will consider the theoretical grounding for an arts culture nexus and consider this relationship from the... Semester 1 12.50
760-425 Film and Philosophy
This subject looks at how a number of influential philosophical concepts have permeated (and been exemplified) in recent cinema. The subject begins by examining the ideas of Plato, and through an examination of mimesis and memory explores how his phi... Semester 1 12.50
760-443 Arts Management Research Project 1
This subject offers the opportunity for students to undertake original research on an approved research project into some aspect of arts management. On completion of this subject students should be able to frame research topics, undertake literature ... Semester 1, Semester 2 25
106-477 Writing and Editing for Digital Media
This subject focuses on the communication techniques required to publish effectively in the digital environment, in particular for professional websites in the public domain. It examines the communication techniques used for ‘old&#x02... Semester 2 12.50
106-432 Cultural Studies in Asia
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-445 Cross-cultural Art
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
107-546 Interpreting Exhibitions
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
Or any 4th or 5th year subject offered in the School of Culture and Communication subject to approval of the Course Coordinator.
Second 100 points: Option 1. Standard Course Structure
Four compulsory Subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-522 Advanced Management
A study of the theory and practice of good management and effective leadership as it applies to a range of organisational styles in the arts, considering and comparing the not-for-profit and commercial sectors. Topics will include but not be limited ... Semester 1 12.50
760-550 Communicating the Arts
This subject evolves the students understanding of the concepts of audience development and allows students to develop advanced knowledge and skills in the key areas of participation appropriate for management and administration in arts organisations... Semester 1 12.50
760-523 Financial Management
A study of financial management including related supervisory, planning, reporting, and management responsibilities within the not-for-profit context of arts management. Students will acquire a knowledge of reserves, risk versus return, financial rep... Semester 2 12.50
760-527 Advanced Arts Policy
A study of the theory and practice of policy development, implementation and evaluation in the area of arts and cultural policy drawing upon international applications and a range of different policy models. This topic will explore the breadth and di... Semester 2 12.50
Compulsory Internship and Research
(choose one):
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-525 Internship II (year long)
This subject offers the opportunity to gain extended work experience in an arts organisation. Placements may be arranged in a diversity of organisations catering for specialised areas of interest in the field of arts management, including not-for-pro... Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer 25
760-548 Research Project 2 (semester long)
Original research on an approved research project selected in consultation with the supervisor. The Research Project will be in the field of arts management as applied to a single art form or cross-art form projects such as festivals, multimedia proj... Semester 1, Semester 2 25
760-549 Research Project 2 (year long)
Original research on an approved research project selected in consultation with the supervisor. The research project will be in the field of arts management as applied to a single art form or cross-art form projects such as festivals, multimedia proj... Semester 1, Semester 2 25
760-526 Internship II (semester long)
This subject offers the opportunity to gain extended work experience in an arts organisation. Placements may be arranged in a diversity of organisations catering for specialised areas of interest in the field of arts management, including not-for-pro... Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer 25
Electives
A total of 25 points chosen from:-
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-492 Cultural Festivals and Special Events
Cultural festivals, carnivals and special events are a prominent feature of arts and cultural activities at the local, national and international level. Through a series of international and local case studies this subject examines the cultural, econ... Semester 1 12.50
106-513 History of Books and Reading
This subject introduces students to the history of the book and its relationship to changing reading practices. It will focus specifically on the changing technologies and aesthetics of book production, the relationships between reading and other cul... Semester 1 12.50
107-540 Film Culture Bodies
This subject will introduce students to the various film culture bodies in the community whose function it is to promote screen culture. These will include such bodies as the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, the Australian Film Institute, Scre... Semester 1 12.50
760-546 Directed Reading in Cultural Management
Students will undertake a course of directed reading on an approved topic. Areas of study may include management, law, marketing, cultural policy, curatorship and museum practices and their application within the context of the arts sector. Students ... Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50
107-530 History and Philosophy of Museums
This subject examines the growth of the museum from its origins in the wunderkammer and antiquarian collections of the 16th century to the dynamic and constantly shifting field of possibilities available to museums today. The subject charts the progr... Semester 2 12.50
107-543 Film Festival Cultures
This subject is a study of the development of international film festival cultures and their historical and contemporary role in art house and national cinemas. Through an examination of the history and the basic operations of selected film festivals... Semester 2 12.50
760-528 Advanced Arts Law
This subject examines current legal topics in relation to the circulation of the creative arts in the public sphere. The topics will vary year to year and include the legal context of film and multimedia production and distribution; the commissioning... Semester 2 12.50
107-551 Digital Imaging, Film & Web Publishing
This subject is an introduction to the practice of digital imaging and explores a variety of digital technologies that have become integral to many contemporary film and other screen industries. It develops skills in the use and application of comput... Semester 2 12.50
or any Year 5 subject offering across the School of Culture and Communication (12.5 pts) subject to approval of the Course Coordinator.
Second 100 points: Option 2. Thesis option
Minor Thesis
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-554 Minor Thesis - Arts Management
Students enrolled in this subject will undertake a piece of research in Arts Management approved by the course coordinator. The research will incorporate both theoretical inquiry and primary research. On completion of the subject, students will submi... Semester 1, Semester 2 37.50
Compulsory Subject
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-522 Advanced Management
A study of the theory and practice of good management and effective leadership as it applies to a range of organisational styles in the arts, considering and comparing the not-for-profit and commercial sectors. Topics will include but not be limited ... Semester 1 12.50
Core Subjects
Choose 3
Subject Semester Credit Points
760-550 Communicating the Arts
This subject evolves the students understanding of the concepts of audience development and allows students to develop advanced knowledge and skills in the key areas of participation appropriate for management and administration in arts organisations... Semester 1 12.50
760-523 Financial Management
A study of financial management including related supervisory, planning, reporting, and management responsibilities within the not-for-profit context of arts management. Students will acquire a knowledge of reserves, risk versus return, financial rep... Semester 2 12.50
760-528 Advanced Arts Law
This subject examines current legal topics in relation to the circulation of the creative arts in the public sphere. The topics will vary year to year and include the legal context of film and multimedia production and distribution; the commissioning... Semester 2 12.50
760-527 Advanced Arts Policy
A study of the theory and practice of policy development, implementation and evaluation in the area of arts and cultural policy drawing upon international applications and a range of different policy models. This topic will explore the breadth and di... Semester 2 12.50
