BA and Bachelor of Art History and Curating - Film and Screen Studies in Caulfield East Australia | Monash University

This dynamic dual degree program serves as your gateway to an international career in creative and cultural arts. Situated alongside the prestigious Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), you'll collaborate with Australia's leading artists, art theorists, and cultural experts. Our Bachelor of Arts offers 40 diverse major and minor options spanning languages, social sciences, communications, political science, human rights, and international relations, allowing you to cultivate deep expertise in your chosen disciplines. Graduates receive two distinct degrees: either a Bachelor of Art History and Curating or a combined Bachelor of Fine Art and Bachelor of Arts. This comprehensive preparation enables you to excel in either field individually or blend both in your professional pursuits. The Art History and Curating specialization immerses you in art's historical context and cultural importance, offering practical experience in exhibition development and professional internships to hone curatorial skills. Career paths include: art historian, curator, independent artist, arts administrator, critic, writer, collection specialist, studio director, filmmaker, museum professional, creative entrepreneur, digital artist, UX designer, media producer, policy specialist, human rights advocate, and linguistics expert.

Film and screen studies explore cinematic and televisual forms through historical, analytical, and critical lenses, encompassing traditional and emerging media formats. The curriculum examines Australian, Asian, and European cinema, classic and modern Hollywood, avant-garde filmmaking, documentaries, Australian television, genre studies, digital media, and video production. This major employs diverse analytical frameworks including formal analysis, semiotics, psychoanalytic theory, institutional critique, audience reception studies, and cultural analysis. You'll investigate how ideology intersects with visual culture, examining representations of identity while exploring evolving relationships between traditional screen media and emerging technologies. Students are encouraged to complement film studies with related disciplines like media communications, sociology, history, literature, theater, performance studies, or foreign languages.