192 NQF credits


Convenor

Dr Viraj Suparsad


Admission requirements

(a) Faculty requirements are set out under rules FM3.

(b) Specialisation requirements:

  • Completion of an Honours degree or a four-year degree with a focus on Film Studies or cognate disciplines.

Acceptance will be on the recommendation of the Convenor, working in collaboration with the programme committee, who will consider applications and may interview candidates. Normally candidates will be expected to have an upper second or better result for their honours degree.


Prescribed curriculum:

Master’s students are required to complete a minor dissertation and four taught courses of which no more than two can be at HEQSF level 8 (4000 level).

Compulsory (Core) courses  NQF credits    HEQSF level  
FAM5006W Minor Dissertation 96 
FAM5039F Approaches to African Cinema 24 
FAM5047F/S Contemporary Moving Image Theories.24 

Elective courses:

If students have already taken any of the compulsory courses, or an equivalent course elsewhere, they may be allowed to substitute another course with the permission of the convener. In the overall choices, at least two of the courses chosen must be at the 5000 level.

Recommended Elective Courses: NQF credits    HEQSF level  
FAM4004S Race and Gender in Popular Culture248
FAM4034S Theories and Forms of Adaption 24 
FAM4036S Film and Environment 24 
FAM4038F Authorship in Cinema 24 
FAM4039F Documentary Film: Forms and Theories