Degrees offered

• Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural and Environmental Heritage) - Research
• Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) - Research
• Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) - Research
• Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) - Research
• Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural and Environmental Heritage)
• Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections)
• Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)
• Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives)
• Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural and Environmental Heritage)
• Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections)
• Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)
• Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives)
• Graduate Certificate in Museum Education and Hertiage Interpretation

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage)

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) – Research

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage)

The cultural and environmental heritage specialisation in the liberal arts degrees offers a range of topics that provide a background to heritage theory and practice, as well as specialist topics that draw upon the expertise of ANU staff and international leaders in different areas of heritage. You will develop your global outlook on heritage practice and our degrees reflect contemporary demands for a more comprehensive approach to heritage concepts. Individualised internship programs, strong industry connections and expertise in practice led research combine to provide you with a strong sense of intellectual context, as well as professional training to enhance your career.

Typical courses

• Best practice in managing heritage places
• Connections to country: Understanding Indigenous heritage in Australia
• Cultural and environmental heritage: Key concepts and practices
• Cultural and environmental heritage research project
• Cultural landscapes
• Internship programs
• Managing small museums and heritage places
• Material culture studies
• Physical conservation of historic heritage places
• Research topics
• Rock art field school
• World heritage
• World rock art

Entry

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage)
Applicants should have a three year Bachelors degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage).

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage)
Applicants should have a four year Bachelors degree either as Honours or a combined degree in a cognate area from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Equivalence may be met by the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage).

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) – Research
Applicants must have completed the Master of Liberal Arts (Culture & Environmental Heritage) with a minimum 70% course average.

Relevant professional experience for entry into the graduate certificate would most commonly include a minimum of two years paid work in museums, cultural and collecting institutions or heritage sites or employment in a relevant government department (at APS level 6 or above) or other industry organisation. Individual consultancy work or other professional experiences could also be relevant and will be assessed on a case by case basis by the program convenor according to a professional portfolio submitted by the applicant.

Attendance

On campus or online

Duration

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) 0.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 24 units)

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) 1 year full-time (courses to the value of 48 units)

Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) - Research 1.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 72 units)

Full Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Cultural & Environmental Heritage) - Research on ANU Studyat

Master of Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections)

Master of Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections) – Research

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections)

The museums and collections specialisation of the liberal arts degrees will give you a working knowledge of, and critical engagement with, a wide range of museums, cultural, and collecting institutions. The content draws from case studies provided by different institutions and ANU has formed partnerships with numerous museums and collections in Canberra including the National Museum of Australia, the Australian War Memorial, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia and the National Library of Australia. These links mean that you will have ready access to these institutions and you will remain informed of current research and issues confronting museums, galleries and other cultural and collecting institutions. You may also include courses focusing on heritage within your degree.

Typical courses

• Exhibition innovations workshop
• Indigenous collections and exhibitions
• Internship one and two
• Managing small museums and heritage places
• Museums and collections: Key concepts and practices
• Museums, art and society in the Asia Pacific
• Museum management
• Practical skills in exhibition design and delivery
• Research topics

Entry

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections)
Applicants should have a three year Bachelors degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections).

Master of Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections)
Applicants should have a four year Bachelors degree either as Honours or a combined degree in a cognate area from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Equivalence may be met by the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections).

Master of Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections) – Research
Applicants must have completed the Master of Liberal Arts (Museums & Collections) with a minimum 70% course average.

Attendance

On campus

Duration

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) 0.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 24 units)
Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) 1 year full-time (courses to the value of 48 units)
Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) - Research 1.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 72 units)

Full Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Museums and Collections) - Research on ANU Studyat

Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)

Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) - Research

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)

The visual culture research specialisation of the liberal arts program is a multi-disciplinary field and is the only postgraduate degree of its kind offered in Australia. It combines the humanities and social scientific perspectives of anthropology, art theory and film studies with workshops using visual media and relevant software. It will develop your skills in working with visual materials. You will reach a high level of visual literacy – an ability to analytically grasp visual materials from a range of disciplinary perspectives and an understanding of the key conceptual debates in visual studies.

You will also develop a practical familiarity with a range of visual media and the relevant software for working with visual materials. Through ‘hands on’ exercises, including working alongside leading ethnographic film makers at the University, you will combine these analytical and practical skills, developing the ability and confidence to manipulate visual materials for research related purposes. Our national capital location means that you can access the resources provided through the cultural and collecting institutions and you will have opportunities to attend lectures and seminars and participate in internships in these institutions.

Typical courses

• Anthropology of media
• Arguing objects
• Digital media methods
• Documentary:  Real life in virtual space
• Filming cultures
• Framing the world: Mediating elations
• Interdisciplinary humanities research: Methods, theories and skills
• Internship
• Master classes in ethnographic film
• Photography in social context
• Points of view
• Thinking with a video camera (intensive)
• Visual culture research: Extended project
• Visual culture research: Key concepts
• Visual culture research: Special topics
• Visual cultures of Asia
• Visual research project

Entry

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)
Applicants should have a three year Bachelors degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research).

Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research)
Applicants should have a four year Bachelors degree either as Honours or a combined degree in a cognate area from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Equivalence may be met by the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research).

Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) – Research
Applicants must have completed the Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) with a minimum 70% course average.

Attendance

On campus and online

Duration

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) 0.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 24 units)
Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) 1 year full-time (courses to the value of 48 units)
Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) - Research 1.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 72 units)

Full Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Visual Culture Research) - Research on ANU Studyat

Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories & Lives)

Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories & Lives) – Research

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories & Lives)

The Writing, World Histories and Lives specialisation will equip students with a deep understanding of the dynamic impact of economic and social processes of globalisation on contemporary culture, the study of history, and literary studies. The courses in this stream offer comparative, transnational, and postcolonial approaches for analysing an increasingly interconnected world. Writing, World Histories and Lives students also have the opportunity to complete an internship and gain on-the-job training that provides credit towards
their degree.

Graduates trained in this program are well equipped to work in a range of professional environments that increasingly demand finer understanding of difference and diversity on the one hand, and common goals of global citizenship and human co-existence on the other. Examples of the organisations graduates have found employment include cultural institutions, academia, the public service, non-government organisations and international institutions such as the United Nations.

Typical courses

• Biography and society
• Digital humanities
• Interdisciplinary humanities research: Methods, theories and skills
• The European Union: Regional integration in comparative perspective
• The world, the text and the critic
• Thinking archivally
• Writing for the public sphere
• Writing, world histories and lives: Extended research project
• Writing, world histories and lives: Key concepts
• Writing, world histories and lives: Research project

Entry

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives)
Applicants should have a three year Bachelors degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives).

Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives)
Applicants should have a four year Bachelors degree either as Honours or a combined degree in a cognate area from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Equivalence may be met by the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives).

Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) – Research
Applicants must have completed the Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) with a minimum 70% course average.

Attendance

On campus

Duration

Graduate Certificate In Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) 0.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 24 units)
Master Of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) 1 year full-time (courses to the value of 48 units)
Master Of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) - Research 1.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 72 units)

Full Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) on ANU Studyat
Master of Liberal Arts (Writing, World Histories and Lives) - Research on ANU Studyat

Graduate Certificate in Museum Education and Heritage Interpretation

The Museum Education and Heritage Interpretation program is designed to meet Australia’s growing need for qualified professional educators and interpreters in a wide variety of museums and heritage settings. The professional networking available through ANU gives the degree an exciting national focus. ANU enjoys a strong collaborative relationship with the National Museum of Australia as well as with other major cultural, collecting and heritage institutions and sites in Canberra and elsewhere.

This degree will prepare you for professional roles developing, presenting and evaluating education, school and public programs in museums and heritage sites. You will become knowledgeable in both contemporary learning theory and in the practical skills needed to meet the learning needs of all ages and backgrounds. The degree will also provide you with effective background preparation if you wish to study a higher degree by research in the field of museum education and heritage interpretation.

Entry

Applicants should have a three year Bachelors degree from an Australian tertiary institution or its international equivalent. Applicants without a first degree, but with relevant professional experience and appropriate prior learning, will be eligible for admission into the Graduate Certificate in Museum Education and Heritage Interpretation.

Attendance

Online and intensive courses

Duration

0.5 years full-time (courses to the value of 24 units)

Full Program Information

Graduate Certificate in Museum Education and Heritage Interpretation on ANU Studyat