150 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management - Moving Image Specialisation

The Master of Arts and Cultural Management (Moving Image) offers a graduate qualification in the management of the production, distribution and exhibition of film and new media. The Moving Image specialisation is designed to provide direct engagement with screen industry professionals and to offer the theoretical knowledge and practical experience necessary to work in film culture.

Students who complete the Masters of Arts and Cultural Management (Moving Image) should:

• develop an appreciation and overview of the arts within our culture;
• understand, access and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of arts policy within Australia and internationally;
• understand the role of marketing in positioning arts organizations to attract audiences and funding from a diversity of sources including government and the private sector, and attracting opportunities for international exchange;
• understand the demands for managing small and large projects, developing tenders, or managing small business enterprises;
• understand laws, regulations and protocols (including cultural property rights) within various art forms;
• demonstrate an understanding of financial management, budgeting, costing and planning; and
• demonstrate a high level of leadership potential and ability to function ethically, imaginatively and resourcefully within the arts and cultural industries in ways that will advance the arts and promote them within Australia and internationally.

150 point program

Duration: 1.5 years full-time / up to 3 years part-time

• seven compulsory subjects (87.5 points)

Coursework Only Option:

• elective subjects (62.5 points)

or

Minor Thesis Option

• AMGT90019 Minor Thesis (37.5 points)
• MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points)
• elective subjects (12.5 points)

Capstone Requirement:

All students are required to complete the Capstone Requirement for the program (at least 25 points). Students must complete one capstone option:

Capstone Stream 1: AMGT90001 Minor Thesis - Arts Management
Purpose: An opportunity to integrate knowledge and research skills to address a specific cultural management research question; pathway to PhD.

Capstone Stream 2: MULT90019 Internship II (Placement and Research) or MULT90018 Internship I (Placement Only) and SCRN90006 Film Festival Cultures
Purpose: Multiple opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in professional contexts and develop an integrated understanding of moving image management knowledge and practice.

Capstone Stream 3: MULT90025 Internship III (Placement and Research) or MULT90018 Internship I (Placement Only) and SCRN90004 Visual Culture Industries

Purpose: Multiple opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in professional contexts and through exposure to industry, and develop an integrated understanding of moving image management knowledge and practice.

Capstone Stream 4: SCRN90006 Film Festival Cultures and SCRN90004 Visual Culture Industries

Purpose: Multiple opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in professional contexts and through exposure to industry, and develop an integrated understanding of moving image management knowledge and practice. Multiple opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through sustained pieces of scholarships.

For policies that govern this degree, see Academic Services Policy in the University Melbourne Policy Framework.

Compulsory Subjects

7 compulsory subjects (87.5 points)

Minor Thesis Subjects

Minor Thesis Option

• AMGT90019 Minor Thesis (37.5 points)
• MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points)

Please note the following:

• students undertaking the Minor Thesis must also undertake MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices in the first semester of enrolment.
• the minor thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Elective Subjects

Coursework Only Option:

• elective subjects (62.5 points)

or

Minor Thesis Option

• elective subjects (12.5 points)

Please note the following:

• students may choose from the following elective subjects or other graduate subjects from across the School of Culture and Communication or Faculty with coordinator permission and Faculty approval
• students requesting permission to enrol in an elective subject not listed below must complete the Arts Graduate request to study an external subject form: https://security.arts.unimelb.edu.au/faculty/student_forms/login.php