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Master of Museum and Heritage Studies
at Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

Tuition Fee AU$ 46,176
Country Rank#6
Duration24 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

The Master of Museum and Heritage Studies draws on our strong connections with Canberra’s leading cultural and collecting institutions to prepare you for an innovative career in this field. Our local and national links mean you’ll regularly hear from senior institutional staff in classes, and can learn on the ground through our internship program.

Our academics are international leaders in research in the field, and the masters offers a range of specialisations in either museum or heritage studies. Within the museum specialisation you’ll learn traditional curatorship and collections management, in addition to new areas such as such as social inclusion, citizenship and community engagement, social activism and museums, Indigenous curation and collection, and innovative visitor studies. The cultural heritage management specialisation offers you the opportunity to analytically address and assess national and international policy and practices in the context of a critical framework that explores the political and social phenomenon and impacts of heritage and its management and conservation.

Course Content
Program Structure

The Master of Museum and Heritage Studies (Advanced) requires completion of 72 units, of which a minimum of 24 units must come from completion of 8000-level courses.

The 72 units must consist of:

6 units from completion of the course:
- HUMN8027 - Critical Issues in Heritage and Museum Studies
24 units from completion of one of the following specialisations:
- Cultural Heritage Management
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Museums and Collections
A minimum of 12 units from completion of research courses from the following list:
- HUMN6051 Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management
- HUMN8007 Cultural and Environmental Heritage Research Project
- HUMN8018 Cultural and Environmental Heritage: Extended Research Project
- HUMN8027 Critical issues in Heritage and Museum Studies
- HUMN8034 Collaborative Curating and Storytelling
- HUMN8035 Critical Issues in Intangible Heritage
- HUMN8036 Who Do We Think We Are? Using Archives and Special Collections
- HUMN8038 Oral History and Heritage: Practice and Theory
- MUSC8004 Internship 1
- MUSC8005 Internship 2
- MUSC8009 Museums and Heritage Research Project
- MUSC8011 Museums and Heritage Extended Research Project
A minimum of 6 units from completion of courses on the following list:
- ARTH8020 Arguing Objects
- HIST8030 Decolonising history? Indigenous perspectives, deep history, and postcolonial challenges
- HUMN6001 Introduction to Digital Humanities and Public Culture - Tools, Theories and Methods
- HUMN8039 Indigenous Heritage Management and Debates in Digital Heritage
- HUMN8006 Best Practice in Managing Heritage Places
- HUMN8019 UNESCO and World Heritage: Conserving Heritage Values
- HUMN8033 Tourism, Heritage and Globalization
- HUMN8039 Indigenous Heritage Management and Debates in Digital Heritage
- MUSC8006 Indigenous Collections and Exhibitions
- MUSC8012 Understanding Learning in Museums and Heritage
- MUSC8017 Museums and Collections: Key Concepts and Practices
- MUSC8018 Exhibition Design and Delivery
- MUSC8019 Repatriation: Principles, Policy, Practice
- MUSC8021 Collections Management Workshop
- MUSC8022 When Justice Goes to the Museum
- MUSI6008 Sound Archiving
Entry Requirement
At a minimum, all applicants must meet program-specific academic/non-academic requirements, and English language requirements. Admission to most ANU programs is on a competitive basis. Therefore, meeting all admission requirements does not automatically guarantee entry.
- A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5/7
- A Bachelor degree or international equivalent AND a Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in a cognate discipline with a minimum GPA of 4/7.
- A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with GPA 4/7 AND a minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent work experience at ANZSCO Skill Level 1 in a field related to the program.
Academic achievement & English language proficiency

The minimum academic requirement for full entry and enrolment is a Bachelor degree or international equivalent with a minimum GPA of 5.0/7.0.

However, applicants will first be ranked on a GPA ('GPA1') that is calculated using all but the last semester (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes.

If required, ranking may further be confirmed on the basis of:
- a GPA ('GPA2') calculated on the penultimate and antepenultimate semesters (or equivalent) of the Bachelor degree used for admission purposes; and/or
- demonstrating higher-level English language proficiency.
Prior to enrolment in this ANU program, all students who gain entry will have their Bachelor degree reassessed, to confirm minimum requirements were met.
Fees & Scholarships
The annual indicative fee provides an estimate of the program tuition fees for international students and domestic students (where applicable). The annual indicative fee for a program is based on the standard full-time enrolment load of 48 units per year (unless the program duration is less than 48 units). Fees for courses vary by discipline meaning that the fees for a program can vary depending on the courses selected. Course fees are reviewed on an annual basis and typically will increase from year to year. The tuition fees payable are dependent on the year of commencement and the courses selected and are subject to increase during the period of study.

Annual indicative fee for international students

$46,176

Cost Of Studying At Australian National University

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Master of Museum and Heritage Studies at Australian National University