Postgraduate - Area of Study Film and television studies

Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered by	School of English, Communications and Performance Studies
Campus(es)	Clayton

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

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.

Units

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.

Relevant courses

3937 Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Research)
2695 Master of Arts*
0020 Doctor of Philosophy*

*By research.