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Film and Visual Cultures – (M.A.)
Coventry University
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| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,450 - | ||
| Location: | Coventry / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 180 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Coventry University
Contemporary society is dominated by visual media – film, photography, television, internet. This Film and Visual Cultures MA allows you to investigate the technological, social and cultural changes that have led to this development.
It also addresses the practical and political implications of this change for contemporary visual media production and analyses the specificity of visual media forms.
* The course is taught by a team of enthusiastic specialists in the field of visual media and culture,
* Staff will provide an introduction to theoretical perspectives and debates in a friendly and stimulating setting.
* You will be encouraged to make practical, critical and creative use of digital media (e.g. blogging, video, imaging etc.) as part of your assignments.
Your future This MA programme will be attractive to those wishing to enhance careers in media research, the cultural and creative industries, creative media practice and education, as well as those having ambitions for further intellectual enquiry, research and an academic career within this field.
Contents
In order to critically and creatively operate in a visual media dominated world it is vital to develop the conceptual tools that are necessary for analysing visual representations – the codes, meanings, visual languages and genres framing our visually dominated media culture.
By choosing specialist modules and by undertaking a research project, you will engage with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous methods and theoretical frameworks.
Through this approach an expertise is developed in the texts and artefacts of diverse film traditions, television, advertising, photography and digital visual media and cultures.
Modules:
* Research in Communication, Culture and Media
* Approaches to Communication, Culture and Media
* Film & Visual Cultures
Four Option Modules to be selected from:
* Information Societies
* Media Audiences
* Communication, Culture and Media Industries
* Film Theory and Global Context
* Identity and Cultural Difference
* Journalism Themes and Issues
* Public Relations and Information Management
* Material Cultures
MA Research Project
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
You should have a good honours degree in a cognate subject and/or equivalent professional experience.
Applicants whose first language is not English must have a minimum IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 600 or equivalent.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 600 |
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