Primarily aimed at highlevel researchers critics and practitioners from a wide crosssection of the arts community who wish to extend their independent capacity to operate in an increasingly multiart form and technologicallybased professionStudents may be required to research devise and produce new works of art or develop new approaches to arts practice andor its critical and social contexts and meaning depending on the specific research project entailed It is expected that any such arts practice will be a contemporary expression leading towards new insights in the selected field of study The work will be exploratory frequently based around emerging methodologies of arts research leading usually to a performance presentation exhibition or publication of significanceSpecifically the course aims to create opportunities for innovation and creativity in the arts use the resources of the Academy to create leadership opportunities for people who can offer the arts informed direction and identifiable and marketable skills to advance the Australian cultural environment into the next decade provide opportunities for people from diverse ethnic and creative arts backgrounds to synthesise disparate artistic skills to produce innovative and creative outcomes for the arts industry and build upon and extend the traditions and conventions of the students earlier training to create new knowledge for the artsCourse learning outcomesApply cognitive technical and creative skills to investigate complex ideas and concepts in the design execution and critical examination of research activities AQF Masters Res 345610Apply highlevel communication skills to present and disseminate research that makes a contribution to knowledge in the performing arts AQF Masters Res 789Reflect critically on a complex body of research principles and methods and integrate theoretical and technical knowledge in the advancement of conceptual understandings and creative practice in the performing arts AQF Masters Res 1 2Use highlevel selfmanagement skills to plan and execute a substantial piece of research AQF Masters Res 1112