Overview
The MA (Film and Screen Media) is a full-time programme, running for 12 months from the date of first registration for the programme.
Postgraduate Certificate in Film and Screen Media
Candidates who pass at least 30 credits of taught modules may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Film and Screen Media.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| |
| FX6010 | Irish Cinema: History, Contexts, Aesthetics | 10 |
| FX6017 | Film and Screen Cultures and Industries | 20 |
| FX6018 | Research Methodologies Seminar | 10 |
| |
| 1 | 10 |
| Questions of Adaptation and Adoption: Re-Writings/Re-Viewings/Re-Readings (10) | |
| Introduction to Creative Practice (10) 2 | |
| Music and Cinema (10) | |
| |
| FX6016 | Dissertation in Film and Screen Media | 40 |
| or FX6019 | Creative Practice Project |
| Total Credits | 90 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for MA in Film and Screen Media (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Develop their knowledge to an advanced level in the study of 20th and 21st century film;
- Understand connections between theoretical, aesthetic, social and cultural contexts in the study of films;
- Develop independent critical and research methods and scholarly research, writing and debate;
- Introduce key concepts in film studies.
