Popular Screen Cultures

Undergraduate | 2026

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Mode
Mode
Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
MDIA 2012
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Course ID
201037
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Campus
Adelaide City Campus East, Adelaide City Campus West, Magill
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
Communication and Journalism
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Course level
2
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
Discipline group A
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
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Note:
Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

Popular Screen Cultures introduces students to an array of popular culture sites and texts, offering an enhanced understanding of how the pleasure of engaging popular culture intersects with questions of gender, sexuality, race & ethnicity, class, age, and other sources of making sense of culture and identity.

Course learning outcomes

  • Identify and evaluate cultural readings of popular culture.
  • Relate concepts such as gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity and class to understandings of popular culture.
  • Structure a critically engaged argument in relation to popular culture.
  • Structure a critically engaged argument in relation to popular culture.

Prerequisite(s)

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Assessment

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Degree list
The following degrees include this course
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts majoring in Screen Studies