Popular Screen Cultures

Undergraduate | 2026

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Area/Catalogue
MDIA 2012
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Course ID
201037
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
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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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Corequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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