Film and Screen Studies MA

Program Overview

The MA Film and Screen Studies program equips students with research and curatorial expertise in film, television, and media studies. Through innovative teaching and access to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, students explore a wide range of topics, develop critical thinking skills, and prepare for careers in the arts, media, and research. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches and international perspectives, enhancing students' intercultural competencies and career prospects.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

• Objectives: The program aims to equip students with research skills and curatorial expertise, allowing them to delve into the latest methodologies, concepts, and research trends at the intersection of film, television, and media studies.
• Description: This program offers a unique opportunity to study film and screen studies with access to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the only university film museum in the UK.
Students will benefit from innovative, research-led teaching, varied modules, and an interdisciplinary approach. The program also provides opportunities to network with industry professionals through the "Creative Dialogues" lecture series.

Outline:

• Content: The program covers a broad range of topics, drawing on the university's strengths in film theory and philosophy, film history and archival studies, transnational and world cinemas, feminist, queer, and gender studies.
• Structure: The program includes a wide choice of optional modules, allowing students to tailor their program to their research or career interests.
Students will also develop an MA dissertation project catering to their research interests, supported by a dissertation supervisor, workshop lectures, and a dissertation conference.
• Course Schedule: The program is offered as a 1-year full-time or 2-year part-time program.
• Modules:
However, the program emphasizes film theory and philosophy, film history and archival studies, transnational and world cinemas, feminist, queer, and gender studies. However, the program emphasizes research skills and curatorial expertise, suggesting that assessments may include research papers, essays, presentations, and potentially curatorial projects.

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: The program emphasizes innovative, research-led teaching, suggesting a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, and potentially practical sessions related to archival research and curatorial practices.
• Faculty: The program is led by Dr. Ranita Chatterjee, the Programme Director.
• Unique Approaches: The program offers a unique opportunity to gain research and curatorial expertise through the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.
Students will have access to the museum's extensive collection of film-related artifacts and will be able to use state-of-the-art equipment in the Digital Humanities Lab for examination and analysis.

Careers:

• Potential Career Paths: The program prepares students for careers in:
• Arts and media
• Arts administration
• Screen and media industries
• Communications
• Archiving
• Film and media research
• Cultural heritage
• Journalism
• Film festival management
• Lecturing
• Teaching
• Doctoral research in film, media, screen, and television studies
• Opportunities: The program provides opportunities to network with industry professionals through the "Creative Dialogues" lecture series.
• Outcomes: The program equips students with valuable transferable skills in advanced research, critical thinking, written and verbal communication, and project management.
Students will also develop practical skills in screen media archiving, cataloguing, and curation.

Other:

• The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum: The program is home to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, the largest film-related archive in the UK outside the British Film Institute.
• Research: The program is research-led, with research areas including film and television history, film philosophy and theory, adaptation, gender studies, queer studies, world cinema, star studies, and film sound.
• Career Zone: Students have access to the Career Zone, which provides support and resources for career development.

2024/25 entry UK fees per year: £12,000 full-time; £6,000 part-time International fees per year: £24,300 full-time; £12,150 part-time