The MFAD is a high quality recognised qualification at postgraduate level in a professional practice-oriented coursework program. The course provides a flexibly structured program with the capability of cross-disciplinary, cross-faculty and cross-campus study which allows students, in conjunction with the School, to design a course which best serves their professional needs. Students complete a professional practice project or a series of such projects agreed upon in consultation with the Postgraduate Coursework Coordinator and Supervisor/s. This course allows a great deal of flexibility for students and involves a substantial amount of independent study.

Successful applicants will be expected to have completed an undergraduate degree in visual art or visual communications, or in a cognate discipline, with credit or above results in their final year of major. A person who possesses such other qualifications and professional experience deemed by the Faculty to provide an adequate preparation for study equivalent to that provided for by an undergraduate degree, may be admitted to the course. Upon admission into the course students may apply for credit for previous study. Supporting information is required with all applications as follows: A Study Proposal Please follow the proposal guidelines outlined below. Your initial proposal forms the basis of your project, to be discussed and reworked in consultation with your supervisor early in the program. A digital portfolio Please provide up to 20 images of your recent work either as jpeg files no larger than 1MB each or send a web link to your visual work online. Your curriculum vitae Please focus on details of experience relevant to this application. Educational qualifications Please provide certified copies of your academic transcripts. Your study proposal should be approximately 1,000 words in length and include the following: A brief description of your project, outlining your intentions and proposed outcomes. An outline of the strategies you will employ in the development of your project. In the case of studio-based projects, this should include the practical and / or technical steps required. A discussion of the significance of the project, explaining why this project is of interest to you in personal, social or artistic terms. Where relevant refer to previous projects that you have worked on. A summary of contextual references for your project. This may include other work in the field that is relevant to your project in terms of idea, theme, style, method or technique.