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Learning Outcomes

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Collaborate effectively with others
  • Professionals
  • Leaders
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Exhibit initiative and self-direction
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Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly
  • Professionals
  • Scholars
  • Global Citizens
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Identify and explain the aesthetic, technical and cultural dimensions of film and the changing interpretive frameworks of the discipline of film studies
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Interpret the role of film in a broader media landscape
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Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly enquiry and analysis
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  • Scholars
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Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media
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  • Leaders
  • Scholars
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Critically and creatively employ disciplinary bodies of knowledge and appraise disciplinary perspectives in professional practice and/or scholarship
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Justify a position in relation to foundational aspects of society, culture and/or the arts
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  • Professionals
  • Scholars
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Engage proactively with complex problems in professional practice and/or scholarship
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  • Professionals
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Continuously acquire knowledge and skills and reflect on existing knowledge and skills for personal and career fulfilment
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  • Leaders
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Describe the history of film as a creative enterprise and cultural institution that responds to local, regional, national and global contexts
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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Bachelor of Media - BMedia3438 - Media (Screen and Sound Production)
Bachelor of Arts and Business - BArts (Bus)3444 - Arts and Business

Specialisation Structure
60 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 60 UOC.

ARTS/EDUCATION (SECONDARY) STUDENTS

The major in Film Studies must not be taken as it is not an approved teaching specialisation.

MEDIA (SCREEN & SOUND PRODUCTION)/ARTS STUDENTS

If you complete a Film Studies major in your Arts degree you will not be automatically conferred the Film Studies Minor in your Media degree. The 24 uoc Film Studies courses completed in Media (Screen & Sound Production) can be counted towards the Film Studies major in the Arts degree. … For more content click the Read More button below.

Level 2 Core Courses

You must take 6 UOC of the following courses.

Level 2 Prescribed Electives

You must take at least 12 UOC of the following courses.
Note: Course ARTS2036 Modernism: Text and Screen, from another subject area, can also be counted toward the Film Studies major.

Film Studies Major Pathways

The three pathways are recommended structures for students who wish to follow particular paths in their major, and are by no means exclusive. Each pathway promotes the core strengths of the major. Students following a pathway should include the courses as part of the major structure.PRODUCTION PATHWAYLevel 1 ARTS1064 Screen … For more content click the Read More button below.

Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

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