F2021 Bachelor of Art History and Curating

The course is structured in five parts and develops through theme studies in critical contexts, disciplinary and applied disciplinary practices, and discipline and free electives. These will come together through an internship and a final research project.

Part A. Critical contexts

These studies will equip you with the skills necessary to research fine arts issues and provide the research methods relevant to your studio or workshop practice. They will enable you to contextualise your own practice and communicate ideas and strategies. Through the prism of history, as well as reference to bodies of knowledge relevant to cultural production, you will begin to situate the place of art in society.

Part B. Disciplinary practices

The studies will assist you to develop the perceptual, practical and intellectual skills required by art, design and architecture students in the discipline of drawing. This will introduce you to occupational health, safety and environmental training particularly within the context of studying art, design and architecture. 

Part C. Applied disciplinary practices 

Through this component of the course you will develop key skills and concepts particular to your specialisation. Through lectures and seminars, studios or practice driven workshops, you will develop the capacity for independent cultural production within fine art and related fields. Interdisciplinary skills and practices will be explored in conjunction with critical thinking. You will have the opportunity to interact with topics and students from a range of relevant fields in the arts.

Part D. Discipline electives

These elective studies provide you with the opportunity to deepen and broaden your knowledge and practice through the selection of electives in Art History and Theory. In these studies you can choose to undertake a unit abroad or select units in your discipline that are of interest.

Part E. Free electives

Deepen your knowledge by selecting electives from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, and enriching your degree by using free electives for Monash Abroad opportunities. Alternatively, you may choose to select electives from across the university (provided you satisfy the unit rules) to broaden your interdisciplinary perspectives.

Course progression map

The course progression maps provide guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study. Please ensure that you refer to the correct map and course for your semester of commencement:

Semester 1, 2027 intake

Semester 2, 2027 intake

The course comprises 144 points, of which 96 points are focussed on the study of your Art history and curating and 48 points are free electives. 

The course is structured in five parts and develops through theme studies in critical contexts, disciplinary practices, and discipline and free electives.

You must ensure that you complete no more than 10 units (60 points) at level 1 and at least 24 points at level 3. 

Units are 6 credit points unless otherwise stated.

You must complete 96 credit points, comprising:

• Part A. Critical contexts (24 credit points);
• Part B. Disciplinary practices (6 credit points);
• Part C. Applied disciplinary practices (36 credit points); and
• Part D. Discipline electives (30 credit points).

Part A. Critical contexts (24 credit points)

You must complete the following units:

• AHT1101 Introduction to the history and theory of art
• AHT1102 Modernism and the avant-garde
• AHT2102 Post-war practices 1945-1990
• BLK1000 Indigenous Australian creative practice and ways of knowing

Part B. Disciplinary practices (6 points)

You must complete the following two units:

• DWG1201 Drawing: Introduction
• OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety (0 points)

Part C. Applied disciplinary practices (36 points)

You must complete the following units:

• AHT1202 Curating: Introduction
• AHT2712 Curating: Histories and theories
• AHT2722 Curating: Making exhibitions
• AHT3001 Art writing and criticism
• AHT3150 Curating: Project studies
• ADA3406 Art, Design and Architecture internship

Part D. Discipline electives (30 credit points)

You must complete 30 credit points (five units) from the following list with at least 6 credit points (one unit) at level 3.

Note 1: You cannot complete a level 2 unit and a level 3 unit of the same name.

Note 2: AHT2130/AHT3130 is taught in Prato, Italy.

• AHT2031/AHT3031 World wide: Art beyond the Western canon
• AHT2105/AHT3105 Contemporary international art
• AHT2130/AHT3130 Renaissance to Baroque: Italian art and architecture in context*
• AHT2135 Renaissance art and architecture
• AHT2440/AHT3440 History and theory of photography, film and video
• AHT2530/AHT3530 Neo-Baroque aesthetics: History and theory
• AHT2740/AHT3740 Australian art
• AHT2882/AHT3882 Contemporary Asian art and exhibitions
• AHT3220 Museums, archives and cultural heritage

AND

Part E. Free electives (48 points)

Deepen your knowledge by selecting electives from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, and enriching your degree by using free electives for Monash Abroad opportunities. Alternatively, you may choose to select electives from across the university (provided you satisfy the unit rules) to broaden your interdisciplinary perspectives.

Free electives can be identified using the [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search][browse units]] tool and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/][indexes of units]] in the current edition of the Handbook. [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-major.html][Majors]] and [[http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/aos/index-bydomain_type-minor.html][minors]] can also be identified using the Handbook indexes. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; undergraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 1-3. You may need permission from the owning faculty to enrol in some units taught by other faculties.