| Country: | Ireland | Duration: | 12 Months |
| City: | Cork | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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| Application Deadline: | June 8 (EU); June 30 (Non-EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | € 4855 - | ||
The MA in Film Studies (CKE02) is an interdepartmental programme hosted by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork. It is a one-year taught programme designed to offer students advanced-level critical skills in the discipline of Film Studies. The participating departments are: Computer Science, English, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology
Students are required to complete 90 credits. The compulsory modules are FX5002 Advanced Film Analysis and Theory (worth 20 credits), and FX5003 Research Methodologies Seminar (worth 5 credits). Students are also required to present a dissertation, which is worth 45 credits, on a topic chosen in consultation with the course coordinators (FX5001)
The students must also accumulate a further 20 credits from a combination of the following optional modules. Please note that not all optional modules may be available in any given year: the list of options is provisional and subject to amendments. Teaching periods in which modules are offered may vary.
FX5004 Film, Feminism and Psychoanalysis (10 credits)
FX5005 Space in Film (10 credits)
FX5006 Music and Cinema (10 credits)
FX5007 American Cinema after 1960 (10 credits)
FX5008 Sociology of Film (10 credits)
FX5009 Irish Cinema (10 credits)
HS5004 Latin American Cinema (10 credits)
HS5006 Novel into Film: The Spanish Context (10 credits)
GE5006 Film and Cultural Memory (10 credits)
CS7301 Digital Video
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationA Second Class Honours Grade II (or equivalent) in a Humanities subject. Successful applicants will normally have evidence of undergraduate modules taken in Film Studies and/or practical/professional expertise or qualification in the area.