Diploma in Arts (Cinema Studies)

Cinema studies offers a comprehensive program of study which draws on established links with industry and the professional film community. The program is underpinned by theoretical and interpretive approaches to cinema, television and new entertainment technologies that will assist students in applying this knowledge in practical and professional frameworks. Students benefit directly from the opportunity to explore the creative and professional aspects of the cinematic arts at close range with film directors, organisers of film festivals and film distribution agencies. The academic staff are leaders in their fields and endeavour to provide new and unique approaches to interactive or on-line teaching. With a particular emphasis on viewing and analysis of film, video and television, screenings are an integral part of the program. Graduates of cinema studies find employment in a range of professional capacities and organisations such as film festivals, cinema complexes, the Australian Centre of the Moving Image, the Australian Film Institute, Film Victoria, and Screensound.

Cinema studies deals with the interpretation, history and theory of cinema, television, and new visual media such as computer games and theme park spaces. Subjects cover the areas of film history, Hollywood cinema, art cinemas, documentary, ethnographic film-making, Australian cinema, genre studies (horror, comedy, film noir, the love story, etc.), television, cross-media forms such as comic books, computer games and theme park attractions. Studies address theoretical issues of spectatorship, postmodernism, historical poetics, postcolonialism, gender, sexuality and the body. Cinema is one of the major visual and aesthetic forms of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Refer to http://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2008/105-AA

The Diploma in Arts (Cinema Studies) is only available to students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree course at the University of Melbourne. It consists of a three-year sequence of study, and adds one year to the duration of your degree.

Students must complete 12.5 points of first-year study and 87.5 points of study at second/third year. Alternatively, students who have completed appropriate background studies at first year may complete 100 points of second/third year cinema studies subjects.

First Year Subject

Second/Third Year Subjects

However, the University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. The Faculty Disability Contact Officer works with students, the University Disability Liaison Unit and teaching staff to assist students with their special requirements, with a particular focus on accommodations for in-class and examination assessment tasks. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability.