Courses
Master of Arts by Coursework in Cinema Studies – Melbourne (Bundoora) (AMAC)
Both fee-paying and Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) are available. Details of fees are provided with the application kit.
Duration
This course is one year to 18 months full-time, or two to three years part-time.
Admission requirements
Applicants are required to have completed a four year Honours degree, a Master of Arts (Preliminary) with at least an H2A result in Cinema, the Postgraduate Diploma in Cinema Studies with at least a B average, or an equivalent qualification.
Course requirements
Students enrolled in this program are required to pass 60 credit points of coursework in Cinema Studies or approved alternatives at fifth year level, including the unit Issues and Methods CST5IAM, if this unit has not already been taken. A 15,000-word minor thesis must be submitted on a topic approved by the Course Coordinator. All units are worth 20 credit points.
Fifth year units (20 credit points)
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Cinema and Cultural Diversity1 | CST5CCD |
| TE-SEM-1 | Film and Interpretation | CST5FAI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Issues and Methods | CST5IAM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A2 | CST5RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Film as Text: spatial poetics of cinema1 | CST5FAT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B2 | CST5RCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Single Film Research | CST5SFR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Video Project | CST4VID |
Key: 1 Not available in 2009.
2 Requires coordinator’s approval.
A full description of these 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 units, students should access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.