School of Culture & Communication Art History

Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Art History)

Information for current students.

For 2008 course and subject information please click here.

The information below is taken from the 2007 Postgraduate Studies Catalogue page: Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (Art History), and will be updated to the 2008 information shortly.

Course Name Postgraduate Certificate in Arts
Course Code 377
Stream Name Postgraduate Certificate in Arts(Art History)
Stream Code AH
Year 2007
Course Description

The postgraduate certificate provides an entry point to an articulated structure of higher degree study and may qualify graduates for entry to the postgraduate diploma.

Coordinator: Fourth Year Coordinator
Department: School of Culture and Communication

Generic Skills Gained / Objectives Students who complete the postgraduate certificate should:
  • have the capacity to prepare an original piece of research;
  • gain an in-depth knowledge of theories and methodologies about visual cultures;
  • develop the ability to analyse the critical reception of works of art.
Admission Requirements

The minimum entry requirement is:

  • an undergraduate degree with a major in art history, or a relevant cognate area such as cinema studies, classics, archaeology, architectural history, studio art (BFA), history, English, cultural studies, with a minimum of 50 points in art history a grade average of H2B (70%) or equivalent in the major
or
  • a Graduate Diploma in Arts (Art History) with a grade average of H2B (70%) or equivalent.
Undergraduate Degree Required

YES

Offered Location
Duration 6 months full-time / up to 1 years 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 Total 50 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Course Stream Subjects

Elective subjects
Code Title Semester Credit Points
102-511 Imaging Australian Spaces Semester 2 12.5
107-403 Fine Arts 4A 1, repeat 2 12.5
107-530 History and Philosophy of Museums Semester 1 12.5
107-428 The Book in Medieval & Renaissance Art Not Offered 12.5
107-526 The Virtual Print Room Semester 1 12.5
107-416 The Visual Culture of Colonial Australia Not Offered 12.5
107-406 Readings in Caravaggio Not Offered 12.5
107-402 Attribution, Expertise, Connoisseurship 2 12.5
107-438 Women in 16th & 17th Century Italian Art Not Offered 12.5
107-449 Architecture and the Visual Imagination Not Offered 12.5
107-466 Contemporary Culture: Art in New York Not Offered 25
107-467 Renaissance and Baroque Rome 1450-1750 Summer 25
107-436 Postcolonial Visual Art 1 12.5
107-437 The Artist's Body Not Offered 12.5
107-528 Art History Special Topics A Semester 1, Semester 2 12.5
107-451 The Floating World: Japanese Prints Not Offered 12.5
107-471 Histories and Theories of Conservation 2 12.5
107-548 Symbolists and Decadents: The 1890s Not Offered 12.5
107-549 Theories of Art History Semester 1 12.5
107-550 Biennales, Triennales and Documentas Semester 1 12.5
107-409 Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film Not Offered 12.5
107-418 Truth & Beauty: British Art 1840-1914 Not Offered 12.5
107-422 Iconography: Rome to Renaissance 2 12.5
107-443 Futurism and Fascist Art in Italy Not Offered 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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