Please note - Swinburne University of Technology

Students should note that in first year, semester two, AA107
and AA110 are each worth two semester subjects toward
their degree subject total and that AA311 is a full-year
subject (equivalent value 1 semester subject).
An honours program in ltalian is available and M.A. and
Ph.D. programs by research and thesis in ltalian are currently
being offered. A double degree Bachelor of
Business/Bachelor of Arts (Italian) is also available.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
MI02 Understanding ltaly
AAl06 Advanced ltalian 1A or AA109 ltalian 1X
AA107 Advanced Italian 1 B or AA110 ltalian 1Y
Stage 2
AA205 The European Community
AA206 Advanced ltalian 2A or AM09 ltalian 2X
,44207 Advanced ltalian 2B or AA2lO ltalian 2Y
AA208 Twentieth Century European Literature and
Thought
Stage 3
AA306 Advanced Italian 3A or AA309 ltalian 3X
AA307 Advanced ltalian 38 or AA310 ltalian 3Y
AA308 ltalian Business Practice
2 AA312 European Community 2
AA313 Contemporary Italy
3 Media, Literature and Film
0, Literature
The literature major is designed to provide students with the
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opportunity to consider literary works from a variety of
historical periods, ranging from the Renaissance to the
Twentieth Century, and to explore the implications of cultural
diversity in the literary traditions of Australia, America and
post-colonial countries. In addition, the subjects offered are
designed to encourage students to think critically about
larger concepts beyond individual literary texts, such as the
development of contemporary literary and critical theory, and
the ways in which literature, as a form of communication,
functions to give meaning to our experience and the world
we live in.
A literature major consists of either Nineteenth or Twentieth
Century literature at stage one, followed by a combination of
any two of: Contemporary Australian Writing; Reading,
Writing and Criticism; and American Literature at stage two,
and three of the following stage three subjects, Nineteenth
Century Australian Literature, Twentieth Century Australian
Literature, Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Literature of the United
States, and Renaissance Literary Culture.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
AL100 Twentieth Century Literature
AL101 Ninteenth Century Literature
Stage 2
AL202 Contemporary Australian Writing
AL204 Reading, Writing and Criticism
AL205 American Literature
Stage 3
AL302 Australian Literature 19th Century
AD03 Australian Literature - 20th Century
AL304 Cross-cultural Perspectives
AL305 Literature of the United States
AL306 Renaissance Literary Culture
Media Studies
The approach in media studies is essentially analytical and
critical, although students can acquire hands-on skills in publishing
and radio production during the later stages of the
course.
The course is arranged in two streams. The first stream,
introduced by AM102, is concerned with textual analysis,
cultural studies and critical theory, focusing mainly on film
and TV After completing AM 102, students taking this
stream may choose two semester subjects from AM203,
AM205, AM206 and AM207. They may then choose three
from AM300, AM302, AM303, AM306 and AM309. The
second stream, introduced by AM 103, concentrates on the
media as a social institution, covering media ownership and
regulation, the history of broadcasting and the role of
telecommunications in contemporary society. After
completing AM102, students taking this stream may choose
two semester units from AM202, AMZ05. AM206 and
AM207. They may then choose three from AM302, AM303,
AM306, AM307 and AM309.
Whilst planning of streams is desirable, students need only
one stage one subject, either AM 102 or AM1 03, as a
prerequisite for stage two.
Students wishing to select later year subjects from both
streams, rather than specialising in one, should complete
both stage one prerequisites (AM 102 and AM 103). The
hands-on production subjects are available to students in
both streams.
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
AM102 Media & Meanings: An Introduction
AM103 Broadcast Media: Issues & Accountability
Stage 2
AM202 The Fifth Estate: New Media
AM203 Popular Culture
AM205 Special Issues in Media
AM206 Making News - The Theory & Practice of
Journalism
AM207 Cultural Representation in Australia
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AM204 Media and Australian Society)
Stage 3
AM300 Cinema Studies
AM302 Radio Production & Criticism A
AM303 Radio Production & Criticism B
AM306 Professional Attachment Program
AM307
AM309
Information Society: Promises & Policies
Community Press: Process and Production
(Not available to students who have previously
passed AM308 Local Press, Production & Fblitics)
Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry
The subjects offered by philosophy and cultural inquiry draw
on the traditional disciplines of philosophy, the history of
ideas, and the history and philosophy 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 from a contemporary
perspective.
In addition to opening up new peapectives 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