ATS2529 Australian film and television: Local and global
Faculty of Arts
ATS2529 Australian film and television: Local and global is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2022. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2023 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2529
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2529
No unit lists ATS2529 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units. It is highly recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed at least one second-year level unit in Film and screen studies.
Prohibition: ATS3529
Overview
This unit enables students to critically evaluate notions of nationalism in Australian Film and Television. Initially, the course will explore traditional theoretical constructions of nationalism before considering the contemporary reconfiguring of nationalism. This reconfiguring will be performed in relation to discourses such as policy arrangements in relation to political machinations, auteur constructions, traditions of landscape cinema, race relations, multiculturalism, beach culture, the social, globalism, marketing, distribution, gender and criticism. The unit will employ feature, documentary and short film and television examples as well as contemporary and archival audio-visual texts.
Offerings in 2022
The 2022 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2529.
Assessment
- MultimediaMixed mode20%
- Research proposalResearch assignment15%
- Essay40%
- In-class TestIn class test25%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Examine a range of film and television texts as representations of Australian national experience;
- 2
Explain the place of the Australian film and television industries in relation to theories of globalization;
- 3
Analyse the impact of government policy and further economic and political constraints on the national film and television industries;
- 4
Analyse texts in relation to contemporary reformulations of nationalism;
- 5
Critically engage with written and visual texts in a clear and confident manner in both written and oral presentation.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2529 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2022 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Deane Williams
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Deane Williams
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2529?
ATS2529 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2529 offered?
ATS2529 has no offerings listed in the 2022 handbook.
How much work is ATS2529?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2529 have an exam?
No. ATS2529 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2529?
ATS2529 is part of Film and screen studies; and Screen.