2001
– Deleuze, cinema studies
Reading Deleuze Reading Cinema
(HM444 Advanced Textual Studies)
department - School of Applied Communication
course area - Honours
subject code - HM444
subject name: Advanced Textual Studies
year offered - 2001
semester offered - first semester
staff - Adrian Miles
24.1.04
9925 3157
consultation times - Monday 3.00 to 4.00
online consultation times - Tuesday 11.30 to 12.30 (visit http://lingua.utdallas.edu.au/ log on as a guest, type @go adrian's office and you'll find me)
duration - one semester
mode - internal
credit points - 12
contact hours
Delivery of this subject involves a two hour seminar per fortnight (see attached schedule). One hour of elective discussion time is scheduled per week. Two hours of elective review and support is provided in an online collaborative environment per week. An email list for all participants is available and academic queries will be answered within 24 hours.
prerequisites
3 years study of satisfactory academic standard in relevant academic degree.
co-requisites - Not applicable
post requisites - Not applicable
materials
All students are required to have an email account.
Access to other resources will be provided as needed. A course dossier will be available for purchase from the RMIT bookstore.
resources
Students will need access to the Internet. This is provided by the computer labs in the School. There will not be scheduled access time to these labs and it is the student's responsibility to ensure adequate access. A small laboratory of computers is available for Internet access in Building 24, this lab does not support Microsoft Word for essay writing.
A dossier will be available for purchase from the RMIT bookstore, additional readings will be placed on reserve in the RMIT library.
description - HM444 is a concentrated critical reading subject that introduces students to the practice of applied theoretical analysis. A specific author will be studied for the semester with a view to elucidating and criticising their theoretical understanding of cinema. The emphasis is on developing insights into the relations between theory as a way of thinking, and theory in its application.
learning objectives
Students are to recognise theory as a form of engaged and applied understanding. Close reading and analysis skills will be developed. The ability to document close textual interpretive research, including reporting on outcomes, will be emphasised.
learning experiences - Intensive seminars will be used for reporting, analysis, and feedback. An academic email list will complement the seminars to disseminate resources, information, and for further discussion, argument, and reflection. A web based journal will be used by each student to document their research and reflections on their learning. This subject encourages shifting research into writing.
assessment
Assessment will be based on participation in the seminar, email list, web journal and a final research essay.
assessment tasks
Seminar participation 30%
Email list participation 20%
Web log 25%
Research essay 25%
grades
High Distinction (80% and above)
Distinguished by original thought, independent research, depth and clarity of argument, and an intelligent critical engagement with the material.
Distinction (70-79%)
Excellent work, containing original thought and research, well structured arguments and a comprehensive grasp of the material, but marred by minor problems.
Credit (60-69%)
Good to very good work, displaying some original thought and research, but undermined by gaps in reasoning and argumentation, insufficient critical engagement with the material.
Pass (50-59%)
Average work, displaying a basic grasp of the set material, but with a range of more or less serious flaws, such as poor referencing, lack of evidence of independent reading and research, poor reasoning, padding, lack of argument, poor structure, uninformed comments.
Fail (0-49%)
Fail, or NN grades are given to inadequate work. Some reasons for failing include where there is no evidence of any attempt to cover the readings or do any research. Plagiarism can also be grounds for failure. DNS indicates that no work was submitted for the assessment task.
reading
This subject has set readings that will be available in a subject dossier. This dossier will be available for purchase from the RMIT bookstore. Additional readings may be made available during the course of the semester.
plagiarism
Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one's own. Plagiarism is not acceptable. The use of another person's work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course. Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarised by another student. Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material.
Student essays are required to exhibit individual research, argument, and criticism. Students are expected to have opinions about the material they read and write about, and these opinions are to be informed by critical and analytical thought and reading (opinion is informed, not personal).
late work
Material that is not handed in on time will automatically be penalised at the rate of 2% per day. Work that is handed in more than two weeks late, without an extension or approved application for special consideration, will not be assessed.
extensions
Extensions can only be given prior to an assessment task's hand in date. Extensions are only given on merit.
schedule
seminar
Feb. 28 introduction
tasksubscription to email list
seminar
Mar. 7 introduction to journal writing
taskpreliminary entries into journals
Introductions to email list
seminar
Mar. 14 Discussion of preliminary readings, exploration of questions and research tasks.
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation.
self directed research
Mar. 21 reading and research
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
seminar
Mar. 28 discussion and reporting of readings, development of essay questions
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
self directed research
Apr. 4 Reading and research
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
seminar
Apr. 11 discussion, reporting of readings
assessment taskpresentation of reading, questions, discussion
journal entries, email participation
Anzac Day
Apr. 25 reading and research
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
seminar
May 2 presentation of reading, questions, discussion
assessment taskresearch essay outline
self directed research
May 9 reading and research
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
seminar
May 16 reading and research, presentation of essay outline (10 minutes) and feedback
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation, essay outline.
self directed research
May 23 reading and research
assessment taskjournal entries, email participation
seminar
May 30 Summary and evaluation,
assessment taskcompletion of journal