1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

the opportunity to examine the implications of a global
culture increasingly dominated by new electronic writing
technologies, such as hypertext and multimedia.
A Literature major consists of ALM104 Texts and
Contexts at stage one, followed by a combination of any
two of AL202 Contemporary Australian Writing, AL204
Reading, Writing and Criticism and AL205 American
Literature at stage two, and three of the following stage
three subjects, AL304 Cross-Cultural Perspectives, AL305
Australian Literature, AL306 Renaissance Literary Culture
and AL308 Electronic Writing.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
ALM104 Texts and Contexts
M102 Nature and the Machine Age: Pre and Post
Industrial Culture in Nineteenth Century
Literature
2 ALM104 Texts and Contexts
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Stage 2
a .L202 Contemporary Australian Writing
E M204 Reading, Writing and Criticism
F Stage 3
2. AL304 Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Q AL307 Australian Literature
" AL306 Renaissance Literary Culture
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ALM310 Electronic Writing
ALM312 Literature Project
Q Media Studies
g The approach in Media Studies is essentially analytical and
critical, although students can acquire hands-on skills in
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c. publishing, electronic writing and radio production during
the later stages of the course.
Students doing a media major need to complete one stage
one media subject ALM104 Text and Contexts. Students
are also encouraged to consider taking AM105 The Media
in Australia. At stage two students doing the media major
need to complete two media subjects - AM203, AM208 or
AM209. At stage 3 students must complete three media
subjects for a media major and they can choose from
AM300, AM302, AM306, AM311 or AM312. Students
intending to take the media major are advised to read the
prerequisites for each media subject to enable them to
undertake later stage media subject.
Enrolment into AM306, which is applicable to both
streams, is based on selection from applicants at the end of
first semester.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
ALM104 Texts and Contexts
AM105 The Media in Australia
Stage 2
AM208 New Media: The Telecommunications
Revolution
AM203 Popular Culture
AM205 Special Issues in Media (not offered in 1996)
AM207 Cultural Representation in Australia (not
offered in 1996)
Stage 3
ALM310 Electronic Writing
ALM312 Media Project
AM300 Cinema Studies
AM302 Radio Production and Criticism
AM306 Professional Attachment Program
AM311 Information Society: A Global Perspective
Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry
The subjects offered in Philoso hy and Cultural Inquiry draw
on the traditional disciplines o P philosophy, the history of
ideas, and the history and of science. They are
designed to introduce students to the techniques of
philosophical inquiry and analysis, and to some of the
important cultural and intellectual developments which have
shaped our lives and the way we see ourselves in relation to
the world. Many of the subjects give particular emphasis to the
interrelationships between science, technology and culture,
both from a historical and a contemporary perspective.
In addition to opening up new perspectives on our lives
and our culture, philosophical inquiry develops practical
skills in critical and creative thinking, reasoning and
argument, and conceptual analysis. These skills not only
play an important part in complementing studies in other
subject areas, but are also of great value in both
professional and personal life.
A major in Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry comprises
one semester subject at stage one, two semester subjects at
stage two, three semester subjects at stage three.
Some of the subjects offered below also may be used to
construct majors in Australian Studies, Cultural Studies, or
European Studies. Note, however, that students may not
double-count subjects for two majors. For example, if
AH204 Philosophy of Culture is counted as part of a major
in Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry, it cannot at the same
time be counted as part of a major in Cultural Studies.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
AHlOO Introduction to Philosophy
AHlOl History of Ideas
AH102 Theories of the Universe
AH103 Critical Thinking
Stage 2
AH201 Mind, Language and Thought
AH203 Nature and Human Nature
AH204 Philosophy of Culture
AH205 Social Philosophy, Politics and Ethics
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AH200 Moral and Political Philosopb)
AH206 Society, Culture and Resources
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AH202 Technology and Society)
Stage 3
AH301 Rationality
AH306 Practical Ethics