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FSST-MAJ · Major · 48 credit points

Film and screen studies

Available in Bachelor of Arts

Rules for completing this course

No more than 12 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the major and at least 18 credit points must be at Level 3.

Level 1 gateway units

12 cp

You must complete the following units

  • ATS1304Introduction to television studies6 cp
  • ATS1305Introduction to film studies6 cp

Level 2 cornerstone units

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2327Seeing ourselves on screen Diversity and representation in film and television6 cp
  • ATS2538Film and television industries and technologies: Key contexts6 cp
  • ATS2964Film and screen theory and criticism6 cp

Level 3 capstone units

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS3299Screen and the body6 cp
  • ATS3969Screen studies in the digital era6 cp

Level 2 and 3 elective units

24 cp

You must complete 24 credit points selecting from the following units and/or from any cornerstone or capstone units not already taken, with at least 12 credit points at Level 3.

  • ATS3539Asian screen cultures6 cp
  • ATS3540Documentary Screens: Self, revolution and the everyday6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp
  • ATS3983Screen project: From film theory to media production6 cp
  • ATS2202Monsters in popular culture6 cp
  • ATS2257Bingeing to branding: Television in the age of streaming6 cp
  • ATS2290Interdisciplinary research collaboration6 cp
  • ATS2311First Nations Australian film and television6 cp
  • ATS2530Film and television genres6 cp
  • ATS2535Screen storytelling: From classical narrative to multi-media world building6 cp
  • ATS2845Screenwriting for media production6 cp
  • ATS3290Interdisciplinary research collaboration6 cp
  • ATS3531Gender and sexuality in film and television6 cp

International study tours

  • ATS2220Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities6 cp

Source: 2027 handbook entry