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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Part Time
SEP-26
2 Years
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Our MSc in Film Studies is a long-established and stimulating programme that allows you to explore central concepts in the development of film-philosophy and film theory with an emphasis on European and American cinema.Our students engage closely with the analysis of film and the history of cinema aesthetics and interpretation.The programme will provide you with the analytical and critical tools for the investigation of individual films and filmmakers and the opportunity to discuss these in relation to film philosophies, aesthetics, film movements and genres as well as contexts of production and reception.Our academic staff expertise ranges from historical considerations of the development of the moving image to philosophical engagements with contemporary cinema. We also support studies in television and screen media.
A UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent.
Multidisciplinary and comparative approaches are key aspects of film studies and we therefore welcome students coming from areas of study other than film.
Students living in
Domestic
£13,700 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£13,700 per year
Students from Other UK
This is the fee you pay if the University is not in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£13,700 per year
Students from Scotland
£32,000 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£32,000 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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