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Cultural Studies

Unit of study table (Table S)

Major

A major in Cultural Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core unit
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iv) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(v) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

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

 

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

1000 level units of study

Core
GCST1601
Culture, Power, Identity
6  
Selective
GCST1602
Sex, Gender, Culture
6  
GCST1603
Screen Cultures and Gender: Film to Apps
6  
GCST1604
Race, Diversity, Difference
6  

2000 level units of study

Core
GCST2630
Consumer Cultures
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level including 6 credit points from Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Media Studies, English, History, Philosophy, Education, Political Economy, Psychology, Social Work, Law, Design, Economics or Marketing
N GCST3603
Selective
GCST2603
Animal/Human Cultures
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level
GCST2605
Representing Race and Gender
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level including 6 credit points from Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Diversity Studies, Sociology, Social Policy, Anthropology, Media Studies, English, History, Philosophy, Education, Political Economy, Psychology, Social Work, Politics, Geography, International Relations, European Studies, Asian Studies, American Studies or Law.
GCST2615
Genres in Cultural Context
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change.
GCST2612
Youth and Youth Culture
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level including 6 credit points from Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Media Studies, English, History, Philosophy, Education, Political Economy, Psychology, Social Work, or Law
N WMST2012
AMST2606
Stand Up USA: American Comedy and Humour
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Cultural Studies

3000 level units of study

GCST3604
Using Cultural Theory
6 P (12 credit points at 2000 level Gender and Cultural Studies) or (12 credit points at 2000 level Digital Cultures)
GCST3631
Gender, Communities and Belonging
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies
GCST3634
The Social Life of Policy

6 N GCST2632
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender and Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies
GCST3637
Cultural Politics of Difference
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or Cultural Studies
GCST3638
Nature, Culture, Power
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Cultural Studies or Gender Studies
N GCST2631
FILM3005
Queer Cinema
6 P 12 credits points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Cultural Studies or ENGL2627 Screening Sexuality
RLST3605
Sex, Desire and the Sacred
6 N RLST2635
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points