UTS course code: C04201
Testamur title: Master of Education in Creative Arts
Abbreviation: MEd
Program Director: Associate Professor Rosemary Johnston
Course fee: HECS/$200 per cp (local)¹; $6,900 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Footnote:
1. Those students taking the Children's Art specialisation and are sponsored by their employer are charged a discounted fee and do not qualify for HECS.

Overview
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Assessment
Articulation and progression
Other information

Overview

The Master of Education in Creative Arts is an innovative degree designed for those interested in Creative Arts Education, particularly education of young children. The creative arts enlarge perceptions; shift perspectives and ways of seeing; make imaginative connections; encourage critical reflection and multiple ways of meaning-making, interpretation and appreciation; and stimulate and develop metaphors of thinking and interpretation which enhance problem solving and thinking skills.

The Master of Education in Creative Arts is a flexible degree that offers three specialisms, Children's Literature and Literacy, Children's Art and Youth Performance Studies. Students may choose to pursue one specialism, or design their own degree by choosing a mixture of subjects, both from the creative arts and from a wider postgraduate pool. Four subjects and the research project must focus on the creative arts.

The emphasis of these degrees is the creative arts in education. The specialism in Children's Literature and Literacy offers the opportunity to focus on children's literacy needs, as well as on the advanced study of literature and theory. The specialisms in Children's Art and Youth Performance Studies are designed to ensure that graduates are immersed in a wide range of pedagogical and content knowledge, and to provide scope for deeper understandings and research.

All specialisms offer the opportunity for a theoretical, practical or creative project. The UTS Kuring-gai campus in particular is recognised as a centre of achievement in research and education in the creative arts.

Admission requirements

You must have an undergraduate degree or equivalent to enrol in this course.

Attendance

Subjects are offered in flexible mixed mode.

Course duration

The course is normally offered over two years of part-time study. If there is sufficient demand, this course may be offered over one year of full-time study.

Course structure

You must complete 48 credit points to graduate with a Master of Education in Creative Arts.

Core subjects

024903 Research Methodology 6cp
024914 Research Project¹ 12cp

Footnote:
1. This subject may be replaced with two 6-credit-point research subjects on discussion with the Program Director.

Prior to undertaking these two subjects, you must complete four subjects from the following list:

024911 Children and Literacy 6cp
024915 The Multi-arts of Children's Literature 6cp
024918 Australian Children's Literature 6cp
027905 The Art and Traditions of Storytelling 6cp
027708 Theatre Traditions and Performance 6cp
027907 Playwriting, Acting and Directing 6cp
020965 Drawing and Young Children 6cp
020966 Painting and Printmaking for Young Children 6cp
020967 Structure and Sequence in 3-Dimensional Arts 6cp
020968 Technologies, Resources and Managing Learning in Children's Art 6cp
024913 Literary Theory 6cp
020963 Arts in the Community 6cp
020964 Creative Arts Method 6cp
020962 Creative Arts Practice 6cp
020203 Music, Media and Children 6cp

Assessment

A variety of assessment tasks are incorporated into this degree, including essays, presentations and research. The main focus of the Master's is the Research Project, which is negotiated individually. The Research Project may in certain cases be replaced with two 6-credit-point subjects.

Articulation and progression

These programs provide articulated study from Graduate Certificate work through to higher degree programs. If you have completed the Graduate Certificate in Creative Arts, you receive 24 credit points of advanced standing into the Master of Education in Creative Arts.

Other information

For further information about this course, contact:

Rufina Cheng
telephone (02) 9514 5033
email Rufina.Cheng@uts.edu.au