GSC3408

Screen studies

Lecturer to be advised

8 points
* Second semester
* 3 hours per week (one 3-hour period for introduction, screening and discussion) plus a 1-hour tutorial available to internal students and distance education students
* Prerequisites: Mass communication major, GSC2410 and GSC2410 or equivalents; English major, two second-level subjects

Objectives As for GSC2408 (see English entry).

Synopsis As for GSC2408 (see English entry).

Assessment Short assignment (1000 words): 20%
* Essay (3000 words): 50%
* Examination (2 hours): 30%
* Students doing the subject at third-year level will be required to demonstrate a more extended understanding of the kind of theoretical developments in screen studies and criticism mentioned in the outline

Prescribed texts

Bordwell D and Thompson K Film art: An introduction McGraw Hill, 1993
Du Maurier D Rebecca Heinemann, 1991