These topics are examined through practical demonstrations and exercises, as well as through lectures, tutorials and directed reading. The undergraduate course is designed to allow a 33 unit major, and students taking the Screen Studies major can also take additional elective topics in production. All undergraduate topics are semester-based, with a value of 4.5 units in First Year and 6 units in Second and Third Years. Second Year topics build on and extend First Year work in topics on Hollywood cinema, Australian Cinema and the idea of national culture, Television Texts and Contexts, and Concepts in Screen Theory. Third Year topics are taught by lecture and seminar.
Staff typically teach material related to their research specialisations.
Production Topics Production topics introduce students to the craft of video and film making. Workshops offer instruction in script writing, directing, producing, cinematography, sound recording and editing. The undergraduate topics emphasise the importance of creative collaboration in film making and aim to develop team and specialist crew skills. Honours students can produce a major work on digital video or 16mm film. Production topics are available only as electives.