Minor Overview
- About this minor
- The Curatorial Studies minor is designed to assist you in the development of your career prospects in art galleries, museums and other cultural institutions. Curatorial Studies balances the study of art history with the study of collecting and curating from historical, contemporary and practice-based perspectives. You are exposed to the museum and gallery environment through gallery-based learning and ‘behind-the-scenes' site visits to cultural institutions, and, there are opportunities to undertake intensive study tours in artistic capitals such as Paris, Rome and China. A key component of the Curatorial Studies minor is an internship in visual arts organisations where you will be supervised by professionals so that you can develop your curating skills in ‘real-life' situations. This invaluable workplace experience, coupled with your study of art history and curatorial practices, provides a unique opportunity for those seeking to broaden their base of practical and professional competencies. For students taking a minor which shares units with their other unit sets (majors or minors): in order for minors to be recognised on academic and graduation documents, students may only have a maximum of one unit overlapping between their unit sets.
- Outcomes
- Students are able to (1) locate artworks within their historical, social, cultural and political contexts; (2) articulate connections between art history and curatorial practices; (3) evaluate the organisational structures and practices of collecting institutions; and (4) demonstrate practical knowledge of the processes associated with caring for collections and developing exhibitions.
Units
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
- OS
- offshore teaching period
Take the following unit:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S2 | HART3204 | Curatorial Studies Internship |
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S1 | HART1000 | Great Moments in Art |
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S2 | HART1003 | Ways of Seeing: Themes and Theories in Art | None |
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S1 | ARTF2000 | Curatorial Practices |
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S2 | HART2274 | Introduction to Museum and Curatorial Studies |
Substitute units—students can substitute one of the following units for either ARTF2000 or HART2274:
Availability | Unit code | Unit name | Unit requirements |
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S1 | HART2001 | Curating First Nations Art |
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OS | HART2044 | Contemporary Art and Tradition in China | |
N/A | HART2203 | (Inter)national History of Art Study Tour |
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