Study on-Campus or Online
Courses are offered to both online and on-campus students, beginning in February
each year. Full-time on-campus students spend eight months on coursework and six
months on their dissertations (eligible students may elect to study part-time
for the dissertation component of the Masters degree).
The on-campus teaching mode combines lectures, tutorials and seminars,
all of which will require student attendance and participation for five
hours per week. The University of Adelaide recommends that you will need
to allocate an appropriate time commitment to your study to successfully
pass your courses. In addition to the formal contact time required for each
of your courses (e.g. lectures, tutorials, practicals), you will need to
allocate non-contact time.
Non-contact time will be required for a range
of activities which may include, but are not limited to, assessment tasks,
reading, researching, note-taking, revision, writing, consultation with
staff, and informal discussions with other students. While the relative
proportion of contact and non-contact time may vary from course to course,
as a guide, a full-time student should expect to spend, on average, a total
of 48 hours per week on their studies during teaching periods.
On-campus students can choose to work part-time while studying. International
full-time students are permitted to work up to 20 hours per week. On-campus
students typically socialise in a variety of activities, such as eating
at different restaurants, visiting wine and food festivals and touring in
the outback. One such activity in 2007 was
the Chili Cook-Off.
Online courses are part-time, and each course is offered over one University
semester (12-14 weeks). Online students can study one or two courses each year
and will be able to complete their coursework in a minimum of two years or a maximum
of four years, with an additional year for the dissertation.
Online students interact through the 'Virtual Classroom' as well by means of
online discussion groups, and communicate regularly with teaching staff. A residential
week is arranged each year, usually in Adelaide in October or November, though
attendance is not compulsory.
It is sometimes possible to combine online and on-campus study. For example,
a student might complete Principles of Gastronomy on-campus (February-April) and
then transfer to online study for the next course, Food & Drink in Contemporary
Western Society (July-November) and subsequent courses.
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Dr
Barbara Santich, primary developer and teacher of the Gastronomy graduate
program is an internationally renowned scholar and food writer, with six
books including 