A Master of Visual Arts is the opportunity you have dreamed of – to focus on developing your skills as an artist or professional in the arts sector. This highly flexible Coursework program gives you access to individual practice-led research courses, art history and theory, master classes, field studies, research projects, as well as elective courses from the School of Art & Design and the wider university. You can broaden your creative, technical and analytical skills under the supervision of our expert staff. The advanced version of this program - Masters of Visual Arts (Advanced) - can be a pathway to a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Career Options Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide. The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row. Employment Opportunities A Master of Visual Arts will advance your career as a practicing artist, teacher, or administrator, or open up opportunities for working in museums, galleries, the public sector, and private enterprise. Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to: develop practice-led methodologies through Investigation, analysis and synthesis of complex information to plan and execute substantial creative research projects; generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level using cognitive, technical and creative skills and relate them to their own creative works and to recent developments in the field; critically reflect upon and evaluate theoretical, conceptual and aesthetic aspects of creative practice, and apply it in the production of creative works that contribute to new situations in professional practice and to scholarship; design and develop creative works that communicate theoretical, aesthetic, conceptual and imaginative propositions to specialist and non-specialist audiences.