Summary

123 modules found

  2. FM1001 - Key Concepts in Film Studies

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    3.00 pm Mon and Thu, Screening 12-3 Fri
    Assessment
    2-hour In-Person Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
    Coordinator
    Dr J S Mulvogue

    In this introductory module, we examine key concepts and approaches that are relevant to the study of film. The module aims primarily to develop the skills needed for film…

  3. FM1002 - Global Film History and Historiography

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    1000
    Timetable
    3.00 pm Mon and Thu, 12.00 - 3.00 pm Fri (screening)
    Assessment
    2-hour In-Person Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

    What is film history and what can we learn from it? This module examines the historical development of film around the world and will introduce you to a range of moments that have …

  4. FM2002 - Film Theory

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    3.00 PM Tue and Fri, Screening Mon 12-2 PM
    Assessment
    60% coursework, 40% In-Person Examination
    Coordinator
    Dr P Flaig

    This module introduces a range of political, philosophical, and cultural approaches to the cinema, centring on the key insights, the breakthrough critical ideas that have informed …

  5. FM2003 - Screen Cultures Today: Media and Methods

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    20
    Level
    2000
    Timetable
    3.00 pm - 4.00 pm Tue and Friday, Screening TBA
    Assessment
    Coursework = 55%, In-Person Examination = 45%

    This module addresses disciplinary questions being asked of film and other screen media today through a global approach to screen cultures and scholarship. The module asks…

  6. FM4099 - Film Studies Dissertation

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100% (Option 1: 10,000 word disseration = 100%, Option 2: Audiovisual Essay 20 minutes = 70%, Short Essay Statement of 2000 words = 30%)
    Coordinator
    Dr A Ramakrishnan Agrwaal

    The dissertation offers students the possibility of personal advanced study on a topic in Film Studies on which they already have adequate basic knowledge and for which a suitable …

  7. FM4099 - Film Studies Dissertation

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100% (Option 1: 10,000 word disseration = 100%, Option 2: Audiovisual Essay 20 minutes = 70%, Short Essay Statement of 2000 words = 30%)
    Coordinator
    Dr A Ramakrishnan Agrwaal

    The dissertation offers students the possibility of personal advanced study on a topic in Film Studies on which they already have adequate basic knowledge and for which a suitable …

  8. FM4107 - Cinema and Nation

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr P Adamson

    This module addresses the central notion that a national cinema can be more fruitfully understood in terms of the conflicts and discrepancies within a given culture to which its…

  9. FM4114 - Film Genres

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%

    Film Genres will re-examine, and problematise, film genre today by exploring the topic in a variety of contexts. The module will incorporate a combination of approaches…

  10. FM4115 - Sensory Cinema

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    1
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr T M Parks

    This module considers the sensory qualities of cinema, a subject which engages variously with the film-as-object, film form and the spectator as active participant. The first half …

  11. FM4123 - Artists' Film and Video

    Year
    2025-2026
    Semester
    2
    SCOTCAT credits
    30
    Level
    4000
    Timetable
    To be confirmed.
    Assessment
    Coursework = 100%
    Coordinator
    Dr P C Lovatt

    Exploring connections between other art forms and media including television, sculpture, painting, photography, new media and the sonic arts, experimental film movements have…