131-026 Picturing Australia | |
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Note | Formerly available as 131-209/309. Students who have completed 131-209 or 131-309 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr June Senyard |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first-year history, see Prerequisites, first-year Australian studies, see Prerequisites, first-year cinema studies, see Prerequisites, or first-year politics, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject examines the changing representation of Australia and Australians through photography, documentary film and video. On completion of this subject students will be able to appreciate the ways in which the visual image produced by the camera has shaped understandings of the Australian way of life, social issues and ideas of national identity. |
Assessment | Class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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