1997 QUT Handbook

FACULTY OF ARTS
COURSE STRUCTURES
Master of Arts (Research) (AT22)
Offered in the:
Academy of the Arts: Communication Design, Dance, Drama, Music Visual Arts
School of Humanities: Applied Ethics, Asia Pacific Studies, Crosscultural Studies, Geography, History,
Literature, Political Studies
School of Media & Journalism: Creative Writing, Film & Television Production, Journalism, Media
Studies
School of Social Science: Counselling, Human Services (services for the aged/youth/child & family,
corrective services, disability services, multicultural services), Psychology, Sociology.
Location:
Kelvin Grove: Academy of the Arts
Carseldine: School of Humanities, School of Social Science
Gardens Point: School of Media & Journalism
Course Duration:
3 year qualified entry: 1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time
4 year qualified entry: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
(NB: Entry is normally with a GPA of 5.0 or above)
Total Credit Points:
3 year qualified entry: 144
4 year qualified entry: 96
Standard Credit Points Per Full-Time Semester: 48
Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Susan Street
Discipline Coordinators:
ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
Communication Design: Assoc Prof Jeff Jones
Dance: Kristen Bell
Drama: Brad Haseman
Music: Dr Adrian Thomas
Visual Arts: John Armstrong
HUMANITIES
All disciplines: Dr Kayleen Hazlehurst
MEDIA & JOURNALISM
Creative Writing: Associate Professor Philip Neilsen
Film & Television Production: Mr Stephen Frost
Journalism: Associate Professor Len Granato
Media Studies: Dr Graham Bruce
SOCIAL SCIENCE
All disciplines: Dr Paul Harrison
Course Structure
APPROVED THREE-YEAR QUALIFICATION ENTRY
Students normally will undertake 48 credit points of coursework and a 96 credit point research project.
APPROVED FOUR-YEAR QUALIFICATION ENTRY
Students normally will not undertake coursework units. They will be required to undertake a 96 credit
point research project or thesis. With approval from the relevant Postgraduate Studies Coordinator, students
may enrol in 12 or 24 credit points of coursework and reduce the weighting of their research project to 84
or 72 credit points. Those undertaking 84 credit points of research will be given exemption for ATN007/1.
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