AMU1223 Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches
Faculty of Arts
AMU1223 Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 8 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
In this unit you will use key critical approaches developed within Film, Television and Screen Studies to better understand the aesthetic and political dimensions of moving image texts. While Film, Television and Screen Studies: Forms looks inwards, exploring moving images through reference to their internal formal properties and techniques, Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches, looks outwards, placing texts within their broader contexts. You will look at films, television shows and other types of screenbased media (such as online content) in relation to key theories, such as authorship, genre and ideology, and contexts such as history, society and politics. You will explore these topics through weekly screenings, which are examined in relation to a variety of critical approaches and draw on examples from diverse film and television genres, historical periods and national contexts.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Malaysia | On campus |
| October intake teaching period, Malaysia campus | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Video essayArtefact20%
- Online quizQuiz / Test10%
- Video essayArtefact20%
- Multimedia presentationPresentation40%
- Reflective writingWritten10%
- Analytical ExerciseExercise30%
- Digital ContentArtefact30%
- Multimedia PresentationPresentation40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the purpose and value of key film, television and screen studies approaches;
- 2
Apply film, television and screen studies approaches to the analysis of selected moving image texts;
- 3
Evaluate a range of critical approaches used within film, television and screen studies;
- 4
Analyse the role played by key social, historical and political contexts in shaping the meanings of films and/or television shows;
- 5
Plan and conduct written and audiovisual work that draws on film, television and screen studies approaches to critically analyse moving images
Workload and teaching
- Lectures36 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
AMU1223 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Agata Frymus
- Dr Chrishandra Sebastiampillai
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Agata Frymus
- Dr Chrishandra Sebastiampillai
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMU1223?
AMU1223 has no prerequisites.
When is AMU1223 offered?
In 2025, AMU1223 runs in Semester 2 at Malaysia.
How much work is AMU1223?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does AMU1223 have an exam?
No. AMU1223 has 8 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include AMU1223?
AMU1223 is part of Film, television and screen studies.