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Screen & Cultural Research Seminar (SCRN40019)
HonoursPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
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Semester 1
Overview
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Screen & Cultural Research Seminar is a seminar and workshop series for students writing an Honours thesis in Screen and Cultural Studies. The subject introduces students to discipline-specific contemporary research practices and methodologies appropriate to their interests and research. It provides a practical platform for their academic training via a series of research seminars convened by the Screen and Cultural Studies program. Topics covered in any given year may include but are not limited to entertainment, news, workplace and art screen-based media; historical, feminist, queer, anti-racist, class-based and decolonial screen media, cultures and analytic practices; settler, indigenous and gendered cultures; and cultural forms and practices associated with media, community formation, screen industries, transmedia, performance and intercultural relations.
In the Screen & Cultural Research Seminar, students will learn how to formulate research questions, identify research fields of enquiry, develop a literature review, and deliver and participate in research presentations. They will acquire understanding of ethical dimensions of research, including training in human subject research procedures and University ethics requirements where required. The subject supports students in developing their Honours thesis projects and encourages them to develop their own academic research culture.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- acquire, evaluate and apply the critical and analytical skills of Screen and Cultural Studies to research topics;
- develop specific and detailed knowledge of Screen and Cultural Studies critical and analytical methodologies as they apply to the Honours research project;
- develop key academic and research skills (formulate research questions, identify research fields of enquiry, develop a literature review, deliver and participate in research presentations, provide feedback on others' research) ; understand University research ethics requirements including human subject research;
- develop high level written and oral communication skills required for research projects.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, student should gain the following generic skills:
- be able to demonstrate a high level of written and oral communication skills, including conformity to academic protocols of presentation and research;
- be able to demonstrate a high level of competence in reading, synthesizing, and presenting to others the relevant historical and theoretical material; and
- be able to present original research that includes reflection on their own learning.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Seminar presentation: Students should submit a 1500 word text one week in advance of the oral presentation in class (1500-Words + 10 minute presentation + 1 hour's preparation of presented materials)
| During the teaching period | 30% |
Peer response: students should comment on at least two of the seminar presentations within one week of the class presentation
| During the teaching period | 10% |
Conference presentation & paper: Students should produce a 3000 word paper either advancing on work presented in the first assignment or developing new ideas in relation to the taught content of the subject (3000-Words + 20 minute presentation + 2 hours' preparation of presented materials)
| During the examination period | 60% |
Hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of (or at least) 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures, in person or via online delivery. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. (Complete not less than 50% of word count) | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Additional details
Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Coordinator Ben Gook Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 28 hours: 2 x 2-hour workshops in Week 1, 1 x 2-hour seminars held weekly between weeks 2 and 11, 2 x 2-hour workshops in Week 12. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024