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Screen and Cultural Studies
Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2025
Screen and Cultural Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Semester 1
Dr Cristóbal Escobar
Email: cristobale@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Dr Mark Nicholls
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 Bachelor of Arts, 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.
- Please see course level intended learning outcomes
Last updated: 14 January 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);
- SCRN40019 Screen and Cultural Research Seminar (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);
- SCRN40019 Screen and Cultural Research Seminar (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).
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 |
SCRN40019 | Screen & Cultural Research Seminar | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Screen and Cultural Studies honours subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
AHIS40002 | Indigenous Australian Art Histories | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40001 | Creative Economy, Policy, and Power | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CULS40011 | Cultural Studies Now | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40002 | Screen Theory, Style & Spectators | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40005 | Melodrama, Ideology and the Cinema | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SCRN40006 | Film, Art and Exhibition | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SCRN40010 | Dream Screen: Film and Psychoanalysis | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCRN40013 | Censorship: Film, Art and Media | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
SCRN40009 | Screen Media and Political Aesthetics | Not available in 2025 | 12.5 |
Links
http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/screen-studies/
Last updated: 14 January 2025