6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Faculty
Organisational Unit
Communications and Media Studies
Coordinator(s)
Unit guides
Notes
Students need to contact the Arts Student ServicesArts Student Services (http://future.arts.monash.edu/contact-arts/) desk to enrol in the unit.
Synopsis
As for ATS2449.
Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit students will have:
- a strong understanding of a range of theories informing the analysis of media representations
- an ability to use these theories to conduct the analysis of media texts in both academic and journalistic contexts
- a developed capacity to analyse a range of compositional techniques in terms of how they may be deployed to produce specific social, conceptual and corporeal effects
- an awareness of the force of reading protocols and textual histories in directing both everyday and scholarly responses to media texts
- an applied understanding of the importance of cultural and communications theory for opening new possibilities in the everyday interpretation of media texts.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 60% + Exam: 40%
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
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Chief examiner(s)
This unit applies to the following area(s) of study
Prerequisites
Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Prohibitions
ATS2449, COM2409, COM3409, GSC2409, GSC2413, GSC3409