Master of Cultural Heritage
2015 Deakin University Handbook
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Year | 2015 course information |
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Award granted | Master of Cultural Heritage |
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Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne) |
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Cloud Campus | Yes |
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Duration | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
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CRICOS course code | 084543G Burwood (Melbourne) |
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Deakin course code | A787 |
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New course version commencing 2015. |
Course sub-headings
Course overview
Whether you are a mid-career professional consolidating your practical experience, looking
for a change in career, or a recent graduate who would like to work in cultural heritage or museums, a Master in Cultural Heritage provides a pathway into employment in this diverse and exciting sector.
The Master in Cultural Heritage allows you to develop the knowledge, conceptual understanding, research skills and practical experience to make a difference in the cultural heritage sector. Whether you want to work with collections, manage a museum or heritage site, or protect and interpret significant sites, landscapes or intangible cultural heritage, specific pathways through the Masters mean you can create a program that is right for you. Through this program you develop an extensive, cross-disciplinary knowledge of heritage principles and practice across a range of disciplines, as well as an awareness of community sensitivities.
Alternative exits
Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage (A585) |
Graduate Diploma of Cultural Heritage (A685) |
Course rules
To qualify for the Master of Cultural Heritage, a student must successfully complete 16 credit points of study comprising:
- 6 core units
- 10 credit points of study combining research and elective units in one of the following configurations:
- Option 1: Research Project
- 2 credit points of research training (AIX706, plus one of AIX707 or AIX708)
- 4 credit point independent research project (AIX702, AIX703)
- 4 credit points of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies electives
- Option 2: Research Paper
- 2 credit points of research training (AIX706, plus one of AIX707 or AIX708)
- 2 credit point independent research project (AIX704 and AIX705)
- 6 credit points of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies electives
- Option 3: Research Project
- 1 credit point research training (AIX706)
- 8 credit points of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies electives
- 1 credit point independent research project (AIX701)
Course structure
Core units
AIM709 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM734 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM736 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM708 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM723 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM735 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Electives
AIM703 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM714 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM715 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM704 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM705 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM722 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM727 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM733 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIM717 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
2 credit points of the electives may be selected from other Deakin postgraduate units with the approval of the course director.
Research units
AIX706 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX707 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX708 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX702 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX703 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX704 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX705 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
AIX701 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
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