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Screen Studies

Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced)Specialisation (formal)Year: 2025

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Overview

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Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:

  • 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: 14 January 2025

Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) in this area of specialisation requires:

  • one compulsory subject (12.5 points)
  • thesis (50 points)
  • elective subjects (37.5 points)

 

Total 100 points

 

Please note: Students must enrol in the thesis SCRN40017 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 1 and SCRN40018 Screen & Cultural Studies Thesis Part 2 over two consecutive semesters

Subject Options

Compulsory Subject

12.5 points

Code Name Study period Credit Points
SCRN40019 Screen & Cultural Research Seminar
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Thesis Subject

50 points

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

Elective Subjects

37.5 points

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
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
SCRN40009 Screen Media and Political Aesthetics 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

Links

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

Last updated: 14 January 2025