The Internship provides students in the Liberal Arts program with a practical and customised opportunity to experience how the cultural and collecting sectors, heritage and public history sectors, and /or professionals in the field of visual and material culture production and research work. Students undertake a workplace-based placement with an agreed cultural and collecting institution, heritage agency, independent professional academic or consultant, or equivalent. Students will be supported by the ANU internship co-ordinator, but will be under the day-to-day supervision of a workplace-based supervisor nominated by the host institution or professional. Students will generally be given opportunities to experience the breadth and variety of the agency's professional role in curatorial, conservation, registration, public program, front of house and exhibitions, or other roles as appropriate to the placement. However, in consultation with the Internship Co-ordinator and the agency supervisor, the internship may also be designed to allow a student to work within a more confined context on a specific project.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Course aims:
On completing this workplace-based course in a host institution or agency, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. apply theoretical knowledge of current and pertinent issues gained from other Liberal Arts coursework to the workplace, while developing a critical understanding, awareness and assessment of the host institution or agency.
2. identify and engage with key personnel, corporate and organisational operations and structures, the application of mission statements and industry policies and protocols as relevant, while reflecting on the role of individual institutions within the greater context appropriate to that workplace.
3. work in the cultural and collecting sector, heritage and public history sector, and /or field of visual and material culture production and research both independently and as part of a team, using the full range of available institutional collection-based research facilities and understanding the scope of practical skills appropriate to the particular workplace.
4. clarify personal vocational, professional and career interests and options in the context of future work in the sector interned within.
Learning outcomes:
1. To demonstrate a working knowledge and critical engagement with the agency, institution, or sector interned within.
2. To gain skills required for humanities research and museum work. This includes data-collection, analysis, and verbal and written presentation at the standard of a postgraduate degree.
3. To gain understanding and a basic set of skills required for working in the agency, institution, or sector interned within, including a functioning knowledge of current industry standards and protocols, policy frameworks, and funding regimes.
4. To model best practice and have a commitment to ethical, reflective practice in relation to the agency, institution, or sector interned within.
Other Information
Students may take MUSC8004 and MUSC8005 concurrently, OR in consecutive teaching periods OR in consecutive semesters 1 and 2.
This course is available both as a face-to-face course for students based in Canberra and also as a distance (fully online) course for external students. The online course materials will be available through http://wattlecourses.anu.edu.au/
Please contact the course convenor in advance if you intend to take this course as an online unit.
Indicative Assessment
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Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Archaeology and Anthropology to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Areas of Interest
- Resource Management and Environmental Science
- Archaeology
- Art History
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Museums and Collections
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2604 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1336 | 01 Jan 2015 | 23 Jan 2015 | 23 Jan 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | In Person | N/A |
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 Feb 2015 | 06 Mar 2015 | 31 Mar 2015 | 29 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Autumn Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | 01 Apr 2015 | 24 Apr 2015 | 24 Apr 2015 | 30 Jun 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1322 | 01 Jul 2015 | 24 Jul 2015 | 24 Jul 2015 | 30 Sep 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 20 Jul 2015 | 07 Aug 2015 | 31 Aug 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Spring Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1312 | 01 Oct 2015 | 23 Oct 2015 | 23 Oct 2015 | 31 Dec 2015 | In Person | N/A |
