This semester long internship with available arts cultural institutions is a prestigious and demanding program, in which the internship convenor places Art History and Curatorship Honours students. The Internship is designed to provide the student with practical insights into the activities and the workings of an art museum or gallery. The specific nature of the contact work will depend on the requirements of the art museum specialist supervisor, who may include curators, research program managers, registrars and learning and access programmers. The internship is aimed at providing an opportunity for learning about the field in preparation towards and art museum career.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Participate in the workings of an arts and cultural
institution in co-operation with specialist staff.
- Engage with a specified art museum project related to
audience development.
- Identify an art object to research and deliver a floor
talk about that object to an audience.
- Develop the writing
of an extended label and caption on an art object/s in an art
exhibition.
- Write an exhibition review that engages a wide reader
audience.
- Demonstrate strong analytic and evaluative skills by researching and writing a documented paper on an issue of contemporary interest and polemic related to art museum and arts industry practice in Australia and/or internationally.
Indicative Assessment
20 minute floor talk and a written research report of 1000 words: 15% (LO 1, 2, 3)
Extended label and caption: 15% (LO 2, 3, 4)
Exhibition review article: 1000 words 20% (LO 1, 2, 5)
Research essay: 3000 words 50% (LO 1, 2, 6)
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from a combination of supervisor meetings, attendance at internship placement and applied research and writing. The structure and delivery of contact hours is dependent on internship placement.Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
No Prescribed Texts
Preliminary Reading
This information will be provided to students via WATTLE.In consultation with internship convenor
Assumed Knowledge
Completion of a cognate major
Specialisations
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- 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 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $3120 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $4800 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7856 | 27 Jul 2020 | 03 Aug 2020 | 31 Aug 2020 | 30 Oct 2020 | In Person | N/A |
