Faculty of Arts

 Cinema Studies

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Subject Lists
    First-year subjects
        Second/third-year subjects
        Third/fourth-year subjects
        Fourth year Honours subjects
    Subjects not offered in 1999
        Second/third-year subjects not offered in 1999
        Third/fourth-year subjects not offered in 1999
        Fourth year Honours subjects not offered in 1999

Cinema Studies deals with the interpretation, history, and theory of cinema, television, and new visual media such as computer games and multimedia. The program aims to provide students with various skills with which to understand one of the major visual and aesthetic forms in twentieth century culture. Because Cinema Studies places particular emphasis on viewing and analysis, film, video and television screenings are an integral part of the program.

Cinema Studies is taught within the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology. Subjects cover the areas of film history, Hollywood cinema, art cinemas, documentary, ethnographic filmmaking, Australian cinema, genre studies (horror, comedy, film noir, the love story, etc.), television cross-media forms and interactive technologies. Areas of theoretical interest include those of spectatorship, gender, sexuality, postmodernism, postcolonialism and the body.

 1. Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for first year Cinema Studies subjects.

The prerequisite for a second/third year subject in Cinema Studies is usually 107-073 Introduction To Cinema A: Classical Hollywood and Art Cinema (12.5 points) or 107-074 Introduction to Cinema B: Film Theory (12.5 points).

Students who have done suitable alternative first-year subjects are advised to consult with the School for permission to enrol. Exemptions may also be granted when second/third-year subjects are taken as part of an approved interdepartmental program with its own entry requirements.

The prerequisite for a third/fourth year subject in Cinema Studies is usually three second/third-year subjects in Cinema Studies (37.5 points).

 2. Requirements for a Major

A Major in Cinema Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• Two first-year subjects in Cinema Studies (25 points), and;

• Second/third-year subjects in Cinema Studies totalling 87.5 points. Two of these subjects (equivalent to 25 points) may be taken from related subjects offered in the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology. A list of these subjects will be available from the School.

 3. Honours Entry

The prerequisites for entry to fourth year Honours in Cinema Studies are:

• Completion of all the requirements for the BA, and;

• Completion of a Major in Cinema Studies, and;

• An average grade of H2B or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the Major.

Entry to Honours must be approved by the Head of School and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser.

 4. Honours requirements

Honours coordinator: Chris McAuliffe

 4.1. Pure Honours

Students undertaking pure Honours in Cinema Studies must complete:

• 107-098 Cinema Studies Honours Thesis (37.5 points), and;

• Five Honours subjects in Cinema Studies (equivalent to 62.5 points), including:

  • 107-096 Contemporary Film Theory (12.5 points).

  • One of these subjects (equivalent to 12.5 points) may be a related subject from the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology or an approved fourth year subject from another area of study.

 4.2. Combined Honours

Students undertaking combined Honours in Cinema Studies and another area of study must complete:

• 107-098 Cinema Studies Honours Thesis (37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects in Cinema Studies (equivalent to 25 points) including 107-096 Contemporary Film Theory (12.5 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).

or

• Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects in Cinema Studies (equivalent to 37.5 points) including 107-096 Contemporary Film Theory (12.5 points).

 5. Further study

A BA with a Major in Cinema Studies can lead to postgraduate Diplomas in Art History and Cinema Studies, Art Curatorship & Museum Management.

An Honours degree in Cinema Studies can lead to MA or PhD degrees.

 6. Career opportunities

Career opportunities for graduates in Cinema Studies are to be found in education and research, and in the arts and the film industry as administrators, media professionals, editors, reviewers, film critics and film archivists.

 7. For more information

School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology
Old Pathology Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Tel +61 3 9344 5565
Email: fine.arts@finearts.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.SFCA.unimelb.edu.au

First-year subjects

107-073 Introduction To Cinema A: Classical Hollywood and Art Cinema
107-074 Introduction to Cinema B: Film Theory

Second/third-year subjects

Third/fourth-year subjects

Fourth year Honours subjects

Subjects not offered in 1999

Second/third-year subjects not offered in 1999

Third/fourth-year subjects not offered in 1999

Fourth year Honours subjects not offered in 1999

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