APG5455 Understanding the screen brain, AI and data futures
Faculty of Arts
APG5455 Understanding the screen brain, AI and data futures is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5455
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5455
No unit lists APG5455 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
Overview
This unit explores the mechanisms underpinning screen image perception and comprehension. By examining how our mind, brain and body work in tandem when engaging with the screen, it explains how the screen image moves viewers and to what effects. It covers aspects of narrative comprehension, image decoding, an embodied sense of movement, absorption and immersion, concluding by examining how artificial intelligence and machine learning might revolutionise screen media.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for APG5455.
Assessment
- MultimediaArtefact25%
- In class testsQuiz / Test30%
- EssayWritten45%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Investigate key ways in which screen images are perceived and comprehended;
- 2
Apply relevant key concepts in theories of screen perception and processing;
- 3
Analyse current developments in how film, media and data processing are being mobilised in global contexts;
- 4
Apply research skills to a case study in screen, brain and/or data futures.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials18 hours
- Lectures6 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.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Julia Vassilieva
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Julia Vassilieva
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5455?
APG5455 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5455 offered?
APG5455 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is APG5455?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does APG5455 have an exam?
No. APG5455 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.