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Graduate Diploma in Cultural Studies GradDipCS
Postgraduate Coursework 2010

 

Application Closing Dates

 
Semester 1 Semester 2 Mid-Year Entry CRICOS
30 OCT 2009 30 APR 2010 Available 061297F
Late applications are considered, however priority will be given to applications received on time.

Duration

 
This qualification is normally completed in 1 year of full time study or up to 3 years part time.

Entry Requirements

 
A Bachelor degree in a relevant field in the humanities and social sciences. Candidates who do not hold a Bachelor degree may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate if they have completed courses of study at a satisfactory level, which may be deemed to be equivalent.

Completion Requirements

 
6 units of study (totalling 36 credit points) comprising 3 core units and 1 Methods unit of study, plus 2 electives (excluding dissertation units).

Units of Study

NB: 2010 Units of Study will be finalised in late September 2009 and available to view on this site in October. Any links below to the online Handbook are to 2009 listings and should be treated as a guide only. Please refer to the 2010 Handbook for additional units.
 
  SemPts
Core
GCST 6903 Debates in Cultural Studies 2 6
WMST 6902 Arguing the Point 1 6
Core Electives
GCST 5901 Sport, Media and Gendered Cultures 2 6
GCST 5902 Natures and Cultures of Bodies 1 6
GCST 5903 Teaching Society and Culture 2 6
GCST 5904 Youth; Idea, Image, Culture 11 6
GCST 5905 Identity, Place and Culture 2 6
GCST 5906 Cultural Studies Internship Placement 1,2,11,43 6
GCST 5907 Cultural Studies Internship Project 1,2,11,43 6
GCST 5909 Key Thinkers for Cultural Studies 1 6
GCST 6904 Asian Disaporic Cultural Studies 2 6
GCST 6905 Philosophy in the Feminine 1 6
WMST 6903 Gender, Media and Consumer Societies 1 6
WMST 6904 Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture 2 6
Elective
ARHT 6925 Cinematographic Performance 2 6
ARIN 6901 Network Society 1 6
ARIN 6902 Internet Cultures and Governance 1 6
ARTS 7000 Academic Communication for Postgraduates 1, 2 6
ASNS 6905 Asian Popular Culture 1 6
HSTY 6987 Writing the Past 1 6
ICLS 6901 Literary Comparison: History and Methods 1 6
ICLS 6902 Comparative Studies and Literary Debates 2 6
LNGS 7006 Cross-Cultural Communication 2 6
MECO 6902 Legal and Ethical Issues in Media Practice 2 6
MECO 6926 International Media Practice 1 6
PACS 6915 Human Rights: Peace and Justice 1, 10 6
PHIL 5921 Cosmopolitanism and Community 1 6
SCLG 6902 Doing Social Research 2 6
SCLG 6903 New Debates in Social Theory 1 6
SPAN 6901 Citizenship and Belonging in Latino USA 2 6
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Semester
Start
End
 
43
Summer Main
04 Jan
28 Feb
2010
1
Semester 1
02 Mar
10 Jun
2010
11
Winter Main
29 Jun
19 Jul
2010
2
Semester 2
27 Jul
08 Nov
2010
10
Semester 2b
6 Sep
31 Oct
2010
11
Winter
28 Jun
18 Jul
2010
Notes:
 
Department permission required. Highly recommended that this unit of study be completed during first semester of study by all non-English speaking background postgraduate students. Exceptions may be made by the relevant postgraduate coordinator and/or the unit coordinator for those NESB students who have fluent English and have completed their Bachelor award at a university where English was the medium of instruction. More Information