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Film Studies

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Film Studies

Major

A major in Film Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Film Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units

1000 units of study

ENGL1011
Introduction to Film Studies
6      Semester 1
Summer Main
ARHT1003
Hollywood: Art, Industry, Entertainment
6      Semester 2

2000 units of study

Core
ARHT2652
From Silent to Sound Cinema

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or (18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011)
N ARHT2052
Semester 2
Selective
ARBC2210
Screening the Arab World
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Arabic Languages and Culture or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies
Semester 2
ARHT2653
Memory of the World: Key Films
6    P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011 or 6 Senior credit points from ICLS
N ARHT2053
Semester 1
ARHT2656
Film Genres and National Cinemas
6    P (ARHT1001 and ARHT1002) or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011
N ARHT2056
Semester 1
CAEL2039
Screen Arts: an Introduction
6    P CASF1001, or 18 junior credit points from Undergraduate Table A for Arts and Social Sciences including ENGL1011
Semester 1
ENGL2617
Postmodernism
6    P 12 Junior credit points in English or 6 Junior credit points in English and AMST1001 or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011
N ENGL2017
Semester 2
ENGL2638
Literature and Cinema
6    P 12 Junior credit points in English or (6 Junior credit points from English and AMST1001) or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011
N ENGL2038
Intensive June
Semester 2
ENGL2669
Australian Stage and Screen
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Australian Literature or 12 credit points at 1000 level in English Studies
N ASLT2616 Australian Stage & Screen
Semester 1
EUST2020
Screening Europe: After 1989

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P 12 Junior credit points from Table A
Semester 2
ICLS2635
Science Fiction: The Future is Now

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P At least 12 Junior credit points from any of the following: Arabic Studies, Chinese Studies, English, European Studies, French Studies, Germanic Studies, Modern Hebrew, Indonesian Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies, Spanish & Latin American Studies, History.
Semester 1
ICLS2637
Watching Stars: Film and the Star System

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P 12 Junior credit points from any of the following (Arabic Studies, Chinese Studies, English, European Studies, French Studies, Germanic Studies, Modern Hebrew, Indonesian Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Modern Greek & Byzantine Studies, Spanish & Latin American Studies, or History)
Semester 2
MUSC2663
Survey of Film Music
6    P 18 junior credit points
Semester 1
PHIL2658
Philosophy in Film

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P (12 Junior credit points of Philosophy) or (18 Junior credit points, including ENGL1011)
Semester 2
SPAN2641
Filmmaking in the Latin American Context
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Spanish and Latin American Studies or Film Studies
Semester 1

3000 level units

Core
ARHT3601
Cinematic Transformations
6    P 12 Senior credit points in ARHT and ARHT2656 or (ARHT2656 and 12 senior credit points in ARHT2652, ARHT2653, ARHT2655, ARHT2657, ENGL2627, ENGL2638, ENGL3604, FILM2601, HSTY2608, ICLS2637, JPNS3675, MUSC2663) or (ARIN2630 and 12 senior credit points in ARIN)
Semester 2
Selective
ASNS3616
Japanese Cinema and Society
6    P 6 Senior credit points in Asian Studies or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011
N JPNS3675
Semester 1
ITLN3679
Filming Fiction: The Italian Experience

This unit of study is not available in 2018

6    P ITLN1612, or HSC Italian Beginners, HSC Italian Continuers
N ITLN3706
Semester 2

Interdisciplinary project

FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6    P 18 credit points at 2000 level

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Honours

Honours in Film Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours Seminar units
(ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level Honours Thesis units

Honours seminar units

FILM4113
What is Cinema Studies?
6      Semester 1
FILM4114
The Cinematic Experience
6      Semester 2

Honours thesis units

FILM4111
Film Studies Honours Thesis 1
18      Semester 1
Semester 2
FILM4112
Film Studies Honours Thesis 2
18      Semester 1
Semester 2

Advanced coursework

The requirements for advanced coursework in Film Studies are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies.
24-36 credit points of advanced study will be included in the table for 2019.