Film and screen studies involve historical, textual and critical approaches to film and television, and related video and new screen technologies. Film and screen studies cover Australian, Asian and European national cinemas, earlier and contemporary popular Hollywood and its institutions, alternative film and video, documentary film, Australian television, popular television genres, online screen forms, and video practice.
This major emphasises a variety of historical, critical and theoretical methods of analysis appropriate to the study of the moving image, including formal, semiotic and psychoanalytic approaches, institutional, reception and cultural studies approaches. You will consider issues to do with the intersection of ideology and culture and the representation of gender, race and class, and questions concerning the relations between film and television and new technologies.
Students are encouraged to consider combining their film and screen studies with other relevant and compatible units and/or areas of study such as Communications, Sociology, History, Literary studies, Theatre, Performance and Language studies.
Availability
Film and screen studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton as a major or minor, and A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts at Caulfield and Clayton as a major.
Outcomes
In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of their course, students successfully completing this major will be able to:
- critically engage with contemporary and historical practices of cinema and television theory and criticism
- identify and evaluate screen theory and scholarly debates in relation to contemporary and historical screen media examples and methods, including digital cultures
- analyse the relationship between moving image culture, such as film and television, and social contexts.
Major requirements (48 points)
No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited to the majormajor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2017handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html) and at least 18 points must be at level 3.
Students complete:
- Two level 1 gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2017handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):
- ATS1304 Introduction to television studies
- ATS1305 Introduction to film studies
- One level 2 cornerstone unit (6 points) chosen from:
- ATS2962 Now showing: Contemporary approaches to film and television
- ATS2983 Screen project: From film theory to digital video practice
- One level 3 capstone unitcapstone unit (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2017handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (6 points) chosen from:
- ATS3969 Film and television studies in the digital era
- ATS3970 Performing film and television criticism with new technologies
- Four units (24 points) from the remaining cornerstone and capstone units or List A or B, with at least two units at level 3.*
Minor requirements (24 points)
No more than 12 points at level 1 may be credited towards the minorminor (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2017handbooks/undergrad/arts-07.html).
Students complete:
- Two level 1 gateway unitsgateway units (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2017handbooks/undergrad/arts-08.html) (12 points):
- ATS1304 Introduction to television studies
- ATS1305 Introduction to film studies
- Two level 2 or 3 units (12 points) as listed within the major. It is a highly recommended that students complete a level 3 unit before enrolling in a level 3 unit.
Elective list
Units are six points unless otherwise stated.
List A
- ATS2295/ATS3295 Screening contemporary Europe
- ATS2257 Long-form television: "HBO" and beyond
- ATS2315/ATS3315 Journalism and global change in Europe
- ATS2530 Film and television genres
- ATS2535 Storytelling in film and television: From classical narrative to art cinema
- ATS2538 Film and television institutions
- ATS3093 Specialist topic in media, film and journalism
- ATS3215 Global creative cities
- ATS3529 Australian film and television: Nation, culture and identity
- ATS3531 Gender and sexuality in film and television
- ATS3536 Alternatives in film and television
- ATS3539 Asian cinema and television
- ATS3540 Documentary and realism in film and television
List B
- ATS2214/ATS3214 Italy on film (In country)
- ATS2290/ATS3290 Global leadership and advanced research program
- ATS3071 France on film
- ATS3207 Film and society in Spain and Latin America
- ATS3583 History and film: Nazi Germany and the Jewish Holocaust
Intending honours students
Students intending to enter honours in this area of study must have completed a major in the discipline, with a minimum of 24 points of study at level 3 to be eligible.
Diplomas
- A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts
Bachelors
Single degrees
Successful completion of the minor or major can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the following single degree:*
Students in other single bachelor's degrees may be eligible to complete the minor or major by using 24 or 48 points of their free electives.
Double degrees
Successful completion of the minor or major can be counted towards meeting the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts component in the following double degrees:*
- A2005 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Art
- A2004 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music
- B2019 Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Arts
- B2012 Bachelor of Business Specialist and Bachelor of Arts
- B2020 Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Arts
- B2024 Bachelor of Commerce Specialist and Bachelor of Arts
- D3002 Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- E3002 Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- C2002 Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Arts
- L3003 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
- S2006 Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts
