106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies

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106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Chris Healy
Prerequisites	Fifty points of first-year arts including at least 25 points from a specified list of subject areas, see Prerequisites.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	18-hours of lectures and 12-hours of tutorials across the semester
Subject Description	This subject introduces students to some of the major theoretical traditions in cultural studies ranging from studies of mass culture to feminist, ethnographic and postcolonial cultural studies. These theoretical traditions will be our resource to be used by students to produce detailed and specific studies of contemporary cultural practices. By apprehending the diverse national and international tendencies in cultural studies, students will engage with some of the significant problems of the cultures we inhabit.
Assessment	All students will be required to give a formal presentation to one tutorial. An essay of 1200 words 30% (due before mid-semester) and an essay of 2800 words 70% (due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts	A subject reader will be available. C Baker, Cultural Studies: Theory & Practice. (2nd ed) Sage 2003.

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