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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

307000 v.4 Literary and Cultural Studies Double Degree Major

Introduction

This major provides students with an understanding of the making and circulation of meaning within a culture. It pays particular attention to the construction of cultural values and how they are articulated through social and creative practice. Units focus on popular culture and everyday life, examining such things as identity and popular music and new media narratives.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
301012 v.4   Reading Cultural Representations 110 3.0 25.0
311922 v.1   Engaging in the Humanities 100 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 1 Semester 2
301028 v.4   Fantasy and Cultural Representation 121 3.0 25.0
311923 v.1   Making Meanings 103 3.0 25.0
  OR  
311924 v.1   Narrating Selves 101 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
12883 v.6   Consumers, Audiences, Publics and Users 212 2.0 25.0
2591 v.10   Narrative and Culture 210 3.0 25.0
  OR  
2590 v.10   Moving Words 211 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 2
10082 v.7   Popular Music and Identity 221 3.0 25.0
2664 v.10   Popular Fiction and the Social 220 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
310210 v.3   New Media Narratives 310 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
310224 v.2   Ecology and Culture 321 3.0 25.0
312283 v.1   Gender Studies 320 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 1
310209 v.3   Reading the City 311 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 2
9345 v.11   Screen Studies 311 4.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  50.0

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