Graduate
Master of Museum and Heritage Studies
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
About this program
The Master of Museum and Heritage Studies is a graduate program at the Australian National University in Canberra, run through the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, taken over 1 year full-time (48 Units). Coursework includes 24 units from completion of the following compulsory. Graduates are expected to analyse, research, reflect on and synthesise complex approaches to museums, collecting agencies and heritage organisations and their relationships to societies. ANU is a research-intensive, Group of Eight university based in Australia's capital, and international students in this program study alongside a large Canberra-based policy, research and public-service community.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
50 terms of coursework
- The Master of Heritage and Museum Studies requires the completion of 48 units, of which:
- a minimum of 24 units must come from the completion of 8000-level courses
- The 48 units must consist of:
- 24 units from completion of the following compulsory
- courses:
- HUMN6051
- Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management
- HUMN8027
- Critical Issues in Heritage and Museum Studies
- HUMN8035
- Critical Issues in Intangible Heritage
- MUSC8017
- Museums and Collections: Key Concepts and Practices
- 24 units from the completion of courses within the following thematic lists:
- Museums and Collections
- HUMN8034
- Collaborative Curating and Storytelling
- MUSC8006
- Indigenous Collections and Exhibitions
- MUSC8012
- Understanding Learning in Museums and Heritage
- MUSC8018
- Exhibition Design and Delivery
- Cultural Heritage
- HUMN8019
- UNESCO and World Heritage: Conserving Heritage Values
- HUMN8033
- Heritage Tourism and Sustainable Development
- HUMN8034
- Collaborative Curating and Storytelling
- HUMN8038
- Oral History and Heritage Practice and Theory
- HUMN8039
- Indigenous Heritage Management and Debates in Digital Heritage
- HUMN8040
- Heritage and Tourism Field School
- Repatriation and Restitution
- HUMN8036
- Restitution and the Archive? Using Archives and Special Collections
- MUSC8006
- Indigenous Collections and Exhibitions
- MUSC8019
- Repatriation Principles, Policy and Practice
- MUSC8022
- Repatriation, Social Justice and Museums
- Internships and research projects
- ANIP6503
- Australian National Internships Program A
- MUSC8009
- Museums and Heritage Research Project
Admissions
At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry. Applicants must present one of the following: a cognate Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7; or a cognate Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4/7 and a Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4/7; or a cognate Bachelor or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4/7 and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program (for example in a museum, library, archive, gallery, heritage organisation, Indigenous cultural organisation, or as a teacher, or in the public service); or a cognate Graduate Certificate or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4/7 and a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program (for example in a museum, library, archive, gallery, heritage organisation, Indigenous cultural organisation, or as a teacher, or in the public service); or a cognate Graduate Diploma or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 4/7; or a minimum of 10 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program (for example in a museum, library, archive, gallery, heritage organisation, Indigenous cultural organisation, or as a teacher, or in the public service)
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