Courses Handbook 2010

307000 v.3 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
301011 v.2   Cultures, Identities, Texts 111 3.0 25.0
311924 v.1   Narrating Selves 101 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 1 Semester 2
301012 v.4   Reading Cultural Representations 110 3.0 25.0
301028 v.4   Fantasy and Cultural Representation 121 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
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 2 Semester 2
2590 v.10   Moving Words 211 3.0 25.0
2591 v.10   Narrative and Culture 210 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
301015 v.3   Cultures, Identities, Texts 311 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
301016 v.2   Cultures, Identities, Texts 312 3.0 25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 1
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Year 4 Semester 2
  SELECT 1 ELECTIVE   25.0
  SELECT 1 OPTION   25.0
  50.0
Optional Units (No Year Level Specified) Hrs/Wk Credit
310208 v.2   Literary and Cultural Studies 311 - Women in Performance 3.0 25.0
310210 v.3   New Media Narratives 310 3.0 25.0
310211 v.2   Literary and Cultural Studies 315 - Imagined Spaces 3.0 25.0
310212 v.2   Literary and Cultural Studies 316 - Bad Subjects 3.0 25.0
310213 v.2   Literary and Cultural Studies 317 - Masculinities 3.0 25.0
N1      Only a selection of option units will be available in each semester.
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