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Media and Visual Studies – (M.A.)
Bilkent University
Masters Programmes in English
| Application Deadline: | 4 June | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,200 | ||
| Location: | Ankara / Turkey / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Bilkent University
Modern media of communication are a leading force in the contemporary process of globalization. The department of Communication and Design aims to educate media professionals, with a special emphasis on visual communication and visual technologies, specifically in the fields of advertising, journalism, visual design, video and TV production and new media.
Students are provided with a wide range of courses in media studies, theories and practice, like interpersonal communication and individual presentation, forms and techniques of public and mass communication, visual design and visual studies, advertising, marketing and public relations, basic computer and Internet knowledge. The visual design and communication courses in practical fields such as photography, television, computer and video are conducted in computer labs with the most developed visual design programs, photography studios and a very well equipped digital video production studio.
Since the department's philosophy is to educate both creative and responsible media professionals, it also includes several must and elective courses on the ethical, legal and social problems related with mass communication.
The Department of Communication and Design offers Master of Arts program in Media and Visual Studies. The M.A. program aims to prepare students for careers in the media and communications sector as well as academic careers. It provides students with a sophisticated conceptual framework and analytical skills to enable them to make original contributions to media, visual and cultural studies by specializing in a particular aspect of Turkish or international media such as film, television, Internet or printed medium.
The program encourages free and creative thinking, emphasizing research, analysis, interpretation, and criticism. Aiming at improving the standards of Turkish media, visual and cultural studies, the program encourages theoretical, interdisciplinary, and comparative approaches.
Contents
After the completion of at least 24 units of course work in two successive terms, the candidates must take two seminars in their area of interest and prepare and submit a thesis. The maximum duration of program is five semesters.
FIRST YEAR
* Theory and Method in Media Visual and Cultural Studies
* Graduate Electives (3)
* Graduate Electives (4)
SECOND YEAR
* Research Topics
* Master's Thesis
ELECTIVES
* Internet Technologies and Electronic Commerce
* Film and Genre
* Identity Space and Image
* Media Reception
* Turkish Cinema and Modernity
* Body Movement and Vision in Immersive and Interactive Media I
* Body Movement and Vision in Immersive and Interactive Media II
* Turkish Literature 1839-1922 I
* Literature of the Republic
* Turkish Literature 1839-1922 II
* The Turkish Novel
* Ottoman Culture Through Miniatures
* Image Time and Motion I
* Image Time and Motion II
* Critical Approaches to Advertising Consumer Culture
* Critical Approaches to Popular Culture
* Graphic and Visual Representation
* Mass Media and Visual Technologies
* On Critical Reasoning and Artwork
* What is Contemporary?
* Philosophy of Modern Art
* Current Perspectives within Post-Modernity
* Semiotics and the Work of Art I
* Semiotics and the Work of Art II
* Intellectual Movements in the Tanzimat Period I
* Abdulhamid: Reformer or Reactionary
* Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire I
* Cultural History of the Ottoman Empire II
* History of Theory and Criticism
* Art, Science and Technology
* Design Principles and Theories
* Spatial Practices
* Consumer Behavior
* Philosophy of Art
* Psychology of Art
* Issues and Problems in Contemporary Art I
* Issues and Problems in Contemporary Art II
* Comparative Politics and Ideology in the Middle East
* Comparative Politics
* Political Theory
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants are required to have a Bachelor's degree. In addition to the general requirements set forth by the university, admittance to the graduate program is determined by the results of an entrance examination that includes a portfolio presentation and an interview. The date and place of the examination are announced each year by the University. During the interview applicants should present a body of well-defined original work as well as slides, videotapes or photographs of previous work.
All applicants must have a proof of their English proficiency.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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