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L12 Doctor of Philosophy | |||||||||||||||||||
The Doctor of Philosophy (Performing Arts) is a three-year full-time research program for students with substantial experience in the arts industry/ profession. The course provides an opportunity for original, highly accomplished practitioners, performers and artists who aspire towards a more extensive research and creative profile. The course is available in part-time mode in specific circumstances. Although this is a discrete award relating to the performing arts, opportunities will exist for cross-disciplinary study through joint supervision of the research.
· create opportunities for developing critical and creative skills at an advanced level · utilise the resources of the Academy to create leadership opportunities for artists with extensive professional experience to re-define or pursue alternative lines of practical and/or theoretical inquiry · provide the environment to experiment with cross-cultural or interdisciplinary forms that have the potential to extend the knowledges of the performing arts.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants should meet at least one of the following entry criteria:
· A Master of Arts in a discipline relevant to the proposed research; · An Honours degree (1st Class or 2A) in a discipline relevant to the proposed research.
Consideration will also be given to applicants with other relevant and equivalent degrees.
All candidates will be required to submit a portfolio of work and attend an interview and/or audition (where appropriate).
COURSE STRUCTURE The course is available by both full-time and part-time study on Mount Lawley campus. Studies proceed through a personal supervision format with enrolment into an ongoing thesis unit each semester until such time as the candidate submits the thesis for examination. Doctoral candidates will normally complete no less than two years and no more than four years of full time equivalent study by the time their thesis is submitted for examination. |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2006 VET: 3/31/2006