Graduate Diploma in Art History (GDipArtHist)

Program Code
GDARH

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Academic Year
2021

These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (https://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

Students will be introduced to the discipline of Art History and curatorship with in-depth study. They will develop foundation knowledge and critical skills in visual analysis, contextual research of diverse images and objects, art historical methods and theories, and different modes of writing about art.

The Graduate Diploma in Art History is an AQF Level 8 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 1 year.

Academic Program Rules for Graduate Diploma in Art History

There shall be a Graduate Diploma in Art History.

Qualification Requirements

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Art History, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 24 units, comprising:

  1. Core courses to the value of 6 units
  2. Elective courses to the value of 18 units

Core Courses

  • Core Courses

    To satisfy the requirements for Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 6 units.

    Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    ARTH 7001 Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture 6
    ARTH 7001OL Introduction to Art History and Visual Culture 6

Electives

  • Elective Courses

    To satisfy the requirements for Elective Courses students must complete courses to the value of 18 units.

    Courses to the value of 18 units from the following:

    Subject/Catalogue Course Title Unit Value
    ARTH 7003 Digital Exhibition Project: Art History 6
    ARTH 7003OL Digital Exhibition Project: Art History 6
    ARTH 7004 Art in the Age of Enlightenment 6
    ARTH 7004OL Art in the Age of Enlightenment 6
    ARTH 7016OL Contemporary Australian Art 6
    ARTH 7019 Renaissance Art in Northern Europe 6
    ARTH 7019OL Renaissance Art in Northern Europe 6
    ARTH 7020 Art Censorship 6
    ARTH 7020OL Art Censorship 6
    ARTH 7021OL The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci 6

    All of the following courses must be completed:

    If you wish to do further study in the Master of Arts (Curatorial and Museum Studies) you must complete ARTH 7003/OL Digital Exhibition Project: Art History as one of your 18 units of electives, preferably as the third or fourth course of your Graduate Diploma in Art History.