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Cultural Studies Table

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

Cultural Studies

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) 12 credit points of 2000-level units
(iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level units
(v) 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) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units

1000-level units of study

Core
GCST1601
Introduction to Cultural Studies
6      Intensive January
Semester 1
Selective
GCST1602
Introduction to Gender Studies
6      Intensive July
Semester 1
GCST1603
Screen Cultures and Gender: Film to Apps
6      Semester 2
GCST1604
Introduction to Diversity
6      Semester 2

2000-level units of study

GCST2603
Animal/Human Cultures

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Cultural Studies
Semester 2
GCST2605
Representing Race and Gender
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Diversity Studies
Semester 1
GCST2612
Youth and Youth Culture
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Gender Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Diversity Studies
N WMST2012
Intensive January
Semester 2
GCST2630
Consumer Cultures
6    P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Cultural Studies
N GCST3603
Intensive January
Semester 1
USSC2604
Sex, Race and Rock in the USA

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    P 12 junior credit points from one of the following subject area; American Studies, Anthropology, Music, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, English, European Studies, Government and International Relations, History, International and Global Studies, Media and Communications, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Economy or Sociology
N HSTY2057
Semester 2

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)
Semester 2
GCST3630
Everyday Life: Theories and Practices

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies
N GCST2613
Semester 2
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
N GCST2613 or GCST2611
Semester 1
GCST3634
The Social Life of Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2020

6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender and Cultural Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Diversity Studies
N GCST2632
Semester 2
GCST3636
Sex, Violence and Transgression
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or Cultural Studies
N GCST2604
Semester 1
GCST3637
Cultural Politics of Difference
6    P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Gender Studies or Cultural Studies
Semester 1

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

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.
GCST3999
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
GCST3998
Industry and Community Project
6    C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major.
Intensive February
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2