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MC266 - Master of Fine Art
Plan: MC266 - Master of Fine Art
Campus: City Campus
Program delivery and structure
Approach to learning and assessmentWork integrated learningProgram structureApproach to learning and assessment
In this program you will experience a range of teaching and learning approaches. Central to the program is a balance between studio-based practice and conceptual theoretical concerns that inform the making of art. A strong emphasis is placed on studio based self-directed learning and independent research to develop your individual art practice and locate the work within an appropriate theoretical context.
Individual projects are developed in consultation with your academic advisor. Regular engagement with academic staff and your peers in cross disciplinary group tutorials employ group-based discussion and reflective learning techniques to assist you in refining your art practice and clarifying appropriate concepts, materials and methodologies to produce resolved works.
Lectures, seminars, presentations, and field trips to public, commercial and artists-run galleries and culture resources will expand your understanding of contemporary art practice and compliment the studio centred learning on the program.
Your assessment in this program may include:
- Folio presentations: the presentation of a folio of work that demonstrates practical, theoretical and conceptual outcomes of studio-based activities.
- Reflective reports: evaluation of your individual projects, evidence of Work Integrated Learning activities (WIL), including participation in and reflection upon feedback received during individual and group tutorials; an awareness of the field of knowledge through gallery visits and/or exhibiting; and an ability to articulate your practice and document work.
- Essays: writing that places your work in context theoretically historically, materially and formally through a reflection on participation in the Professional Practice Seminar Series.
- Presentations: oral, written and visual presentation of your studio based practice, methodology and conceptual foci.
- Appropriate Durable Record: the articulation and evaluation of the content of your major project with documentation, which reflects the qualities of the works.
- Progressive review-based assessments
- A literature review for the theoretical context of your practice
- Written critiques of artwork as framed by your own theoretical position
If you have a disability, long-term illness and/or mental health condition or are the primary carer of individuals with a disability it is possible to have adjustments arranged and negotiated to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the Program Manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
If you have already developed areas of skill and knowledge included in this program (for example, through prior studies or work experience), you can apply for credit once you have enrolled in this program. There is information on the RMIT University website about how to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he
Top of pageWork integrated learning
RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with professional or vocational practice. We call this work integrated learning (WIL). As a student enrolled in this RMIT University program you will:
- undertake and be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn,
- apply and demonstrate your professional or vocational practice;
- interact with industry and community when undertaking these activities;
- complete these activities in real work contexts or situations.
These interactions and the work contexts provide distinctive sources of feedback to you to assist your learning. Any or all of these aspects of a WIL experience may be simulated in a workplace environment. The designated WIL courses in this program are:
VART3620 Professional Creative Practice (12cps) : Drawing on expertise from arts industry professionals including practicing artists, curators, gallerists (including public, commercial and artist-run initiatives), theorists, critics and gallery administrators, this course examines various spheres of contemporary art and your evolving relationship to professional art practice. You will develop a proposal for an arts indsutry body that will be assessed by an expert with extensive industry experience in government and non-government galleries, funding bodies and publishers. The arts industry expert will provide feedback on your proposal that you will then have an opportunity to incorporte into your final proposal.
VART3619 Fine Art Studio 4 (24cps): This studio focuses upon the resolution of your art work for the capstone event of your program - the presentation/exhibition of your work to an industry assessor. The industry assessor will be unfamiliar with your work prior to the event; much in the way a reviewer, funder, gallerist or curator would be in a gallery context. This experience therefore provides a real-world arts industry context where feedback from industry is integral to your learning.
When available, some optional courses also offer WIL opportunities.
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