2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Film, Photography and Media (Part-Time)
Programme code: | MA-COMM/FPMP | UCAS code: | |
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Duration: | 24 Months | Method of Attendance: | Part Time |
Programme manager: | Dr James Brogden | Contact address: | j.w.brogden@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
Good first degree. Practical experience in either film making or photography at undergraduate or professional equivalent to be assessed by personal statement, interview/portfolio.
An IELTS Band Score of 6.5, with 7.0 preferred and with not less than 6.0 in any skill area or
Internet Based TOEFL 94 overall (with not less than 21 in Listening, 23 in Reading, 23 in Speaking and 24 in Writing)
Applicants with an IELTS score of 6.0 may be eligible for entry provided they successfully complete the University’s InterComm Pre-sessional English Language course.
Information about the course can be found on the Language Centre pages of the University website.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Institute of Communications Studies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Institute of Communications Studies
Programme specification:
This new programme has been specially designed to reflect key contemporary debates in practice and critical thinking around cinema and photography. In this sense it takes a distinctive approach to both the historic and contemporary relationship between these two dominant forms of visual communication and allows students to develop their own practice within a changing and challenging set of intellectual, creative and industrial contexts.
The new convergent digital technology of the DSLR camera seems to be forcing a dénouement in terms of the way in which we create and think about the future of cinema and photography and how we need to think about their evolving relationship. As we move into the seemingly uncharted territory of a so-called 'post-photographic' and 'post-cinematic' age how can we define what is happening and attempt to frame it within cultural and critical discourses? Conversely how can we use critical ideas to frame new convergent models of practice and understand what this means for the creative industries? This degree will allow for these debates to be explored through distinct and clearly defined frameworks of media, communications and technological histories, film and photographic theory and criticism, inter-medal practice and engagement with creative industrial processes. Importantly, the programme emphasises the creative / dialectical relationships / opportunities between the lens-based image (both still and moving) within a broader visual culture in which practice, critical theory and historical discourses exist.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
COMM5805M | Cultures of Contemporary Photography | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5815M | Cinematics and Photography | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
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ARTF5110M | Cultural History | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5160M | Critical Studies in Visual Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5170M | Television Narrative | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5240M | Work Placement | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5250M | Feminism, Identity and Media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5260M | Understanding the Audience | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5370M | International Film Industries | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5380M | The Media and Democratisation: Global Perspectives | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5695M | Communication and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5730M | The Cultural History of Promotional Communication | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5740M | New Media Cultures | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5801M | Urban Narratives | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5204M | Theoretical Perspectives: Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5208M | Cultural Policy: Models and Debates | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI5209M | Critical Debates in Culture and Place | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5404M | Writing for Film and Television | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
SLSP5235M | 'Race', Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules
Candidates should choose 60 credits from the following optional modules
COMM5600M | Dissertation and Research Methods | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
COMM5800M | Final Independent Project | 60 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits from the following optional modules
COMM5160M | Critical Studies in Visual Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5170M | Television Narrative | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5240M | Work Placement | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5250M | Feminism, Identity and Media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5370M | International Film Industries | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5380M | The Media and Democratisation: Global Perspectives | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5695M | Communication and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
COMM5730M | The Cultural History of Promotional Communication | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5740M | New Media Cultures | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
COMM5801M | Urban Narratives | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5204M | Theoretical Perspectives: Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PECI5208M | Cultural Policy: Models and Debates | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PECI5404M | Writing for Film and Television | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Last updated: 11/09/2015
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