Graduate Diploma in Art History (GDipArtHist)

Program Code
GDARH

Program Faculty
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Special Notes

This program will not be offered in 2023.

Academic Year
2023

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.

Conditions

Interruption of program:
Students must apply for permission from the Executive Dean or delegate before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

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
    ARTH 7003 Digital Exhibition Project: Art History 6
    ARTH 7003OL Digital Exhibition Project: Art History 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 Rococo to Romanticism: Eighteenth-Century Art 6
    ARTH 7004OL Rococo to Romanticism: Eighteenth-Century Art 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: Culture Wars 6
    ARTH 7020OL Art Censorship: Culture Wars 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 Curatorial and Museum Studies you must complete ARTH 7003/OL Digital Exhibition Project: Art History.