MPhil in Film & Visual Studies
Aim: To offer students the opportunity to undertake advanced research via traditional film scholarship or via a creative practice route in one of the Department’s areas of specialisation.
Duration: 2 years full-time; 4 years part-time.
Entrance Requirements: Normally a good upper second class degree in relevant subject area (or equivalent professional experience and attainment).
Current Research Areas: Documentary and Experimental Film Practice; European Cinema; Film Industries; Film Aesthetics and History; Relationship between Film and Visual Arts; World cinema and comparative film cultures, British and Irish film; Horror Cinema.
Title of research area: Film and Visual Studies.
Content: Normally 1 research methods module + specified area of research. This can include a practical component.
Funding: DEL, some university funding opportunities.
Special Features: Combination of practice and critical methodologies; opportunities for mentoring by professional film-makers and photographers.
Careers: Media/Journalism; Arts Management and Curation; Academic/teaching.
If you have queries on course content please contact Professor Cahal McLaughlin c.mclaughlin@qub.ac.uk