Screen Studies

The course focuses on the issue of convergence, for example the ways in which we access 'traditional' film and television content via new media platforms. Students also have the chance to study a range of film genres and international texts.

The course covers:

• Contemporary critical theories and methodologies from 'the big screen' to 'small screens'
• Research methods including advanced study skills and constructing a research project
• Crime on screen
• New media narratives
• Telefantasy
• The cinema of spectacle

Modules are taught by research active staff, all of whom have a national or international publishing profile.

For the MA award, students will take six taught modules (two of which are compulsory) from a range of available modules as indicated below plus the dissertation module. Subject to approval, students may choose an appropriate module from another discipline.

• Considerable resources including:
• Portfolio, the Creative Industries Innovation Centre
  
• Avenue Research Centre
  
• The Centre for Contemporary Narrative and Cultural Theory
  
• The Centre for Practice-Led Research in The Arts
  
• A specialised library and poster archive
  
• The Avenue Gallery
  
• Choreographic Lab
  
• A wide range of specialised studios and workshop spaces including dance, photography, digital technologies, video, printmaking and sculpture
• Research active academic staff working nationally and internationally
• Staff with significant employment experience in their fields
• Collaboration with Northampton Business School to offer development in professional arts management and entrepreneurship in the creative industries
• Links with regional cultural and creative industries

Postgraduate Certificate:

• ARTM002: Research Methods in The Arts (20 credits)
• LITM021: From IMAX to iPod: Critical Theory and Methodologies (20 credits)
• LITM024: Telefantasy (20 credits)
• Or LITM022: Crime on Screen (20 credits)

Postgraduate Diploma - all of the above plus:

• LITM023: New Media Narratives (20 credits)
• LITM025: The Cinema of Spectacle (20 credits)
• ARTM027: Independent Study in The Arts (20 credits)

Masters Degree - all of the above plus:

• ARTM003: Research project (60 credits)

There are no formal examinations. Assessment is by coursework which will include essays, seminar presentations, critical reviews, research exercises and portfolios.

This course prepares students for the current creative and cultural industries as well as higher study. Graduates may go on to work in film, television and aspects of new media, principally in terms of research. The course will also be of benefit to further and higher education teaching, as well as freelance writing. Subsequent PhDs at The University of Northampton can be pursued through written or practice-led methodologies and this course provides the relevant foundation.