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Masters Degree Description

Gain expertise in film to pursue a career in the media, the arts or academic research through this degree. The Film Studies MA provides an exceptional grounding in cinema history, global cinema and modern screen media. Taught at the UCL Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII), you’ll benefit from the knowledge of a cross-disciplinary community of cinema scholars and access to exceptional multimedia resources.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a first or a high upper second-class Honours degree (average 65%) in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Previous graduates from Film Studies MA have pursued various careers, including academic research (4.9%), teaching and other educational activities (9.8%) and careers within media (43.9%). Graduates go on to work in varied roles across the public, private and charitable sectors, with careers in industry sectors such as PR, advertising, marketing (9.8%), health and social care (2.4%) or policy and government (2.4%). Others have gone onto further postgraduate-level study.*

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • MA Film Studies Core Course
  • Dissertation
  • The Idea of Documentary
  • Global Cinemas
  • Short Films
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Animation Cinema from Pencil to Pixel
  • Digital Media
  • East and South Asian Cinemas
  • Capital Screens
  • The Child in Film
  • Media Conglomerates and Television Networks
  • Going Global: Distribution, Internationalisation and Accessibility of Films
  • Hollywood/Bollywood: Industries and Histories
  • The Cinema of Resistance: Second World War
  • Film and/as Philosophy
  • Nordic Cinema: Contextualising Dreyer, Bergman and Dogme
  • Cinema and the Global City
  • Transnational Crime Cinema
  • Jump Scares. A History of Horror on Screen
  • Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema: From 1997 to the Present
  • Hong Kong Cinema History: From the 1950s to 1997
  • Fans and Film Cults
  • Feminism on Film
  • Japanese cinema after the studio system
  • Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations
  • Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II)
  • Weimar and Nazi Film

Optional modules

  • The Idea of Documentary
  • Global Cinemas
  • Short Films
  • Women Filmmakers
  • Animation Cinema from Pencil to Pixel
  • Digital Media
  • East and South Asian Cinemas
  • Capital Screens
  • The Child in Film
  • Media Conglomerates and Television Networks
  • Going Global: Distribution, Internationalisation and Accessibility of Films
  • Hollywood/Bollywood: Industries and Histories
  • The Cinema of Resistance: Second World War
  • Film and/as Philosophy
  • Nordic Cinema: Contextualising Dreyer, Bergman and Dogme
  • Cinema and the Global City
  • Transnational Crime Cinema
  • Jump Scares. A History of Horror on Screen
  • Contemporary Hong Kong Cinema: From 1997 to the Present
  • Hong Kong Cinema History: From the 1950s to 1997
  • Fans and Film Cults
  • Feminism on Film
  • Japanese cinema after the studio system
  • Words and Images: Italian Film Adaptations
  • Spanish Film from the 1990s: New Ways of Seeing (II)
  • Weimar and Nazi Film
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