Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Area of Study

Film and television studies offers graduate studies in:

• alternative film and video
• American film
• Asian film (Indonesian, Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Hong Kong, Indian)
• Australian film and television
• documentary film studies
• European film (especially French cinema)
• film aesthetics (form, style, narrative)
• film and television genre studies
• film history
• histories of film theory and criticism
• international film cultures and institutions
• teen film and television
• women and cinema
• women and television.

Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)

Students complete 48 points at level four including one research unit, at least one methodology unit and elective units from the list below.

Research unit

• APG4447 Research essay in film and television studies

Methodology units

• APG4279 Historical film theory and criticism
• APG4280 Contemporary film theory and criticism

Elective units

• APG4448 Experimental screen culture
• APG4449 Critical studies in television
• an approved 12 point level four unit from a related discipline with the approval of the course coordinator

Course coordinator

Dr Belinda Smaill

Further courses

For a list of units studied or course outlines, refer to the relevant courses.

• 3937 Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)
• 3945 Master of Film and Television Studies
• 2695 Master of Arts*
• 0020 Doctor of Philosophy*

*By research.