Melbourne,
VIC,
Australia
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Screen and Cultural Studies in Parkville Australia | The University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne
|
Parkville Australia
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
AUD
39,104
(c. USD27,544.86)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
A Bachelor of Arts (BA) provides a versatile way to explore humanities, social sciences, and languages at Australia's top-ranked university. Develop cross-disciplinary expertise, community leadership, and cultural understanding while gaining essential skills for today's dynamic global job market.
Screen and Cultural Studies is a dual-focus program allowing specialization in either field. This integrated curriculum examines film and mass media, screen history, global cinemas (Australian, Hollywood, European, and Asian), television, digital entertainment, avant-garde and documentary genres, gaming, internet culture, and cross-cultural representation. The program traces the evolution of film and cultural studies, exploring concepts like screen aesthetics, identity politics, media globalization, and narrative analysis. Students examine diverse media formats and cultural phenomena through multiple lenses, including consumer culture, subcultural movements, and critical race and gender studies. The curriculum investigates how cultural products intersect with power structures, economics, and modern society. Through cutting-edge instruction, students learn fresh methodologies for interpreting contemporary media. Faculty experts specialize in screen history, entertainment studies, identity politics, postcolonial theory, international cinema, cultural policy, and media evolution.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or an equivalent qualification.
This is information for applicants with recent secondary education (within the past two years)
Applicants are selected according to academic merit, in the form of the ATAR or notional ATAR calculated by the relevant Tertiary Admissions Centre. Courses which select primarily on ATAR will have minimum ATARs set in advance, and you can only be selected below this point if you have additional criteria to be considered.
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma - 31
IELTS total score of at least 6.5 in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.
TOEFL (internet-based): total score at of least 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading and 13 for listening.
TOEFL (paper-based): total score of at least 577 with a score of 4.5 in the Test of Written English.
Tuition
AUD
39,104