Bachelor of Arts (Communication - Media and Cultural Studies)

Enrolment through

Bathurst Campus

Study mode

On campus

Normal course duration

Full-time 3 years (6 sessions)
Part-time 6 years (12 sessions)

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 192 subject points (normally equal to 24 subjects).

Course structure

Session 1 (Autumn)

• ART101 Introduction to Cultural Theory
• CLT105 Media Authorship and Production
• COM111 Professional Writing and Desktop Publishing
• One elective subject


Session 2 (Spring)

• CLT106 Methods for Studying Culture
• COM112 Digital Media
• One elective subject
• One option from Cultural Studies and Policy


Session 3 (Autumn)

• CLT202 Cultural and Social Policy
• CLT209 Media Languages and Cultures
• COM103 Media Production and Presentation
• One elective subject


Session 4 (Spring)

• COM216 Media, Audiences and Public Opinion
• Cultural Studies option
• Media Studies option
• One elective subject


Session 5 (Autumn)

• CLT306 Media and Public Policy
• Two options from Media Studies
• One option from Cultural Studies and Policy


Session 6 (Spring)

• CLT307 Constructing Cultural Studies
• One option from Media Studies
• One option from Cultural Studies and Policy
• One elective subject

Media Studies options

Students must select four subjects from the following:

Cultural Studies and Policy options

Students must select four subjects from the following*:

At least one from:

• CLT207 Gender, Sexuality and the Body
• CLT308 Reworking Popular Culture
• HST109 Representations of Childhood

At least one from:

• HST209 Public History
• CLT204 Gender, Ethnicity and Migration
• ANT302 Global Culture and Traversing the Wild
• ART302 Exhibitions

* Students must include at least one level three subject.

Elective subjects

Students choose five subjects from one of the following discipline areas:

English

Students must take five subjects including:

Level 1

At least one from:

• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• LIT113 Reading Australian Literature

Level 2

At least one from:

• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

Level 3

At least one from:

• LIT303 The English Novel from Austen to Lawrence
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study
• CLT308 Reworking Popular Culture

History

Students must five subjects including:

Level 1

At least one from:

• HST105 Australian Studies (History)
• HST109 Representations of Childhood

Level 2

At least one from:

• HST206 Modern Britain
• HST208 Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific
• HST209 Public History

Level 3

At least one from:

• HST305 Issues for Historians
• HST307 Applied History

Politics

Students must take the following subjects:
Level 1

• POL101 Australian Government and Politics
• POL104 Comparative Politics

Level 2

• POL202 Government, Business and the Environment
• POL302 International Politics

Level 3

• POL304 Issues in Australian Politics

Sociology

Students must take five subjects including:

• Level 1
• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC102 Social Inequality

At least one from:

Level 2

• SOC202 Sociology of Religion
• SOC203 Sociology of Youth
• SOC204 Family and Gender
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality

And at least one from:

Level 3

• SOC303 Sociological Theory
• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State
• SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society

Theatre Studies

Students must take five subjects selected from:

English/Theatre Studies

• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• ACT107 Modern Theatre
• ACT213 Theatre and Cultural Action
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study

or

• ACT310 Australian Theatre

English/Sociology

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• LIT113 Reading Australian Literature
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

English/History

• Australian
• HST105 History and Society (Australia)
• LIT113 Reading Australian Literature
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• LIT202 Contemporary Australian Writing
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Study
• Nineteenth Century Britain
• LIT111 Texts and Meanings
• HST206 Modern Britain
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• LIT218 `The Woman in Question' in Nineteenth Century England and America

or

• LIT303 From Austin to Lawrence
• LIT315 The Author in Context: Special Literary Subject

Sociology/Theatre Studies

• ACT107 Modern Theatre
• ACT213 Theatre and Cultural Action
• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• ACT310 Australian Theatre

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Sociology/Politics

• POL101 Australian Government and Politics
• SOC102 Social Inequality
• SOC212 Class: Images and Reality
• POL202 Government, Business and the Environment
• POL304 Issues in Australian Politics

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Sociology/History

Model One

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• SOC204 Family and Gender
• HST105 History and Society (Australia)
• HST209 Public History
• HST307 Applied History


Model Two

• SOC101 Introductory Sociology
• HST109 Representations of Childhood
• HST305 Issues for Historians
• SOC204 Family and Gender
• SOC314 Organisations, Culture and Society

or

• SOC306 Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

Inquiries

Course Coordinator
Dr Leonora Ritter
School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies
Telephone: (02) 6338 4347
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4401
Email: lritter@csu.edu.au