12294 (v.3) MCA 693 - Commmunication and Cultural Studies Special Topic III

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

Prerequisite(s):

12293 (v.2) MCA 692 - Commmunication and Cultural Studies Special Topic II

Syllabus:

Urban(e) discourses - a study of the notion of the city in Western culture, with particular reference to the post-industrial city, and including the very recent phenomenon of 'conurbation'. Topics include the culture of the city, notions of pastoral as an urban discourse, the flaneur, the literature of the city (eg detective fiction, science fiction, fantasy fiction). Topics change from time to time.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

091500 Language and Literature (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

03 - Humanities

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*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

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