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MDA10003 · Swinburne University of Technology

Screen Studies: Movies, Television and Ourselves

Credit points
12.5
Level
1
Workload
≈ 13 h / week
Faculty
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

What it covers

This unit introduces students to the major concepts and key debates in screen studies and provide students with the critical tools necessary to analyse a screen text. Students will develop an understanding of the histories and structures of screen industries with a particular emphasis on cinema and television. This unit will also facilitate greater student awareness of the relationship between screen texts, genre and society

Assessment

TaskTypeWeight
AnalysisIndividual40%
EssayIndividual40%
PosterGroup20%

When and where

Teaching periodCampusMode
Semester 1HawthornOn campus
WinterHawthornOn campus