📖Program Curriculum
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Students will take
Two core courses
THE MATERIAL OF FILM CURATION (30 credits)
THE PRACTICE OF FILM CURATION (30 credits)
Work placement Creative practice course (20 credits)
Subject to availability you can choose either a work placement with a host institution where you will contribute to an event or film programme or a creative practice project that you design and present to an audience We will provide a budget for you to carry out either the placement or project
In the past students have participated in work placements at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive; Glasgow Short Film Festival; LUX Scotland; Hippodrome Silent Film Festival; and Africa in Motion Film Festival among others
Two optional courses
Students are expected to take two further 20 credit options offered by Film and Television Studies and or the School of Culture and Creative Arts
Optional courses can include but are not limited to
ADVANCED TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES
ADVANCED TOPICS IN TELEVISION STUDIES
EXPERIMENTAL ART AND MEDIA
FESTIVALS
Dissertation
Students can either complete a 15000 word dissertation or an audiovisual dissertation comprised of 6000 words of writing and 12 minutes of video content
FTV POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATION (60 credits)
Teaching methods will include lectures and seminars as well as masterclasses and workshops led by visiting professionals You will be assessed through a variety of methods including traditional academic essays oral presentations as well as different written assignments
Activites and workshops
A number of industry experts are contributing to the programme through a variety of exciting activities and workshops Since the programme began in 2016 these have included
Visit to the Moving Image Museum archives at Kelvin Hall
Workshops led by practitioners from Park Circus Bernie Grant Centre National Railway Museum Africa in Motion and others
Guide to the projection box at the Gilmorehill Centre cinema
Silent film screening with live musical accompaniment and 35mm screenings of Singin’ in the Rain
Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract
CAREER PROSPECTS
The is designed for those with some background in film television media or communication studies (or related fields such as art history) who are contemplating or developing a career in curation community and educational projects events research or criticism
The programme is designed to provide you with a range of skills that will enable you to develop as
a creative and cultural entrepreneur
an outreach officer in a museum archive or gallery
a curator or programmer for cinemas film festivals museums or other exhibition spaces
a researcher for the film and television industries
a creative practitioner
an academic researcher
