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FILMSCRN07 Film and screen studies

Faculty of Arts

Film and screen studies (FILMSCRN07) is a major worth 48 credit points, listing 21 units, taught at Clayton and Caulfield. It is offered in 2 courses: Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Liberal Arts.

Credit points
48
Units
21
Campus
Clayton, Caulfield
Offered in
2 courses

The 2027 handbook has no page for FILMSCRN07. This is its 2026 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

The Film and Screen Studies program focuses on critical approaches to the study of film, television, and digital screen cultures, including streaming platforms. 

The major emphasises a range of critical, theoretical, and practical methods that will help you understand a broad range of screen cultures. These include questions of ideology, representation and politics (for example, of diversity, gender, race, and sexuality), from historical and contemporary perspectives. You will explore film and screen texts from different national and international contexts, including Asia, Europe, Australia, and the United States, and examine popular genres, documentary, and online and digital screen media. You will learn about technologies, industries and institutions, including how film festivals and streaming platforms produce, distribute, and exhibit screen media. 

By studying this major you will have a better understanding of the important role screen cultures play in our everyday lives, and you will be equipped with the skills to confidently participate across film, television, and online screen industries.

Availability
Film and screen studies is listed in A2000 Bachelor of Arts at Caulfield and Clayton as a major and a minor, and in A0502 Diploma of Liberal Arts at Caulfield and Clayton as a major.

Structure

Rules
No more than 12 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the major and at least 18 credit points must be at Level 3.
Level 1 gateway units12 credit points
Level 2 cornerstone units6 credit points
Level 3 capstone units6 credit points
Level 2 and 3 elective units24 credit points

Courses that offer it

Learning outcomes

In addition to achieving the broad outcomes of your course, and successfully completing this area of study, you will be able to:
  1. 1

    critically engage with contemporary and historical practices of cinema and television theory and criticism;

  2. 2

    identify and evaluate screen theory and scholarly debates in relation to contemporary and historical screen media examples and methods, including digital cultures;

  3. 3

    analyse the relationship between moving image culture, such as film and television, and social contexts.

Contacts

Academic Coordinators
Dr Constantine Verevis

Common questions

Which courses offer Film and screen studies?

2 courses in 2026: Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Liberal Arts.

What units are in Film and screen studies?

It lists 21 units, including ATS1304, ATS1305, ATS2202, ATS2220, ATS2257, ATS2290, ATS2311 and ATS2327. The structure above shows which are required and which you choose.

Major details

Type
Major
Study level
Undergraduate
Credit points
48
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
School of Media, Film and Journalism
Handbook years
202120222023202420252026