Course Overview
The Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies will provide you with the diverse skills and developed knowledge base appropriate to multiskilled work in all kinds of museums.
This course gives you access to more subjects in museum studies than the related Graduate Certificate, and consequently is highly regarded as a professional qualification.
The Museum Studies program will help you to become an independent, innovative and creative thinker; have a commitment to reflective practice in museums; have an understanding of best practice standards in museum work; competently undertake a range of museological techniques; demonstrate ethical leadership in your chosen field of museum activity; and have a commitment to continuous improvement.
Successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies will lead you to admission to the Master of Cultural Heritage.
Career opportunities
Graduates may find employment as practitioners in museums, heritage institutions, government agencies, private corporations, community organisations and in private practice. Typical job titles include: curator, heritage officer, collections manager, registrar, public programs officer, researcher and project officer.
Course Rules
To qualiify for the Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, a student must successfully complete 8 credit points of study comprising: (a) 3 credit points of core units; and (b) 5 credit points of electives selected from the specified list of units below
Course Structure
Core units
Semester 1
AIM721 Museums: Context and Issues
AIM723 Heritage Interpretation
Semester 2
AIM722 Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage
Electives: The 5 elective credit points give students the chance to extend their knowledge in ways that are relevant to their own learning goals. Students may select their electives from the specified list of AIM-coded units, or (with relevant approvals) from any other appropriate postgraduate units.
Note: Students can gain relevant international experience through AIM717 .
Semester 1
AIM701 Heritage and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
AIM704 Heritage and Sustainable Cultural Tourism
AIM707 Building Conservation Techniques
AIM709 Intangible Heritage
AIM716 Heritage and the City
AIM725 Museums: Strategies and Marketing
Semester 2
AIM703 Heritage Law, Planning and the Property Market
AIM705 Architectural Conservation Practice
AIM708 World Heritage
AIM710 Shared Heritage: Issues and Perspectives
AIM714 Cultural Landscapes
AIM726 Museums: Operational Issues
AIM727 Exhibitions
Semester 1 or semester 2
AIM712 Cultural Heritage Research Methodology
AIM713 Cultural Heritage Research Project
AIM717 Heritage in the Field
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