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Cultural Studies

Contact

Coursework
Semester 1, 2012:
Dr Ruth Barcan
Phone: + 61 2 9036 6013
Email: ruth.barcan@sydney.edu.au

Semester 2, 2012:
Dr Guy Redden
Phone: + 61 2 9351 8495
Email: guy.redden@sydney.edu.au

Requirements

Please refer to the degree resolutions in this Handbook for information on the specific admission requirements for different award courses.

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies must complete 24 credit points, including 18 credit points of core elective units of study and 6 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies must complete 36 credit points, including 6 credit points of core units of study, 18 credit points of core elective units of study and 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Candidates for the Master of Cultural Studies must complete 48 credit points, including 12 credit points of core units of study, 18 credit points of core elective units of study and 18 credit points of elective units of study.

Units of study
Core Units
  • GCST6903 Debates in Cultural Studies
  • GCST5909 Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies
Core Electives

and at least three units of study from

  • GCST5902 Natures and Cultures of Bodies
  • GCST5905 Identity Place and Culture
  • GCST6905 Philosophy in the Feminine
  • WMST6902 Arguing the Point
  • WMST6903 Gender, Media and Consumer Societies
  • WMST6904 Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture
  • WMST6922 Dissertation Part 1*
  • WMST6923 Dissertation Part 2*
  • GCST5906 Cultural Studies Internship Placement (#)
  • GCST5907 Cultural Studies Internship Project (#)
Electives
  • ARHT6930 Film Theory: Art, Industry, Culture
  • ARIN6903 Exploring Digital Cultures
  • ARTS7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates
  • ASNS6905 Asian Popular Culture
  • ASNS6908 Media Industries in East Asia
  • HRTD6906 The Philosophy of Human Rights
  • HSTY6987 Writing the Past
  • LNGS7006 Cross-cultural Communication
  • MIPH5116 Culture, Health, Illness and Medicine
  • MUSM7035 Ethics of Cultural Property
  • PACS6915 Human Rights: Peace and Justice
  • SCLG6902 Doing Social Research
  • USSC6914 Key Issues in American Culture

*Department permission required – available to Master of Cultural Studies candidates only. Please discuss your proposed topic for the dissertation with the postgraduate coordinator prior to enrolling in these units of study. WMST6902 Arguing the Point is a co-requisite.
(#) Department permission required – available to Master of Cultural Studies and Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies candidates only. Please discuss with the postgraduate coordinator prior to enrolling in these units of study.
Candidates may choose other elective units of study from the postgraduate program in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, subject to approval.


Research
Contact
Associate Professor Lee Wallace
Phone: + 61 2 9036 9497
Email: lee.wallace@sydney.edu.au

Admission requirements
Please refer to the degree resolutions in this Handbook for information on the specific admission requirements for different award courses.

  • Master of Arts (Research)
  • Master of Philosophy
  • Doctor of Philosophy