UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

ATS3291 Crime scenes: Interrogating societies through crime narratives

Faculty of Arts

ATS3291 Crime scenes: Interrogating societies through crime narratives is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate 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
4 tasks
Workload
144 hours
per semester

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Before ATS3291

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After ATS3291

No unit lists ATS3291 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Must have completed 12 points of level 2 Arts units

Overview

Crime narratives (fiction, TV and film) are among the most popular and dynamic genres in Europe and beyond. This unit explores how crime genres interrogate important issues, including history and memory, gender, sexuality, identity, truth and justice, environmentalism, and transnationalism.

Offerings in 2025

The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3291.

Assessment

  • Presentation
    20%
  • Exercise/sExercise
    10%
  • Analytical exerciseArtefact
    30%
  • Creative task + ExegesisWritten
    40%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    describe the codes and conventions of the crime genre;

  2. 2

    critically examine the connection between the crime fiction genre and evolving historical, political, theoretical, legal and socio-cultural contexts;

  3. 3

    analyse and compare primary works of crime narratives (short stories, novels, films, TV series) from different cultural contexts in translation;

  4. 4

    research, develop and confidently communicate a critical argument through class discussion and written and visual work;

Workload and teaching

  • Lectures12 hours
  • Tutorials27 hours
  • Teaching approachCase-based teaching
  • Teaching approachResearch activities
  • Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
  • Teaching approachActive learning
  • Teaching approachProblem-based 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.

This unit includes case-based teaching, where students apply their knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but students need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.

This unit allows students to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.

This unit engages students in enquiry-based learning, where they will be encouraged to use their own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.

This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.

This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where students engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.

Learning resources

Required resources

There are required texts for this unit. Required texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore (https://www.monash.edu/retail/books-and-merchandise-store/Textbooks) and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library (https://www.monash.edu/library).

Where it fits

ATS3291 is part of 5 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Associate Professor Stewart King
Chief Examiners
Associate Professor Stewart King

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ATS3291?

ATS3291 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is ATS3291 offered?

ATS3291 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

How much work is ATS3291?

The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does ATS3291 have an exam?

No. ATS3291 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.

Which majors and minors include ATS3291?

ATS3291 is part of European languages and Literary studies.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Arts
Organisational unit
European Languages
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 1
Study abroad
Available
Handbook years
2021202220232024202520262027