Film Studies

This MA takes a distinctive approach by exploring global manifestations of film as a medium (including Hollywood), and examining its cultural, economic, aesthetic and ideological operations. Led by a team of internationally recognised researchers responsible for cuttingedge scholarship, the course offers a highlevel introduction to the discipline’s leading theoretical approaches, as well as a flexible and exciting range of specialised options.

Teaching is through seminars, screenings and tutorials. This is not a practice-based course but an MA that investigates critical, theoretical and historical approaches to the medium.

This MA is for you if you wish to learn more about film, film cultures and film studies:

• you develop high-level skills in research and creative thinking, as well as advanced analytical, organisational and communication abilities by working in rigorous contexts of independent and group study
• you benefit from our expertise in key areas such as global cinema cultures; film, gender and sexuality; history and popular culture
• the course culminates in a supervised dissertation project, where you can investigate a topic of your choice in depth.

Core modules

• Dissertation MA Film Studies
• Film Studies: Theories and Methods

Options

• Activist Media Practice
• Feminism and Film
• First Person Film (MA)
• Global Cinemas
• Global News Industries A
• Independent Chinese Documentary: From the Margins to the Masses
• Interactive Project Development
• Media Histories and Cultural Change
• Media, Culture and Communication
• Music and the Media of Performance (Practice)
• Music and the Media of Performance (Theory)
• New Developments in Digital Media 1a
• New Developments in Digital Media 1b
• Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics
• Queering Popular Culture
• Race, Culture and the Media
• Sound Environments (Practice)
• Sound Environments (Theory)
• The Cinematic Body
• The Politics of Promotional Culture
• Writing Documentary: Sound/Image/Text

Requirements

• Magistr or Specialist Diploma with a minimum average mark of at least 4
• A first- or upper second-class undergraduate honours degree in media, film or another discipline in the humanities or social sciences. We also welcome applications from those with relevant professional experience
• IELTS 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each section.
• Reference
• Transcript
• A personal statement
• The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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Scholarships

• Sussex Graduate Scholarship