ACF104 - Screening History

Unit details

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Year:

2020 unit information

Important Update:

Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.

Last updated: 2 June 2020

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Victoria Duckett
Cohort rule:

Students must be enrolled in the Associate Degree of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communication), Bachelor of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Business courses or one of the following combined courses: D303, D311, D312, D313, D317, D335, D347, D380, D385, D390 or D391

Previously:

ACM120, ALC106

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ACM120, ALC106

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour screening per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hours screening per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week equivalent

Content

This course introduces students to the history of screen culture. It highlights the interests that today shape the ways we interpret and understand our shared cinematic past. Topics explored include early cinema, film genres, feminist film, queer cinema, experimental film and transmedia. We use seminal films to explore these topics.

 

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit

At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Students will be able to give an account of the development of cinema; Students will be able to give a critical assessment of one or two film movements; and

Students will be able to understand basic critical approaches developed within Film Studies

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - A presentation task 1600 words or equivalent 40% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Online quiz 2 parts/sessions 800 words or equivalent 20% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Final essay 1600 words or equivalent 40% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ACF104.  Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.

Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

Unit Fee Information

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