Subject Descriptions - Subject List
Calendar: 2017 Undergraduate
Faculty: Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts
Department: School of the Arts, English and Media
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| 100-Level Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Availability |
| BCM 110 | Introduction to Communication and Media Studies | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; SIM/Sin/On /Class 1; SIM/Sin/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 111 | International Media and Communication | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 112 | Convergent Media Practices | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACS101 | Contemporary Creative Practice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACS102 | Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW100 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW101 | Writing Foundation: Prose Fiction and Non-fiction | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW102 | Writing Foundation: Poetic and Dramatic | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW103 | Editing Foundation | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW104 | Text and Context | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD190 | Design Principles | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS101 | Music Skills 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS102 | Music Skills 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS103 | Introduction to Audio Production | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS104 | Introduction to Music Production | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA111 | Stage Management | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA112 | Introduction to Lighting and Sound | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF101 | Performance Skills 1: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF102 | Performance Skills 2: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF111 | Stagecraft 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF112 | Stagecraft 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA101 | Visual Foundation 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA102 | Visual Foundation 2 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA103 | Visual Foundation 3 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA104 | Visual Foundation 4: Studio Practice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA111 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop A | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA112 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop B | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA113 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop C | 6 | Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA123 | Australian Aboriginal Arts | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA124 | Introduction to Photography 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA125 | Introduction to Photography 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA126 | Introduction to Photography Intensive | 6 | Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL120 | An Introduction to Literature and Film | 6 | Aut/Sou/On /Class 1; Aut/Sho/On /Class 1; Aut/Bat/On /Class 1; Aut/Beg/On /Class 1; Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL131 | Australian Fiction and Film | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Beg/On /Class 1; Spr/Sho/On /Class 1; Spr/Bat/On /Class 1; Spr/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL101 | Media Reporting and Storytelling 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL102 | Convergent Media Reporting and Production | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| LHA 102 | Dean's Scholars Seminar | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| MEDA101 | Introduction To Media Arts | 6 | Aut/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| MEDA102 | Computational Media | 6 | Spr/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| 200-Level Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Availability |
| BCM 206 | Global Networks | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 207 | Digital Dissent | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 210 | Research Practices in Media and Communication | 8 | CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; INT/INT/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 212 | Research Practices in Media and Communication | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 222 | Global Media and Social Justice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 232 | Global Media and Social Justice | 8 | CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 240 | Media, Audience, Place | 8 | CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; INT/INT/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 241 | Media, Audience, Place | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 288 | Transnational Media and Culture Industries | 8 | CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 289 | Transnational Media and Culture Industries | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW201 | Poetic Studio | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW202 | Dramatic Studio | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW203 | Narrative Studio | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW231 | Writing, Representation and Power | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW232 | Writing and Critical Theory | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD201 | Graphic Design Studio 1 - Typography | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD202 | Graphic Design Studio 2 - Visual Communication | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD203 | Graphic Design Studio 3 - Design Innovation | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD231 | Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD232 | Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD290 | Design Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS201 | Music Studio 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS202 | Music Studio 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS203 | Recording Studio | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS231 | Critical Studies in Music 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS232 | Critical Studies in Music 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAOS201 | Social Intersections | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAOS202 | Word and Image | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAOS203 | Video | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAOS204 | Sound Design | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAOS205 | New Documentary | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAOS206 | User Interface Design for Mobile Technologies | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA211 | Technical Theatre: Production 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA212 | Technical Theatre: Production 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA216 | Lighting | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF201 | Performance Skills 3: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF202 | Performance Skills 4: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF203 | Generative Performance Skills 1 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF205 | Theatre Techniques | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAPF211 | Performance Production 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF212 | Performance Production 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF213 | Performance Project | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAPF215 | Scene-work 1: Engaging with Text | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF216 | Scene-work 2: Form and Genre | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF221 | Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF222 | Theatre Studio: Methodologies | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF231 | Contemporary Theatre and Text | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF232 | Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA201 | Visual Arts Studio 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA202 | Visual Arts Studio 2 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA203 | Visual Arts Studio 3 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA211 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop D | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA212 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop E | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA213 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop F | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAVA224 | Advanced Photography 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA225 | Advanced Photography 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA226 | Advanced Photography Intensive | 6 | Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA231 | Visual Art, Modernism and the Avant-garde | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA232 | Contemporary Indigenous Art: Theory and Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC202 | Global Networks | 8 | CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC210 | Digital Dissent | 8 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL271 | The Romantics | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL272 | Introduction to Poetry | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL273 | Text and Transformation | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL274 | Victorians | 6 | Spr/Bat/On /Class 1; Spr/Beg/On /Class 1; Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Sho/On /Class 1; Spr/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL275 | US Literature | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Beg/On /Class 1; Aut/Bat/On /Class 1; Aut/Sho/On /Class 1; Aut/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL276 | Dreams and Visions in Literature and Film | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL277 | Literatures of Migration, Displacement and Refuge | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Sou/On /Class 1; Aut/Beg/On /Class 1; Aut/Sho/On /Class 1; Aut/Bat/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL278 | Scrolls Books and Blogs: The History of Books and Readers | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Bat/On /Class 1; Spr/Sou/On /Class 1; Spr/Sho/On /Class 1; Spr/Beg/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL279 | Exploring Popular Literature | 6 | Sum/Sho/On /Class 1; Sum/Beg/On /Class 1; Sum/Bat/On /Class 1; Sum/Sou/On /Class 1; Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL201 | Media Reporting and Storytelling 2 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL202 | Media Editing and Production Practice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL203 | Audio Journalism Production 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL204 | Video Journalism Production 1 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL211 | Advocacy Journalism | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| JRNL212 | Magazine and Lifestyle Journalism | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL250 | Professional Writing 1 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| MEDA201 | Time, Space & Data | 6 | Aut/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| MEDA202 | System, Play & Interaction | 6 | Spr/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| 300-Level Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Availability |
| BCM 300 | Digital Game Cultures | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 302 | Digital Communication Practice: Final Project | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 310 | Emerging Issues in Media & Communication | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; INT/INT/On /Class 1; CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 311 | Advanced Seminar in Media and Communication | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 312 | Emerging Issues in Media & Communication | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 313 | Advanced Seminar in Media and Communication | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 320 | Digital Asia | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 322 | Global Media Interventions | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 325 | Cybercultures | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 330 | Australian Content, Global Context | 8 | Sum/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 331 | Australian Content, Global Context | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 332 | Global Media Interventions | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 333 | Hollywood and Beyond: Screen Genres in Global Context | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 390 | Media, War and Peace | 8 | Not Available in 2017 |
| BCM 391 | Media, War and Peace | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CACS301 | Professional Practice | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACS302 | Creative Arts Internship | 6 | Spr/Wol/Fle/Class 1; Ann/Wol/Fle/Class 1; Aut/Wol/Fle/Class 1; Spr/Wol/Fle/Class 1; |
| CACS331 | Contemporary Theory and Research Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACS332 | Dean's Scholars Contemporary Theory and Research Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW301 | Writing Across Borders | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW302 | Advanced Editing for Publication | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CACW303 | Genre and Form | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CACW390 | Creative Writing Major Project | 12 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD301 | Graphic Design Studio 4 - Design Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD302 | Advanced Design for Publication | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAGD331 | New Media and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD332 | Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAGD390 | Graphic Design Major Project | 12 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS301 | Music Studio 3 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS331 | Music and Culture | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAMS390 | Music Major Project | 12 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA311 | Technical Theatre: Production 3 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPA317 | Design for Installations, Performance and Events | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAPA318 | Lighting Design | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF301 | Performance Skills 5: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF303 | Generative Performance Skills 2 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF305 | Theatre Workshop | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAPF311 | Performance Production 3 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF315 | Scene-work 3 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF316 | Scene-work 4 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF321 | Producing for Live Performance | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAPF331 | Theory and Practice of Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF333 | Political Dramaturgy | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAPF390 | Major Performance Production | 12 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA301 | Visual Arts Workshop | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA311 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop G | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA312 | Visual Arts Studio Workshop H | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAVA324 | Advanced Photography 3 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA325 | Advanced Photography 4 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA331 | Contemporary Artworlds | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA332 | Globalisation and Contemporary Art | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CAVA361 | Curatorial Practices | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CAVA390 | Visual Arts Major Project | 12 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC302 | Digital Communication Practice: Final Project | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC310 | Digital Game Cultures | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC330 | Digital Asia | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; CCC/UOW/On /Class 1; |
| DIGC335 | Cybercultures | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL300 | Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL312 | Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL337 | Sex, Power, and Chivalry - Medieval to Modern Literature | 8 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL338 | The Modernists | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL339 | Transnational Indigenous Literatures | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL340 | Special Topic in English Literature | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL357 | Sex, Power, and Chivalry - Medieval to Modern Literature | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL360 | Desiring Bodies: Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film | 8 | Spr/Bat/On /Class 1; Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Spr/Sho/On /Class 1; Spr/Beg/On /Class 1; Spr/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL361 | The Modernists | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL377 | Social Justice and Children's Literature | 8 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL378 | Special Topic in English Literature | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL379 | Desiring Bodies: Gender & Sexuality in Literature & Film | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL380 | Postmodern American Fictions & Theory: Transatlantic Approach | 8 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Sho/On /Class 1; Aut/Beg/On /Class 1; Aut/Bat/On /Class 1; Aut/Sou/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL381 | Animals and Ecology in Literature and Film | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL382 | Social Justice and Children's Literature | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| ENGL383 | Contemporary Fiction and Film | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| JRNL301 | Data Journalism Research and Investigation | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL302 | Narrative Portfolio | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL303 | Journalism Newsroom | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL304 | Journalism Internship | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL305 | Journalism Professional Practice | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL306 | Issues in Journalism | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL311 | Narrative Non-Fiction | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| JRNL313 | Podcasting and Audio Journalism Production 2 | 6 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL314 | Video Journalism Production 2 | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL315 | Journalism Project | 6 | Spr/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| JRNL350 | Professional Writing 2 | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| JRNL360 | Convergent Newsroom Practice | 6 | Not Available in 2017 |
| MEDA301 | Media Arts Workshop | 6 | Aut/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| MEDA302 | Media Arts Project | 6 | Spr/Inn/On /Class 1; |
| Honours Subjects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Availability |
| BCM 470 | Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies Honours | 12 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| BCM 472 | Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies Joint Honours | 12 | Not Available in 2017 |
| CREA401 | Minor Thesis in Creative Arts | 24 | Ann/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| CREA402 | Creative Arts Presentation | 24 | Ann/Wol/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL470 | English Honours | 12 | Aut/Wol/On /Class 1; Aut/Beg/On /Class 1; Aut/Sho/On /Class 1; |
| ENGL472 | Combined Honours in English | 12 | Not Available in 2017 |