Screen and Cultural Studies
Informal specialisationYear: 2018
Screen and Cultural Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Email: markdn@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The minimum entry requirement for Screen and Cultural studies honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in Screen and Cultural studies with an average of at least H2A (75%) in second and third-year subjects within the major, or equivalent.
Intended learning outcomes
See course objectives
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in Screen and Cultural studies must complete:
- SCRN40017 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 1, and SCRN40018 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (*see note below) (12.5 points);
- three honours subjects in Screen and Cultural studies (37.5 points)
Students undertaking combined honours in Screen and Cultural studies and another discipline must complete:
- SCRN40017 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 1, and SCRN40018 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (*see note below) (12.5 points);
- three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points)
OR
- honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points points);
- research methodology subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points);
- three honours subjects in Screen and Cultural Studies (37.5 points)
Note: Students must undertake MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices in the first semester of their Screen and Cultural Studies Thesis enrolment.
Subject Options
Compulsory subjects:
Note: The Screen and Cultural Studies Thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SCRN40017 | Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
SCRN40018 | Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
MULT50001 | Research Principles and Practices |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Screen and Cultural Studies honours subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS40002 | Indigenous Photography, New Media, Film | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40001 | Cultural Policy and Power | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40002 | Contemporary Film Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40003 | Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40005 | Melodrama, Class and the Cinema | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
CULS40011 | Cultural Studies Now | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40006 | Film, Art and Exhibition | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40009 | Screen Media and Mediated Experiences | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40002 | Memory Cultures | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
CULS40004 | Media, Politics and Cultural Diaspora | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
CULS40006 | Cultural Studies in Asia | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
SCRN40010 | Dream Screen: Film and Psychoanalysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40014 | Subcultural Studies | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
Links
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/screen-studies/Last updated: 4 March 2025