All applicants

All applicants for the Master of Arts course will be required to complete an audition/interview where you will demonstrate your suitability for admission to this post-graduate course in your specific arts or humanities discipline. For applicants to performing arts disciplines, this will include a performance audition in your chosen discipline. For applicants to visual arts, music composition, digital media, communication or humanities disciplines, this may include the presentation of a portfolio of work in your chosen discipline. All applicants will complete the interview with the Head of Course and nominated discipline experts from the College of Arts either face-to-face or online through video conferencing.

CQUniversity graduate applicants:

In addition to the audition/interview, to be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must hold:

A completed CQUniversity Bachelor degree in one of the below arts or humanities disciplines:

• Bachelor of Arts; 
• Bachelor of Digital Media;
• Bachelor of Music;
• Bachelor of Theatre.
   

Applicants who have completed four of the discipline units within their Bachelor degree will be eligible for credit for these units in the Master of Arts course. Applicants who have completed one of the nominated CQUniversity degrees without these discipline units will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Head of Course for eligibility for credit for the discipline units in the Master of Arts course.

External graduate applicants:

In addition to the audition/interview, to be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must hold a completed Bachelor degree in any arts or humanities discipline and provide documented evidence of advanced discipline-specific activity or study. This may include, but is not confined to:

• relevant industry experience or placement;
• scholarly publications;
• professional performances or recordings;
• achievements relevant to the discipline.

Applicants may be eligible for credit for the discipline units and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis by the Head of Course as part of the interview/audition process. Applicants who are not deemed to be eligible for credit for the discipline units will be required to successfully complete four discipline units, as single non-award units. before commencing the final four units of the Master of Arts.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America, you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.

Applicants are required to provide documentation confirming completion of:

• A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent), or
• An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate IV qualification, or
• An AQF Diploma level qualification, or
• Bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0

completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.

If you do not satisfy any of the above, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores:

• An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Requires 75 or better overall and no score less than 17; or
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) - Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46; or
• An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.

Each student will be assessed individually.

Students will study the units Mastering a Research Proposal and Mastering Debates in the Discipline, prior to studying the Dissertation A and Dissertation B units.

• Domestic Fees