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Culture, Identity and Everyday Life (CULS10005)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 2
Email: benjamin.gook@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject introduces cultural studies by discussing media, identities and practices in everyday life. Media saturate almost every aspect of our experience and provide a powerful lens for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us. We address representation and social practice, drawing case studies from popular transnational media, including advertising, television, film, music and online cultures. We consider people's interactions with media in everyday life, particularly when constructing identities and groups through, for example, fandom and youth culture. This subject helps students reflexively appreciate contemporary culture and grasp the complex relationships between formations of social power and audience pleasures. It offers students a deeper understanding of many naturalised aspects of their lived experience, and advanced critical skills in evaluating media texts and cultural practices.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of the subject, students should have:
- Developed a critical appreciation of the significance of popular media forms in contemporary cultural and social life, in all its diversity
- Demonstrated an introductory knowledge and understanding of contemporary theories of culture, media, identity, and everyday life
- Mastered relevant research skills including use of the library, e-research skills, and appropriate referencing and presentation of written work that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values
- A general understanding of selected texts, sites and practices of everyday media in selected non-Western contexts, and an appreciation of the global diversity of popular media forms and cultures
- An appreciation for national and international debates on specific contemporary issues and complex problems connected with culture, media, identity and everyday life and be able to apply this knowledge and experience to a broad range of professional and disciplinary contexts
- Demonstrated the ability to effectively apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices in analysing contemporary media cultures.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- Develop social, ethical and cultural understanding of self and others
- Acquire critical analysis and synthesis
- Have an effective written and oral communication
- Develop information management and information literacy
- Develop teamwork, flexibility and tolerance
- Develop time management and planning.
Last updated: 22 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
CICU10002 Culture, Media and Everyday Life
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: 22 April 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Critical reading
| Week 4 | 25% |
Essay Proposal
| Week 9 | 25% |
Research Essay
| During the examination period | 50% |
Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 22 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinator Ben Gook Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 36 hours: 1 x 1.5-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Email: benjamin.gook@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Last updated: 22 April 2024
Further information
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This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Screen and Cultural Studies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 22 April 2024