Undergraduate Program

Film Studies is a subject area of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is part of the School of Letters, Art and Media (SLAM).

Film Studies is an interdisciplinary program of study coordinated from the Department of Art History and Film Studies and students are able to study the history of cinema, film theory and criticism, film aesthetics and style as well as the relationship between film and other disciplines.

Film Studies units of study can be taken either as single units or as part of a major in film studies.

To hear more about why students study film, listen to our coordinators talk about film at a recent welcome day event.

Entry Requirements for Film Studies Major

The entry requirement for the major is18 junior credit points taken from Table A of the table of units of study, including at least 6 credit points from specified junior units.

For 2012 the specified junior units available are:

ARHT1002 Modern Times: Art and Film
ENGL1026 Constructing the Fictive Self

Although the minimum number of junior credit points for the pre-requisite is 6, students can complete both the above units if they wish.

Major

A major in Film Studies consists of at least 36 credit points at senior level which must include 24 credit points of CORE units of study and at least 12 credit points of ELECTIVE units of study.

For 2012 the CORE units available are:

• ARHT2652 From Silent to Sound Cinema
• ARHT2655 Modern Cinema: Modes of Viewing
• FILM2601 Cinema Today: Introducing Film Studies
• FILM2660 Cinema and the Digital Aesthetic

For 2012 the ELECTIVE units available are:

• ARIN2630 Digital Arts
• ARIN3640 Computer Games and Simulation
• ASLT2616 Australian Stage and Screen
• ASNS3618 Popular China
• CHNS3639 Chinese Cinema
• FRNC3690 French Political Cinema
• HSTY2608 European Film and History
• JPNS3675 Japanese Cinema
• MUSC2663 Survey of Film Music
• RLST2628 Religion and Film

Although the minimum number of senior credit points for the major is 36, students can count up to 60 senior credit points in Film Studies towards their degree.

Honours

An extra year of research-based study can be undertaken in the Honours year.
The prerequisite for Film Studies honours is a credit average in 48 senior credit points of Film Studies.
Further information regarding the Honours program is available here.

Summer School

The department offers undergraduate units of study as part of the University of Sydney Summer School.