School of Culture & Communication Cultural Studies

Cultural Studies single subject study (Community Access Program)

Subjects offered by Cultural Studies are available to the general public through the Community Access Program (CAP). CAP study provides the perfect opportunity to study single subjects and explore an area of personal interest without assessment. Alternatively, you can enhance your academic record through successful completion of assessed CAP units.

The Faculty of Arts Community Access Program site provides information on subjects offered, applications, fees and enrolment.

Subjects

Not all subjects are offered every year. Subject titles are linked to the University of Melbourne Undergraduate Handbook for a full subject description.

Subject title and code Coordinator
Foundational subjects

First year

 
106-101 Culture, Media and Everyday Life Dr Fran Martin and Dr Audrey Yue
Core subjects

Second/third year

 
102-211 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity Dr Sara Wills (Australian Studies)
106-009 Media Histories Dr Chris Healy
106-014 Hong Kong Cinema Dr Audrey Yue
106-022 City Cultures Assoc Prof Nikos Papastergiadis
106-036 Postmodernism To be advised
106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda Assoc Prof David Bennett
106-057 From Rock to Rave: Cultural Formations To be advised
106-063 Aboriginal Cultural Studies Philip Morrissey
106-220 Popular Culture To be advised
106-226 Lifestyle and Consumer Culture To be advised
107-077 Television and Commodity Culture Dr Felicity Colman (Screen Studies)
107-079 Sex and the Cinema: The Gendered Screen Prof Barbara Creed (Screen Studies)
107-240 World Screen: Aesthetics and Politics Dr Felicity Colman
107-258 Game Studies, Entertainment and Cityscape Assoc Prof Angela Ndalianis
121-017 Society and Environments Dr Fraser MacDonald (Geography)
121-228 Space, Power, Culture Rachel Hughes (Geography)
131-071 Museums, Objects, Spectacles Prof Kate Darian-Smith (History)
136-073 Critical Theories Dr John Rundell (Social Theory)
136-209 Intimacy and Technology Dr Michael Arnold (History and Philosophy of Science)
   
Third year core subjects  
106-367 Gender, Sexuality & Culture Dr Fran Martin
106-369 Sports, Entertainment and the Media Philip Morrissey
106-370 Asian Screen Cultures Dr Audrey Yue
106-012 Television Cultures To be advised
106-368 Contemporary Cultural Theory Dr Chris Healy
110-311 Mass Media in Indonesia Dr A Heryanto
740-300 Into the Groove To be advised
   

Second/third year elective subjects

102-210 From Mateship to Mardi Gras Australian Studies
106-035 Genre Fiction/Popular Fiction English Literary Studies
107-076 Contemporary Hollywood Cinema Screen Studies
107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art Art History
107-046 Australian Art: 1968 to Now Art History
107-262 History and Theory of Photography Art History
121-026 The Mobile World: Migration and Tourism Geography
121-211 Landscape and Visual Culture Geography
131-024 The Body: History, Sex & Gender History
131-223 Making News: Making Histories History
131-230 Resisting Colonialism: Australia-Pacific History
136-205 Cybersociety History and Philosophy of Science
166-038 Indigenous Rights: Land and Heritage Political science
166-230 On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies Political science
136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory Social theory
740-341 Music Cultures of Asia Faculty of Music
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