Program

CrossDisciplinary Art & Design - 9309

Program Summary

Faculty: College of Fine Arts

Contact: www.cofa.unsw.edu.au

Campus: College of Fine Arts Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Typical Duration: 1.5 Years

Typical UOC Per Semester: 24

Min UOC Per Semester: 3

Max UOC Per Semester: 27

Min UOC For Award: 72

Award(s):

Master of Cross-disciplinary Art and Design (Specialisation)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Program Description

100% Online Postgraduate Program

The Master of Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design is a fully online postgraduate coursework degree that aims to offer you the opportunity to experience, better understand and work within a range of creative disciplines to enhance and strengthen your own creative process. The nature of the program is also intended to increase your value as an employee, in a rapidly changing and frequently cross-disciplinary workplace, by responding to a professional field that increasingly requires artists and designers to work collaboratively across a range of disciplines.

The program offers a suite of in-depth elective courses in art, design and theoretical subjects. A structured sequence of core-study contextualises these electives by illuminating their theoretical, practical and disciplinary connections. In doing so, the program offers you an understanding of cross-disciplinary creative practice, and how this can benefit your own creative and/or professional activity.

By tailoring your own learning pathway throughout the program, you will have the opportunity to take part in both individual and collaborative coursework and communication. As part of your core sequence of studies, you will also investigate effective online learning strategies and online information literacy skills: maximising your learning experience to gain most advantage from the program. The fully online context of the program will also enable you to study with a diverse range of students from different creative backgrounds, professional experiences, locations and cultures around the world.

NOTE: The Master of Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design is highly appropriate for those wishing to extend their undergraduate creative studies, for those wishing to make a career change to a creative profession, and/or those currently employed in creative professions who wish to extend their cross-disciplinary capabilities and knowledge.

Participants need only possess basic computer skills, although must have regular access to a computer with an Internet connection. Some elective courses may require access to a scanner or digital camera.

(This program currently uses the Omnium Software platform (www.omnium.edu.au/software) although individual courses may use other platforms. Students will receive log in instructions via email prior to the commencement of each course.)

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

The aims of the program are to:
  • Examine theoretical and practical aspects of creative practice across a range of art and design disciplines, and explore the cross-disciplinary creative links between these disciplines
  • Equip students with individual and collaborative skills and knowledge in communication, research, theory and creativity in line with contemporary cross-disciplinary creative art and design practice
  • Equip students with a high-level of cross-disciplinary creative and investigative skills
  • Provide additional options for students through an online approach to learning and teaching
  • Improve the students' value to an employer in the creative industries by providing essential cross-disciplinary collaboration and communication skills
On completion of this program, a student should:
  • Possess a deep understanding of cross-disciplinary Art and Design and be able to apply its principles in the pursuit of new creative solutions
  • Be able to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with others from different creative disciplines
  • Possess a depth of new knowledge, practical skills and theoretical understanding in a range of specific creative practices
  • Be able to perceive links and creative opportunities between these different creative practices
  • Have developed a high level of online proficiency and an effective understanding of information literacy
  • To produce a reflective Learning Portfolio (including reports, online exhibitions, etc) that documents and showcases an understanding of cross-disciplinary art and design practice

Program Structure

You must complete 72 Units of Credit including 18 UOC of sequenced core courses, and 54 UOC of online elective courses, giving you the flexibility to customise your learning experience by choosing courses that are directly related to your specific areas of interest. Details of UOC requirements for each level within the program are described in the Program Diagram (see bottom of page).

Online Sequenced Core Courses
  • Learning to Learn Online + Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design 1
  • Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design 2
  • Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design 3
Online Elective Courses

The program is designed to be as flexible as possible to allow you to tailor your education to suit your personal learning objectives. You must complete 54 UOC of elective courses over the duration of the Masters program. The electives cover a broad spectrum of topics - each with a different focus, but all with a common underpinning in collaborative creative theory and practice. This modular system allows you to pursue your own interests while ensuring that your studies are interrelated and relevant to the learning outcomes of the program.

You can choose from a wide range of creative subjects such as:
  • Creative Thinking
  • Understanding and Appreciating Art
  • Art and Exhibition Curation
  • Botanical Drawing
  • Branding in the Built Environment
  • Collaboration in Graphic Design
  • Digital Architecture
  • Drawing Studio
  • Fashion in Society
  • Global Print Advertising
  • Textiles for Interiors
  • Graphic Design in Society
  • Interactive Design
  • Lighting Design
  • Photography in Visual Sociology
  • Sculpture and Installation Art
  • Technologically Advanced Textiles
  • Digital Concept Art
  • Creative Character Design
  • Understanding Urban Design

Academic Rules

The degree of Master of Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design (MCDArtDes) by formal coursework may be awarded by the Council to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed a program of advanced study.

Qualifications
1. A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor from the University of New South Wales or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Higher Degree Committee of the Standing Committee of the Faculty of College of Fine Arts (hereinafter referred to as the Committee).

2. In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other academic and professional qualifications as may be approved by the Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree.

3. If the Committee is not satisfied with the qualifications submitted by an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, before permitting enrolment.

Enrolment and Progression
1. An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made on the prescribed form at least two calendar months before the commencement of the semester in which enrolment is to begin.

2. A candidate for the degree shall be required to undertake such formal courses and pass such assessment as prescribed.

3. The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed at least once annually by the Committee and as a result of its review the committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate.

4. No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of three academic semesters from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or six semesters in the case of a part-time candidate. The maximum period of candidature shall be 6 academic semesters from the date of enrolment for a full-time candidate and 12 academic semesters for a part-time candidate. In special cases a variation to these times may be granted by the Committee.

Fees
A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to time by the Council.

Fees

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html

Program Diagram (pdf download)

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