GraduateArts & Design
Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership
UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
UNSW's Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership builds connections between curating, audience engagement, policy, management, critical writing, promotion and production, treating contemporary curating as a dynamic profession that sets cultural agendas rather than a purely administrative gallery function. Built on more than 20 years of UNSW Art & Design postgraduate experience in this field, the program is delivered in close collaboration with UNSW Galleries and a broad range of Australian and international industry partners, giving students genuine professional networks alongside academic training. Fully online study is available, though only for domestic students not on an international student visa. It suits both people with existing backgrounds in museums, galleries, arts organisations or art practice, and career-changers entering curating or cultural leadership from other professional backgrounds, preparing graduates as independent professionals able to lead across curating, exhibition, arts policy and management contexts.
Cost & duration
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- Prescribed Electives: ADAD9116 Research Paper, SAHT6700 World Biennales: Field Trip, SAHT9138 Global Contemporary Art, SAHT9311 Curatorial Studio: Social Space, SAHT9212 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art, SAHT9137 Global Visual Cultures, ADAD9311 Designing the Experience: Exhibitions and Beyond, DART9200 Major Exhibitions and Events, SAHT9312 Curatorial Studio: Site and Situation, SAHT9131 Visual and Museum Cultures of the Asia Pacific, SAHT9204 Histories of Contemporary Art, SAHT9313 Curatorial Studio: Collections and Archives, SAHT9122 Audience Engagement, ADAD9115 Work Integrated Learning, ADAD9406 Creative Experimentation, SAHT9201 Conservation, Registration and Handling
Admissions
1 year (48 UOC) program An honours degree in a related field Students who meet the above requirement will receive 48 UOC in advanced standing upon entry to the program, applied as credit for the first year of the program (ADAD9113, ADAD9114, SAHT9310, SAHT9110, SAHT9124, one Core Art Theory course, and 12 UOC in Prescribed Electives), and will complete a 1 year (48 UOC) program of study. 1.7 year (72 UOC) program A bachelor's degree in a related field with a credit average (equivalent to a UNSW WAM of 65) Students who meet the above requirement will receive 24 UOC in advanced standing upon entry to the program, applied as credit for ADAD9113, SAHT9310, one Core Art Theory course, and one Prescribed Elective, and will complete a 1.7 year (72 UOC) program of study. Related fields: Curatorial Studies, Librarianship and Information Management (FOE 0913), the Creative Arts (FOE 10, such as...
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