Film Studies (Film & Philosophy pathway available)

Master

In London

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    London

Overview
This course has been designed for students who want to deepen their knowledge of the world's cinemas and is taught at the leading centre for Film Studies in London. It offers an extensive range of options covering all aspects of film style, representation, spectatorship, and philosophical approaches.
Our perfect location close to BFI Southbank (including the BFI Library) Southbank Centre, and Tate Modern means you will be studying in the heart of London was access to fantastic resources. The course is ideal for careers in the Media, Arts and related Culture Industries, or preparation for further study.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.

Key benefits
Internationally renowned staff.
Focus on cutting-edge ideas and developments in film culture.
Ranges across European, American and World cinema from highbrow to lowbrow.
Located in the heart of London.
Film & Philosophy pathway available.

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Film Studies
  • Cinema
  • Media
  • Aesthetics

Course programme

Year 1 Required Modules

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 180 credits. A Film & Philosophy pathway is also available for this course.*

You are required to take:

  • Dissertation (90 credits)
  • Formations of Film Studies: an Advanced Introduction to the Field (20 credits)

*If you are taking the Film & Philosophy pathway, you are required to take the following module instead of Formations of Film Studies:

  • Film and Philosophy Core Module (20 credits)

If you are taking the Film & Philosophy pathway you will also choose at least two modules from a list that typically includes:

    • Cinema and Sentiment (20 credits)
    • Experimental Film and Philosophy (20 credits)
    • Film History and the Cinema Experience (20 credits)
    • Thinking Cinema (20 credits)
    • Reconfiguring Film Theories and Philosophies: A Cross-cultural Perspective (20 credits)
Optional Modules

Both pathways

In addition, you are required to take 40 to 80 credits (depending on your pathway) from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:

  • Thinking Cinema (20 credits)
  • London Film Cultures (20 credits)
  • Exploitation Cinema (20 credits)
  • Media Aesthetics (20 credits)
  • French Cinema: History, Ideology, Aesthetics (20 credits)
  • Tradition of Post-war & Contemporary British Cinema (20 credits)
  • Art Cinema (20 credits)
  • The Heritage Film: Aesthetics, Genre & Cultural Identities in Contemporary Representations of the Past (20 credits)
  • War & Cinema (20 credits)
  • Popular European Cinema (20 credits)
  • Film History & the Cinema Experience (20 credits)
  • Cinema & Sentiment (20 credits)
  • Experimental Film & Philosophy (20 credits)
  • Analysing Film Performance: Comedy (20 credits)
  • Reconfiguring Film Theories & Philosophies: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (20 credits)
  • 21st Century Hollywood (20 credits)
  • Global Queer Cinema (20 credits)
  • The Moving Image of Art (20 credits)
  • A range of Master’s modules offered across the Faculty of Arts & Humanities or Global Institutes, subject to approval
  • Up to 20 credits from master’s modules offered by similar Departments within the University of London, or from other members of the Screen Studies Group (Birkbeck, SOAS, Goldsmith’s, UCL and QMUL).

If you are a part-time student, you will take your dissertation in your second year, along with 40 credits of optional modules. You will take everything else in your first year.

King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.

Film Studies (Film & Philosophy pathway available)

Price on request