• Offered by School of Art and Design
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Art History
  • Areas of interest Art History, Museums and Collections
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Keren Hammerschlag
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2023
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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:

  1. participate in the workings of an arts and cultural institution in co-operation with specialist staff;
  2. reflect critically and productively on the experience of working in an arts and cultural institution in co-operation with specialist staff;
  3. engage professionally with stakeholders on topics related to audience engagement in the context of arts and cultural institutions; and
  4. think, write, and argue about pressing issues and questions in the context of arts and cultural institutions.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Research paper on a topic related to audience engagement, 2500 words (50) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  2. Reflective journal on activities undertaken in host institution, written up towards completion of the semester internship, 2500 words (50) [LO 1,2,3,4]

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from a combination of attendance at internship placement, workshops, and applied research and writing. Students will undertake 120 hours (20 days) of internship placement in an arts and cultural institution in Canberra. The structure and delivery of contact hours is dependent on internship placement.

Inherent Requirements

None

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (HARTS or HARTS2), Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship (Honours) (HAHCR), or completion of 144 units towards the Bachelor of Philosophy (Arts) (APHAR or APNAR). You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ARTH8015.

Prescribed Texts

Not applicable.

Preliminary Reading

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.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
14
Unit value:
6 units

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $3960
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2023 $5100
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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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
5509 24 Jul 2023 31 Jul 2023 31 Aug 2023 27 Oct 2023 In Person View

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