200 point program - full time over 18 months

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D31-AA-SPC+1002 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Director
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

The Graduate School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:	The Executive Master of Arts (EMA) is designed for graduates who are eager to shape leadership roles for themselves in the 21st century. It is a program which recognises the unique benefits to be had through combining traditional Arts strengths in analysis, ethics and critical reasoning with a skill set appropriate for managing resources, planning projects and delivering results in a dynamic contemporary environment.
Objectives:	Refer to the course outline of the Executive Master of Arts (EMA)
Structure & Available Subjects:	The EMA curriculum has three key modules: The Professional Skills module comprising of six compulsory subjects: Leadership Theory and Practice Thinking and Acting Ethically Working the World Budgets & Financial Management Creative Thinking and the Power of Ideas Professional Communication The Discipline Module allows students to take six electives in the social sciences, humanities and languages. Subjects offered in the discipline module will not require previous study in that discipline and will be accessible to all EMA students regardless of the nature of their first degree. The Applied Module requires students to undertake a compulsory subject on Project Management to prepare them for their work experience and then either: an Internship of eight weeks in a corporate, NGO, government or international organisation, or an eight week Group Project which involves working with an external organisation to find a solution to a real problem or challenge. For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework. Students also should also refer to information in the Student Policy Directory.
Majors/ Minors/ Specialisations	200 point program - full time over 18 months
Subject Options:	Year One - Summer/Semester One Three compulsory subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MGMT90127 Leadership Theory & Practice February 12.50 PHIL90022 Thinking and Acting Ethically April 12.50 PHIL90021 Creative Thinking & the Power of Ideas March 12.50 Three elective subjects from the following list. Electives may include 12.5 points of language study (up to a total of 25 points of language study in the degree): Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ISLM90007 Contemporary Middle East & Central Asia February 12.50 LING90026 Cross-Cultural Communication at Work Not offered in 2011 12.50 CULS40010 Secret Life of Things: Material Culture Semester 1 12.50 PPMN40001 Policy Design Semester 1 12.50 POLS90012 Trade Policy Politics & Governance Semester 1 12.50 PHIL90010 Global Justice Not offered in 2011 12.50 DEVT90039 Civil Society, NGOs and the State Not offered in 2011 12.50 PUBL90007 History of Books and Reading Semester 1 12.50 PHIL40016 The Ethics of Sex Not offered in 2011 12.50 PUBL90010 Print Production and Design Semester 1 12.50 HPSC40014 Science and Ideology in the 20th Century Not offered in 2011 12.50 MECM90016 Representation and Advocacy February 12.50 POLS40004 Justice, Democracy and Difference Semester 1 12.50 POLS40009 The Emerging World (Dis)Order Semester 1 12.50 GEND40003 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective Not offered in 2011 12.50 AUST90007 Imaging Australian Spaces Not offered in 2011 12.50 MECM90003 Mobility, Culture and Communication Semester 1 12.50 MGMT90110 Organisational Fundamentals Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 MGMT90018 Human Resource Management Not offered in 2011 12.50 MKTG90004 Marketing Management Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 Year One - Winter Recess One compulsory subject: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MGMT90132 Professional Communication June 12.50 Year One - Semester Two Two compulsory subjects: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MGMT90126 Budgets and Financial Management August 12.50 ANTH90003 Working the World July 12.50 Three elective subjects from the following list. Electives may include 12.5 points of language study (up to a total of 25 points of language study in the degree): Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT90017 Places of Enlightenment Not offered in 2011 12.50 PUBL90006 Writing and Editing for Digital Media Semester 2 12.50 SCRN40013 Censorship: Film, Art and Media Semester 2 12.50 INTS90007 Globalisation and China Semester 2 12.50 HIST90028 Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print Not offered in 2011 12.50 PHIL90009 Violence, War and Terrorism Not offered in 2011 12.50 SOCI90004 Contemporary Social Problems Semester 2 12.50 LING90019 English in a Globalised World Semester 2 12.50 CRIM90008 Law, Race and Indigenous Peoples Semester 2 12.50 MECM90007 Media Convergence and Digital Culture Semester 2 12.50 HPSC40013 The Western Tradition & its Discontents Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST90025 Postcolonial and Indigenous Histories Not offered in 2011 12.50 AUST90001 A Century of Australian Social Policy Semester 2 12.50 MGMT90013 Leadership and Team Dynamics Semester 2 12.50 INTS90004 Cosmopolitanism: Beyond Multiculturalism Semester 2 12.50 Year Two - Summer/Semester One Compulsory Project Management subject and either the Internship or Group Project: Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MGMT90128 Project Management June 12.50 MGMT90131 Internship Not offered in 2011 37.50 MGMT90129 Group Project Not offered in 2011 37.50
Links to further information:	http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/graduate/ema/index.html#ema
Related Course(s):	Executive Master of Arts

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