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COMM325 Television Studies

Updated: 13 September 2012

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	12cp
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	COMM225 or COMM425 or COMM525
Notes	offered in even numbered years
Combined Units	COMM525 - Television Studies
Coordinator(s)	To be advised
Unit Description	The unit studies popular television genres in their shifting industrial contexts and relations with audiences. It focuses on changes in television drama, including soap opera, and the rise of multiple 'reality television' formats that absorb aspects of drama and other genres. The unit investigates how television operates as a major form of cultural communication. It explores the ways in which its genres draw on, and create, wider cultural meanings and ideas of identity, and continue to evolve in a rapidly changing technological and cultural environment.
Materials	Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

apply a range of critical and analytical skills to television dramatic and other genres;
identify cultural themes and issues that traverse and shape cultural content; and
understand how television operates as a textual and cultural form of communication.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will be able to apply a range of critical and analytical skills to television dramatic genres and programs.
2	Communication Skills The skills of written communication and formal argument are both taught and assessed in this unit. In addition to the writing guides supplied and recommended, students receive written feedback on their reasoning and writing skills.
3	Global Perspectives The approaches utilised, supported by the range of television drama studied, provide global perspectives and develops intercultural knowledge and competencies.
4	Information Literacy As part of this unit students critically evaluate information relating to television drama through print-based and electronic research tools.
5	Life-Long Learning This unit allows students to practise a wide range of academic skills: research, analysis and facilitates learning independently.
6	Problem Solving Students identify and explore critical issues in the discipline using a variety of research skills.
7	Social Responsibility Students will recognise social justice issues relevant to the discipline and professional area.
8	Team Work Students will negotiate, assert their own values and respect the values and contributions of others.