BADIG2002 History on Screen
Recreations of the past in film, television and digital media are a major way in which individuals and the public encounter history. This Intermediate-level unit provides students with skills, knowledge and approaches to critically engage with dramatic representations of the past on screen. Students compare how the forms, affordances and methods of written and screen media offer distinct ways of accessing information and ideas about the past. The unit examines a range of screen examples as case studies and uses digital technology to explore how concerns of the present shape audiovisual and written histories. By investigating ways that dramatisations of the past are shaped by mediums, storytelling practices and social and cultural contexts, the unit imparts understanding of how screen representations contribute to thought about past events, societies, geographic places and cultures.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $2,124
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $997
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.