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Arts Criticism MA
This is a taught programme within the Film subject area.
Outline
This programme offers the opportunity to develop high-level skills and competencies as a preparation for professional practice and further development in the field of arts criticism.
Teaching encompasses diverse methodologies, including individual projects, one-to-one tutorials, group projects, lectures and seminar sessions. Each subject asks you to develop independent critical and reflective writing portfolios that are outlined and discussed with the tutor at the start of the module. During the programme, these portfolios are also informed by the core modules.
This programme is run in an interdisciplinary nature with the Film, Drama and History & Philosophy of Art departments.
Key facts
- Subject area: Film
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of Arts
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: An upper second-class honours degree or better, usually in a relevant humanities subject. In certain circumstances, the School will consider candidates who have not followed a conventional education path or who may have relevant experience in the industry. These cases are assessed individually by the Director of Graduate Studies. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Programme structure
Course content
- Core module: Criticism.
- One to three from:Film Criticism;Theatre Criticism; Visual Arts Criticism.
- One or two optional modules from Film, Drama or History & Philosophy of Art, including: Advanced Film Theory; Art Practice for Art Theorists; Conceptualising Film; European Theatre; Film and Modernity; Film History; Hogarth and the Analysis of Beauty; Introduction to Research in History & Philosophy of Art; Post- Conceptual Art and Curatorial Practice; Thinking Theatre.
- Portfolio of written work
Assessment
Assessment is by coursework: a mix of short reviews, review essays, self-reflective essays and a portfolio of reviews.
Key facts
- Subject area: Film
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of Arts
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: An upper second-class honours degree or better, usually in a relevant humanities subject. In certain circumstances, the School will consider candidates who have not followed a conventional education path or who may have relevant experience in the industry. These cases are assessed individually by the Director of Graduate Studies. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
Contact details
Admissions enquiries
T: +44 (0)1227 827272
E: information@kent.ac.uk
Angela Whiffen
Postgraduate Coordinator, School of Arts
Jarman Building, University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent CT2 7UG
T:01227 827567
E: arts-pgadmin@kent.ac.uk
Key facts
- Subject area: Film
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of Arts
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: An upper second-class honours degree or better, usually in a relevant humanities subject. In certain circumstances, the School will consider candidates who have not followed a conventional education path or who may have relevant experience in the industry. These cases are assessed individually by the Director of Graduate Studies. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).
How to apply
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Key facts
- Subject area: Film
- Location: Canterbury
- School: School of Arts
- Start: September
- Fees and funding: More info
- Entry requirements: An upper second-class honours degree or better, usually in a relevant humanities subject. In certain circumstances, the School will consider candidates who have not followed a conventional education path or who may have relevant experience in the industry. These cases are assessed individually by the Director of Graduate Studies. Please also check our general entry requirements (including English language requirements).