通过研究获得美术硕士的目的是，通过一个或多个学科领域的高级研究，为您提供发展艺术实践的机会。悉尼艺术学院（SCA）提供的美术硕士课程主要是作为受监督的书面研究和工作室研究独立研究计划。您将通过研究拟议的研究领域来提高水平，自我指导和专注力，并将被鼓励撰写具有原创性和投机性的作品。您的研究主管将为您的研究成果的发展提供个性化和专注的关注。
The Master of Fine Arts by research is designed to provide you with the opportunity to develop your art practice through advanced research in one or more discipline area. Delivered by Sydney College of the Arts (SCA), the Master of Fine Arts is primarily undertaken as a supervised independent study program of written work and studio research. You will develop a level of proficiency, self-direction and focus through investigating a proposed area of research, and will be encouraged to produce work of an original and speculative nature. Your research supervisor will provide personalised and dedicated attention to the development of your research outcomes. The Master of Fine Arts is designed to provide visual artists with the opportunity to extend their professional practice through advanced research in one or more discipline area.