Bachelor of Arts

Cultural Studies


2008 BA Handbook


Field of Study

Cultural Studies

Cultural studies is available as both a mjor and minor sequence.

Major
Level 1

25 points of study made up of:

  • 106-101 Culture, Media and Everyday Life
Level 2
Three subjects from:
  • 106-009 Media Histories
  • 106-022 City Cultures
  • 106-220 Popular Culture
  • 106-226 Lifestyle and Consumer Culture
Level 3
Two subjects from:
  • 106-036 Postmodernism
  • 106-367 Gender, Sexuality and Culture
  • 106-369 Sports, Media and Entertainment
  • 106-370 Asian Screen Cultures
and the Cultural Studies Capstone Subject
  • 106-368 Contemporary Cultural Theory (compulsory)

The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies outside the BA.

A number of Electives are also available to Cultural Studies Students including:


From English Literary Studies:

  • 106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda

From Screen Studies:

  • 106-077 Television and Commodity Cultures

From HPS:

  • 136-209 Intimacy and Technology

From Music:

  • 740-300 In The Groove

From Asian Studies:

  • 110-311 Mass Media in Indonesia

From Criminology:

  • 191-315 Crime and Culture

From Social Theory:

  • 136-073 Critical Theories

From Australian Studies:

  • 102-211 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity

From Austrlian Indigenous Studies:

  • 106-205Indigenous Histories in Film

A minor sequence is made up of the following:

Level 1

Both:

Level 2
Two subjects from:

  • 106-220 Popular Culture
  • 106-009 Media Histories
  • 106-022 City Cultures
  • 106-226 Lifestyle and Consumer Culture

Level 3
Two subjects from:

  • 106-370 Asian Screen Cultures
  • 106-367 Gender, Sexuality and Culture
  • 106-369 Sports, Media and Entertainment
  • 106-036 Postmodernism

Cultural Studies: Level 1 Subject

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-101 Culture, Media and Everyday Life 2 12.500

Cultural Studies: Level 2 Core Subjects

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-009 Media Histories 1 12.500
106-022 City Cultures 2 12.500
106-220 Popular Culture 1 12.500
106-226 Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 2 12.500

Cultural Studies: Level 3 Core Subjects

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-036 Postmodernism 2 12.500
106-367 Gender, Sexuality & Culture 1 12.500
106-369 Sports, Entertainment and the Media 1 12.500
106-370 Asian Screen Cultures 1 12.500

Cultural Studies: Level 3 Capstone Subject

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
106-368 Contemporary Cultural Theory 2 12.500

Cultural Studies: Level 2/3 Electives

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Code Title Semester Credit Points
102-211 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity 1 12.500
106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda 12.500
106-205 Indigenous Histories in Film 2 12.500
107-077 Television and Commodity Culture 1 12.500
110-311 Mass Media in Indonesia 1 12.500
136-073 Critical Theories 2 12.500
136-209 Intimacy and Technology 2 12.500
166-038 Indigenous Rights: Land and Heritage 12.500
191-315 Crime and Culture 12.500
740-300 In the Groove 12.500

Links School of Culture and Communication http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/