Course Guide - Edith Cowan University

The course is aimed primarily at high level practitioners from a
wide cross-section of the arts community who wish to extend their
capacity to operate in an increasingly multi-art form and
technologically-based profession.
MAP6203 Masters Thesis: Arts Research Project 2 40
MAP6204 Masters Thesis: Research Context 2 40
Specifically, the course aims to:
• create opportunities for innovation and creativity in the
arts;
• use the resources of the Academy to create leadership
opportunities for people who can offer the arts
informed direction, and identifiable and marketable
skills, to advance the Australian cultural environment
into the next decade;
• provide opportunities for people from diverse ethnic
and creative arts backgrounds to synthesise disparate
artistic skills to produce innovative and creative
outcomes for the arts industry;
• build upon and extend the traditions and conventions of
the student’s earlier training to create new knowledge
for the arts.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Students will be expected usually to have completed an undergraduate
degree in the arts or a related field, together with
demonstrated interest and experience in the arts
industry/profession. Admission is based on a written application
which prepares and describes an initial research topic.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery -
Campus-Based.
COURSE STRUCTURE
The Master of Arts (Creative Arts) will comprise two years of
full-time study (or the part-time equivalent).
The sequence of units offered is as follows:
YEAR ONE
Semester 1
MAP5105 Arts Issues 15
MAP5111 Creative Arts Research 15
Semester 2
MAP5101 Research Methods in the Arts 15
MAP5102 Research Preparation 1 15
Full Year Units
MAP5103 Masters Thesis: Arts Research Project 1 30
MAP5104 Masters Thesis: Research Context 1 30
NOTE: Students may substitute other university research units,
e.g., RES5101 Research Preparation:
Methods of Research, if the unit is more applicable to their area of
research.
YEAR TWO
Semester 1
MAP6202 Research Preparation 2 20
MASTER OF ARTS MANAGEMENT
Course Code V47
Course Code U59
The Master of Arts Management is a fee-paying, three-semester
programme for both Australian and overseas students. It is a
vocationally-based degree aimed at students who wish to improve
their management skills and gain expertise in the arts and
entertainment industries.
The course offers a unique career combination of business
administration and cultural management, providing an
understanding of both the management practices and the
environmental context in which the arts and arts organisations
operate. It addresses the training needs of management
practitioners across a wide spectrum of the arts, and is constructed
so that fundamental administrative, financial, marketing and
management skills in the arts can be applied in a variety of artistic
contexts. Credence is given during the course to the specialist
knowledge required for specific industry tasks such as the
management of art galleries and museums, performing arts venue
management or designing and managing cultural programmes in
urban or regional centres.
The central focus of the course is the provision and enhancement
of the knowledge and specific skills required to manage the
unique, idiosyncratic and diverse organisations that make up the
arts industry.
Specifically, upon completion of the course it is expected that
graduates will:
* demonstrate a knowledge of administrative, management,
marketing and financial skills as they pertain to the arts industry,
and relate this understanding to their own arts environments and
companies;
* demonstrate critical and analytical skills in relation to
management, planning and operation of arts organisations;
* combine management skills with specific and particular industry
practice;
* be better equipped to carry out their current duties and prepare
them for more significant roles.
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Mt Lawley Campus.
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery -
Campus-Based.
COURSE STRUCTURE
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
ADM4110 Arts Finance and Funding 15
ADM4120 Arts Law 15
ADM4107 Arts Management 15
ECF4100 Economics IV 15
Semester 2
MAP6102 Research Seminar 20
Full Year Units
ECU Postgraduate Course Guide 2007 177