School of Culture & Communication Art History

Graduate Certificate in Arts (Art History)

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The information below is taken from the Postgraduate Studies Catalogue page: Graduate Certificate in Arts (Art History).

Course Name Graduate Certificate in Arts
Course Code 089
Stream Name Graduate Certificate in Arts (Art History)
Stream Code AH
Year 2007
Course Description

The graduate certificate provides students with a general understanding of key concepts and issues in art history. Students undertaking this short and concentrated program of study will develop valuable skills of analysis and critique. The certificate is an entry point to an articulated structure of higher degree study in art history.

Course coordinator: Associate Professor Charles Green
Department: School of Culture and Communication

Generic Skills Gained / Objectives

Students who complete the graduate certificate should:

  • develop a knowledge of one or more areas in the study of art history;
  • understand the main theories and concepts relating to these areas of study;
  • demonstrate competency in reading visual images;
  • demonstrate skills in writing about art history.
Admission Requirements

The minimum entry requirement is:

  • an undergraduate degree in any discipline.
Undergraduate Degree Required

YES

Offered Location
Duration 1 semester full-time / up to 1 year part-time
Application Due Date

Course intake: February (semester one) and July (semester two).

Applications close: 31 October (February intake) and 31 May (July intake). Late applications may be accepted, subject to the availability of places.

Special Notes
Course Stream Structure Description
  • four elective subjects
Total 50 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Course Stream Subjects

A maximum of one first year subject
Code Title Semester Credit Points
107-130 Art History A: The Work of Art 1 12.5
107-131 Art History B: Twentieth Century Art 2 12.5

Second/third year subjects
Code Title Semester Credit Points
107-020 The Age of Leonardo da Vinci 2 12.5
107-021 The Age of Michelangelo Not Offered 12.5
107-023 Baroque Art Not Offered 12.5
107-027 Materials and Techniques of Art 2 12.5
107-028 Australian Art: Rock to Pop 1 12.5
107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art 2 12.5
107-031 Art and the Market: Then and Now 2 12.5
107-032 Venetian Renaissance Painting Not Offered 12.5
107-034 The 1980s: Postmodernism in Art Not Offered 12.5
107-038 Modernist Avant-Gardes 1 12.5
107-046 Contemporary Australian Art 1 12.5
107-048 Art, Society & Ritual in Medieval Italy Not Offered 12.5
107-063 Eighteenth-Century Art 2 12.5
107-220 Medieval Art: Celtic to Gothic Not Offered 12.5
107-210 Art Since 1990 2 12.5
107-219 Early Christian and Byzantine Art 1 12.5
107-235 Masculinity: From Classics to Modern Art 2 12.5
107-236 Asian Art and Spirituality 1 12.5
107-262 History and Theory of Photography 1 12.5
107-263 Visions of Paradise: Art of the Garden Not Offered 12.5
107-264 Art and Revolution: 19th Century Europe Not Offered 12.5
107-266 Zen and Manga: The Art of Japan 2 12.5

Third/fourth year subjects
Code Title Semester Credit Points
107-402 Attribution, Expertise, Connoisseurship 2 12.5
107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination Not Offered 12.5
107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 Summer 25
107-471 Histories and Theories of Conservation 2 12.5
107-472 Aboriginal Art in the Northern Territory 2 12.5
Which scholarship can I apply for?
Faculty Name

Arts

Faculty Code C
Area of Study

Fine Arts

Area of Study Code 100301
CRICOS Code R
Research Course N
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