Film Studies
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Film Studies |
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Major |
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| 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 |
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| 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-level units of study |
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Core |
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| FILM1000 Introduction to Film Studies |
6 | N ENGL1011 |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| FILM1001 Hollywood: Art, Industry, Entertainment |
6 | N ARHT1003 |
Semester 2 |
2000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| FILM2000 From Silent to Sound Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Film Studies major or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Art History major or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Critical Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in the Visual Arts major N ARHT2052 or ARHT2652 |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| ARBC2210 Screening the Arab World This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
| CAEL2039 Screen Arts: an Introduction |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Visual Arts or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Studio Foundation |
Semester 1 |
| ENGL2617 Postmodernism This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
| ENGL2627 Screening Sexuality |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in English or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies N ENGL2027 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2638 Literature and Cinema This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
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 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGL2668 Australian Gothic This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in English or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Australian Literature N ASLT2619 |
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 2020 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ICLS2635 Science Fiction: The Future is Now This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International and Comparative Literary Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies |
Semester 2 |
| ICLS2637 Watching Stars: Film and the Star System This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in International and Comparative Literary Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies |
Semester 1 |
| MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 2 |
| MUSC2664 Popular Music and the Moving Image |
6 | P 18 junior credit points |
Semester 1 |
| PHIL2658 Philosophy in Film This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies |
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 2 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| FILM3000 Cinematic Transformations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT3601 |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| FILM3003 Screening Reality Since the 1960s |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies N ARHT2673 |
Semester 2 |
| FILM3004 National and Transnational Cinema |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies |
Semester 1 |
| ARHT3633 Contemporary Australian Art and Film This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Critical Studies N ARHT2633 |
Semester 2 |
| ARHT3662 On Photography and the Wretched Screen This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Art History N ARHT2662 |
Semester 1 |
| ARIN3630 Digital Arts |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Digital Cultures or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Art History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Film Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Design Computing N ARIN2630 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3616 Japanese Cinema and Society This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P 6 Senior credit points in Asian Studies or 18 Junior credit points including ENGL1011 N JPNS3675 |
Semester 1 |
Interdisciplinary project |
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| Where this major is being completed as a first major towards a degree, students should ensure that the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study is undertaken. | |||
| Where this major is being completed as a second major from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences towards a degree, the Industry and Community Project unit of study is the appropriate unit to select. | |||
| FILM3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Intensive December Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| FILM3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |