Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)

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Master of Applied Linguistics is a
one-year program designed for graduate
professionals working with language in a
range of areas. The following streams are
available: Teaching English to Speakers
of Other Languages (TESOL); Language
Testing and Language Program Evaluation;
Technology in Language Learning;
and Applied Linguistics of the English
Language.
Master of Art Curatorship provides both
historical and theoretical subjects with
a range of practically oriented offerings
that address museum activities such
as collection management, exhibition
development and interpretation, and
conservation. Professionals from Australian
art museums and arts organisations
contribute to the teaching programs.
Students admitted to the Master of Art
Curatorship (coursework and minor thesis)
may undertake a practical placement in a
public or private sector work environment.
Master of Arts Management offers
vocationally orientated courses to prepare
students for a management career in the
arts industry. Internship opportunities are
available in a wide range of organisations
including orchestras, museums, theatre
and dance companies, national, state and
local government cultural programs, and
internationally.
Master of Cinema Management is
designed to provide students with the
necessary skills to work in the film culture
industry, locally and internationally.
Students study the structure and history
of the film culture industry, the nature
of feature film production, film festival
cultures, issues in censorship, film as
an aesthetic form, arts management,
marketing, publicity, and new media. A
key feature of the course is an industry
work placement in which students can
develop advanced workplace skills and
a network of professional contacts and
associates. Placement hosts have included
the Australian Film Commission and Buena
Vista International.
Adrian was educated at Nottingham Trent University and Queen's University Belfast,
where he was awarded his PhD in 1993. He taught at University College Northampton
and Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he specialised in political and
social theory before joining the School of Social and Political Sciences as Lecturer in
Political Theory in February 2004. In 2008 he became Associate Professor and Reader in
Political Theory and the new Head of School.
Associate Professor Adrian Little
Head of School
School of Social and Political Sciences
Master of Cultural Material Conservation
offers a professional qualification that
combines theory and practice. Students will
benefit directly from the Faculty’s activities
in commercial conservation services and
its responsibility for conservation of the
University of Melbourne’s vast and varied
cultural collections, including the Ian Potter
Museum of Art, and the University’s Library,
Archives and School collections. Students
will also have access to industry links with
leading museums, galleries, archives and
libraries across Australia and overseas, with
opportunities to develop research in relation
to broader issues of cultural preservation.
The option to specialise in areas including
conservation treatment of paintings,
works on paper, frames, and some object
and architectural conservation, can be
combined with an internship. The Master
of Cultural Material Conservation is one
of the University’s graduate professional
entry programs, therefore eligible students
can access government support payments
(Youth Allowance, Austudy or Abstudy).
Master of Development Studies
provides students with the theoretical
and practical grounding to address
key issues and debates relevant to the
developing world. Students engage with
key development concerns such as debt
and povert; microfinance; culture and
human rights; gender relations; food and
environmental security; globalisation and
national sovereignty; the role of civil society
organisations, NGOs and the State; HIV/
AIDS and health systems; and migration
and transnationalism. High-achieving
students may apply for the minor thesis
option. Internship opportunities are
available, and previous hosts have included
World Vision, Oxfam, Australian Red Cross,
UNESCO and the World Bank.
Master of Development Studies (Gender
and Development) provides specialist
training and a professional qualification
for graduates who are working, or seeking
to work, in development fields related
to gender and development. Students
will develop a firm grounding in recent
theorising about gender and development
and in practical concerns surrounding
planning for gender in development
projects within government and nongovernment
organisations.
“I selected a broad range of
undergraduate arts subjects – across
cinema, cultural studies and creative
writing – because I was passionate about
the material and without much thought
for where they might lead. Now I’ve
returned to the University of Melbourne
on a Melbourne Research Scholarship to
complete an interdisciplinary PhD thesis
called ‘X-Ray Visions’. It lets me combine
those same interests into a writing
project that is transforming my childhood
obsession with comic books into a study
of superhero narratives across all kinds
of different media.”
Martyn Pedler
Bachelor of Arts graduate;
Doctor of Philosophy,
second year;
Melbourne Research
Scholarship recipient