MFLMTVSC07 Film, television and screen studies
Faculty of Arts
Film, television and screen studies (MFLMTVSC07) is a major worth 48 credit points, listing 10 units, taught at Malaysia. It is offered in 1 course: Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences.
- Credit points
- 48
- Units
- 10
- Campus
- Malaysia
- Offered in
- 1 course
This is the 2023 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.
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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 A2006 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Malaysia as major and minor.
Structure
Level 1 gateway units12 credit points
Level 2 cornerstone units18 credit points
Level 3 capstone units18 credit points
Additional level 3 capstone unit
12 credit pointsCourses that offer it
Notes
Intending Honours students
If you are intending to enter Honours in this area of study you must have completed a major in the discipline, with a minimum of 24 credit points of study at level 3 to be eligible.
Learning outcomes
- 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 2023: Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences.