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Cultural Studies

Unit of study table

Master of Cultural Studies

Students complete 72 credit points, including:
(a) 12 credit points of core units of study
(b) a minimum of 24 credit points of selective units of study
(c) a maximum of 24 credit points from elective units of study
(i) With the permission of the relevant delegate a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units can be taken outside those listed in the table, including units of study offered by other faculties.
(d) a minimum of 12 credit points of capstone units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies

Students complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) a minimum of 30 credit points from selective units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 18 credit points from elective units of study.
(i) With the permission of the relevant delegate a maximum of 6 credit points of elective units can be taken outside those listed in the table, including units of study offered by other faculties.

Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies

Students complete 24 credit points of units of study, including:
(a) a minimum of 18 credit points of core or selective units of study; and
(b) a maximum of 6 credit points from elective units of study.

 

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

Core

GCST5909
Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies
6  
GCST6903
Debates in Cultural Studies
6  

Selective

GCST5210
Transforming Everyday Life
6  
GCST5211
Girls and Boys: Gendered Forms of Youth
6  
GCST5905
Identity Place and Culture
6  
GCST5910
Health, Pleasure and Consumption

6  
GCST6901
Cultural Policy
6  
GCST6905
Gender in Cultural Theory
6  
GCST6907
Sexuality, Gender and Social Relations
6  
WMST6902
Arguing the Point

6  
WMST6903
Gender, Media and Consumer Societies

6  
WMST6904
Modernist Cultural Studies

6  

Elective

ARHT6930
Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture
6  
ARIN6903
Digital Media and Society
6  
ARIN6905
Digital Audiences and Creators
6  
ASNS6905
Asian Popular Culture
6  
ASNS6908
Media Industries in East Asia
6  
ECOP6101
Political Economy: A Primer
6  
GOVT6336
Media Politics

6  
LNGS7002
Language, Society and Power
6  
LNGS7109
Language and Identity
6  
LNGS7274
Media Discourse
6  
LNGS7509
Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice
6  
MECO6919
Health Communication
6 This unit will be offered in intensive and online modes.
MHST6915
Heritage Studies and Communities
6  
MHST6916
The Idea of Heritage
6 N HRTG6901
MUSM7035
Ethics of Cultural Property

6  
PRFM5901
Critical Theory and Performance
6  
SCLG6700
Global and Regional Migration
6  
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6 N SCWK6901
SCLG6903
Topics in Rights, Justice and Society
6  
SCLG6916
Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
6  
SCWK5011
Violence Against Women
6  
SCWK6902
Social Research
6  
SSPS6004
Social Research Ethics
6 N SCLG6902 or SCLG3003
USSC6919
Hollywood vs. Netflix
6  
FASS7001
Academic English for Postgraduates
6 Where students intend to complete both FASS7001 and FASS7002, they should undertake FASS7001 first then FASS7002. Do not enrol in both in one semester.
FASS7002
Critical Thinking and Persuasive Writing
6  

Capstone

GCST5906
Cultural Studies Internship Placement
6  
GCST5907
Cultural Studies Internship Project
6 C GCST5906
GCST6922
Dissertation Part 1
6 P 24 credit points
N WMST6922
GCST6923
Dissertation Part 2
12 P GCST6922
N WMST6923