Disciplines and areas of study
Cinema studies
Program Coordinator: Dr Felicity Collins.
All cinema studies students should enrol with the assistance of a cinema studies adviser of studies.
Programs of study
Students who wish to satisfy the degree requirements by taking a major in cinema studies must take at least 130 credit points, including at least 30 credit points of cinema studies at first year level, 40 credit points of cinema studies at second year level and 60 credit points of cinema studies at third year level.
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| First year units (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Screen Analysis | CST1IFA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Screenplay Analysis 1,3 | CST1SCA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Screen Narrative1 | CST1SNT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Screenwriting3 | CST1ITS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Making Sense of the Movies | CST1MSM |
| Second year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Storytelling and the Cinema | CST2SAC |
| Second or third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Advanced Screenwriting | CST2ADS/CST3ADS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Australian Cinema | CST2CAC/CST3CAC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Cinema and Sexuality | CST2CAS/CST3CAS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Comedy1 | CST2COM/CST3COM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Contemporary Italian Cinema1 | CST2CIC/CST3CIC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Documentary Cinema1 | CST2DOC/CST3DOC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Experimental Cinema | CST2ALC/CST3ALC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Gender and Spectatorship1 | CST2GSP/CST3GSP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Image and Industry: Australian television | MST2IAI/MST3IAI |
| TE-SEM-1 | New Media and Society | MST2NMS/MST3NMS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Screenplay as Narrative Form | CST2SCN/CST3SCN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Animated Film1 | CST2ANF/CST3ANF |
| TE-SEM-2 | Contemporary World Cinema | CST2CFI/CST3CFI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Digital Media Cultures | MST2DMC/MST3DMC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Film Noir: alienation and darkness in the cinema | CST2FNO/CST3FNO |
| TE-SEM-2 | Genre Studies | CST2GES/CST3GES |
| TE-SEM-2 | History of Film and Film Thought1 | CST2HFT/CST3HFT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Hollywood Cinema | CST2CLH/CST3CLH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Media and the Spectacular | MST2MAS/MST3MAS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Melodrama and Morality1 | CST2MEM/CST3MEM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Screen Criticism | CST2FCR/CST3FCR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Violence and Cinema1 | CST2VAC/CST3VAC |
| Third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Creative Industry Research3 | CST3CIP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A2 | CST3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Video Practice | CST3VID |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B2 | CST3RCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Script Development | CST3SED |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
- 2 Special prerequisite. See the unit description at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.
- 3 Only available to students in Bachelor of Creative Arts.
Honours
To apply for entry to honours following completion of the degree, a student is normally expected to have completed at least 130 credit points of cinema studies units with an average mark of 70% or better. Application does not guarantee a place in the honours year, selection for which is based upon recommendations of lecturers and the Program’s ability to provide adequate supervision.
Honours students are required to complete 60 credit points of coursework at fourth year level, including CST4IAM Issues and Methods, taken at its earliest availability. In addition, an honours student is expected to submit a 12000 to 15000-word thesis on a topic approved by the Program and is entitled to an oral examination on the thesis. There is some possibility for an honours thesis to involve practical or production work. Enquiries should be directed to the Honours Coordinator.
A full description of CST units (including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites, and readings) appears below. For the most recent descriptions of all units, please access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.