11980 (v.5) Australian and Intercultural Studies 213

Area:

Department of Communication and Cultural Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

An interdisciplinary unit combining Cultural Studies and Film and Television Studies concepts in examining Australian television as a cultural practice and process. Students gain an understanding of the historical contexts in which Australian television programs were produced and broadcast, the principal issues addressed in broadcasting and cultural policy and the relationship between cultural production and national identity. Students utilise concepts relevant to textual analysis and television production to critically examine specific Australian programs and their viewing contexts, as well as issues relating to the future of television production in Australia.

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Field of Education:

100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

07 - Foreign Languages, Visual and Performing Arts

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External