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MFLMTVSC04 Film, television and screen studies

Faculty of Arts

Film, television and screen studies (MFLMTVSC04) is a major worth 48 credit points, listing 11 units, taught at Malaysia. It is offered in 1 course: Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences.

Credit points: 48
Units: 11
Campus: Malaysia
Offered in: 1 course

The 2027 handbook has no page for MFLMTVSC04. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.

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Overview

Film, television, and screen studies involves historical, textual and critical approaches to film and television, and related new screen technologies. The major covers Asian and European national cinemas, a range of directors and genres, early and contemporary cinema, film stardom and popular film and television genres.

Emphasis is given to a variety of historical, critical and theoretical methods of analysis appropriate to the study of the moving image, including formal, institutional, reception based and cultural studies approaches, consideration of issues relating to the intersection of ideology and culture, the representation of gender, race and class, and questions concerning the relations between film and television and new technologies.

Availability
Film, television, and screen studies is listed in the Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as major and minor.

Structure

Level 1 gateway units12 credit points

You must complete the following units

Level 2 cornerstone units12 credit points

You must complete the following units

Level 3 capstone units12 credit points

You must complete the following unit

AMU3127Stardom: Celebrity, society and powerNo reviews yet6 cp

Additional level 3 capstone unit

6 credit points

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

Additional film, television and screen studies12 credit points

You must complete 12 credit points from the following units, ensuring that at least three level 3 units within the major are completed.

AMU2146Digital screensNo reviews yet6 cp
AMU3555Film festivals: Exhibition, distribution and curatorship part 1No reviews yet6 cp
AMU3556Film festivals: Exhibition, distribution and curatorship part 26 cp
AMU3565Southeast Asian cinemaNo reviews yet6 cp
AMU3575Task force: Responding to global challengesNo reviews yet6 cp
AMU3744Workplace learning internshipNo reviews yet6 cp

Courses that offer it

A2006MajorBachelor of Arts and Social SciencesNo reviews yet

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
Analyse and evaluate the key concepts, theoretical perspectives and scholarly debates in film, television and screen theory
2
Apply key theoretical approaches of film, television and screen studies to contemporary and historical narrative and non-narrative forms of film, television and online screen media, and communicate findings in written, oral and audio-visual form
3
Critically engage with and reflect upon contemporary and historical practices of cinema and television criticism.

Contacts

Academic Coordinators: Dr Jonathan Driskell

Common questions

Which courses offer Film, television and screen studies?

1 course in 2021: Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences.

What units are in Film, television and screen studies?

It lists 11 units, including AMU1223, AMU1224, AMU2146, AMU2448, AMU2449, AMU3127, AMU3555 and AMU3556. 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
Handbook years: 2021