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 2000
        Second/Third Year subjects not offered in 2000
        Third/Fourth Year subjects not offered in 2000
        Fourth Year Honours subjects not offered in 2000

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 20th 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 Hollywood & Art Cinema (12.5 points) or 107-074 Introduction to 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 (totalling 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 Honours coordinator of the School and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser. Forms, to be submitted to the School, are available from the School Office in May and September of each year.

 4. Honours requirements

Honours coordinator: Parshia Lee-Stecum

 4.1. Pure Honours

Students undertaking pure Honours in Cinema Studies must complete:

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

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• four Honours subjects in Cinema Studies (50 points).

  With the approval of the Honours coordinator one of these subjects (totalling 12.5 points) may be a related subject from the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archeology 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;

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• one Honours subject in Cinema Studies (totalling 12.5 points) and;

• three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 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 (totalling 25 points) and;

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• two Honours subjects in Cinema Studies (totalling 25 points).

• combined Honours students may replace 107-044 Research Methods with an approved research methods seminar in the other discipline.

 5. Further study

A BA with a Major in Cinema Studies can lead to a Graduate Diploma in Art History and Cinema Studies, a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (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
Victoria 3010
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 Hollywood & Art Cinema
107-074 Introduction to Film Theory

Second/Third Year subjects

Third/Fourth Year subjects

Fourth Year Honours subjects

Subjects not offered in 2000

Second/Third Year subjects not offered in 2000

Third/Fourth Year subjects not offered in 2000

Fourth Year Honours subjects not offered in 2000

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