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Courses in Cinema & Media Studies MA
Degree Requirements
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I. Area: MA Cinema and Media Studies (See sections I to V for all requirements)
II. Summary:
The MA in Cinema and Media Studies has the following time-to-degree requirement: a minimum of four quarters; maximum of seven quarters. The minimum total units required to graduate is 36 units (nine courses). Five courses must be 200 level courses in film and/or television history, theory, and criticism. Of the five courses, FTV 206C, 208B and 217 A are required. In addition, FTV 200 is required of all students. All five of the graduate-level courses must be completed with a grade of B or better.
Only eight units of FTV 596A,B,C and 598 may be applied towards the total course requirement, and none of these may be applied towards the minimum graduate course requirement.
III. Courses:
A. Required Courses:
A minimum of nine courses is required for the MA degree, five of which must be 200 level courses in film and/or television history, theory and criticism. Of the five courses, four are required M.A. Core Courses and should be taken in the first year of residence:
- 200
- BIBLIOGRAPHY AND METHODS OF RESEARCH IN FILM AND TELEVISION
- 206C
- AMERICAN MOTION PICTURE HISTORY
- 208B
- CLASSICAL FILM THEORY
- 217A
- TELEVISION HISTORY
- 201
- MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND THE CULTURE OF PRODUCTION
- 202
- MEDIA AUDIENCES AND THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION
- 203
- FILM AND OTHER ARTS
- 204
- VISUAL ANALYSIS
- 206A
- EUROPEAN FILM HISTORY
- 206B
- SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN FILM HISTORY
- 206C
- AMERICAN FILM HISTORY**
- 207
- EXPERIMENTAL FILM
- 208B
- CLASSICAL FILM THEORY **
- 208C
- CONTEMPORARY FILM THEORY
- 209A
- DOCUENTARY FILM
- 209B
- FICTIONAL FILM
- 209D
- ANIMATED FILM
- 217A
- AMERICAN TELEVISION HISTORY**
- 217B
- SELECTED TOPICS IN AMERICAN TELEVISION HISTORY **
- 218
- CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIETY
- 219
- FILM AND SOCIETY
- 220
- TELEVISION AND SOCIETY
- 221
- FILM AUTHORS
- 222
- FILM GENRES
- 223
- VISUAL PERCEPTION
- 224
- COMPUTER APPLICATIONS FOR FILM STUDY
- 225
- VIDEOGAME THEORY
- 246
- ELECTRONIC CULTURE
- 270
- FILM CRITICISM
- 271
- TELEVISION CRITICISM
- 276
- NON WESTERN FILM
- 277
- NARRATIVE STUDIES
- 298AB
- SPECIAL STUDIES (select classes must see Graduate Counselor)
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B. Elective Courses:
Three courses should be taken outside the MA program. At least two of these must be from other programs in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, in consultation with the MA advisor that is assigned to you. All students admitted to the MA program must demonstrate basic competence in the areas of scriptwriting, television production, or film production. Normally, competence is demonstrated through coursework, which may be used to fulfill the non-Cinema & Media Studies course requirements. However, students may also petition to use prior work to demonstrate their basic competence. Prior work may not be used to fulfill MA course requirements.
Seminars vary from year to year, but are selected from the following list of courses:
IV. Comprehensive Exam
In order to earn an MA from the UCLA Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media, students must satisfactorily complete a Comprehensive Examination. The MA Comprehensive Exam is a take-home exam that is given in the spring quarter only, generally in the sixth week. Candidates will have two full days to complete the exam, which will be evaluated by the Cinema & Media Studies faculty.
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