PD-ARTS Screen Studies (PD-ARTS_INFSPC_5)

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Overview

Please note that PD-ARTS Postgraduate Diploma in Arts will no longer be accepting new applications as of the 1st January 2015, the program from 2015 will be offered as GDA-ARTS Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced). Please refer to the correct handbook entry for program information for commencing students from 2015.

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Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation should:

acquire the ability to prepare an original piece of research;
gain an in-depth knowledge of theories and methodologies about screen studies and cinema;
develop an ability to analyse the critical reception of films.

Last updated: 18 December 2020

Structure

The Postgraduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

thesis (50 points)
MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points)
elective subjects totalling (37.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Thesis Subject

50 points

Please note: the thesis must be taken over two consecutive semesters

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
SCRN40015	Screen Studies Thesis	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	25

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
MULT50001	Research Principles and Practices	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
		Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
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
CULS40010
SCRN40002	Contemporary Film Theory	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN40003	Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema	Semester 1 (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
SCRN40010	Dream Screen: Film and Psychoanalysis	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
SCRN40013	Censorship: Film, Art and Media	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/