Film & Television Studies
Background
The MLitt in Film & Television Studies at the University of Glasgow is a well-established programme taught in Scotland’s media capital. We have an excellent reputation for both teaching and research making this the ideal location for postgraduate study. In the 2010 National Student Survey, Film & Television Studies at Glasgow was ranked top of all courses in the UK in our discipline, with a student approval rating of 98%. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Glasgow’s Theatre, Film & Television Studies Department was ranked as one of the top five in our field in the UK, with 85% of our research classified as world-leading or internationally excellent.
The MLitt in Film & Television Studies is aimed at students with some background in film, television, media or communication studies contemplating – or developing - a career in media research, criticism or administration, and is particularly relevant as preparation for further postgraduate research in film and television. This programme is designed to give you a wide-ranging knowledge of Film & Television Studies as a discipline, building core skills in relevant research methodologies and providing opportunities to develop specialist knowledge of selected areas of interest. It is also designed to help you develop research, writing and professional skills which will be transferrable to doctoral study or employment. As such, we employ a range of assessment strategies - including detailed textual analysis, group presentations, literature reviews and extended research essays. In the final part of the programme, you will formulate and carry out a substantial piece of research on a topic of your choice within Film & Television Studies, under the expert supervision of an assigned member of academic staff.
The programme is taught in the Gilmorehill Centre which offers its own cinema – where you will gather every week for the screenings which are a core part of the curriculum – as well as a Resources Room where you can access our Media Archive which has more than 6000 holdings, complementing the Library’s extensive collection of Film & Television books and periodicals. The building is the centre of a lively postgraduate culture in the related areas of Film & Television Studies, Theatre and the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. We have around 100 postgraduate students: this includes students on our taught courses (Film & Television Studies; Film Journalism; Media Management; Playwriting and Dramaturgy; and, new for 2012, ) as well as our research students, whose diverse interests range from film festivals, to national and transnational cinemas, film stars, and media audiences. We have a number of research students funded under the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Collaborative Doctoral Awards scheme who are working alongside organisations including BBC Scotland, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Glasgow Film Theatre. Postgraduates organise many events through the year, including screenings, reading groups, social events and the annual postgraduate student symposium.
The Gilmorehill Centre is also home to the international journal Screen and the annual Screen conference is held here every summer, attracting leading names in Film & Television Studies from across the world. Students have the opportunity to participate in the conference as well as to engage with guest speakers from the academy and media industries throughout the year in our research seminar programme.