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Critical Studies in Global Film Cultures
Through seminar presentations and discussions, the writing of course research papers and a thesis, and participation in an interdisciplinary research forum, program students will develop superior research and communication skills, and an accomplished knowledge of national cinema as an object of study refracted through the postcolonial, indigenous and transnational debates on globalization in which they will be participating. Course work will ensure that student thinking in these areas is informed by the fields of film history, film theory, cultural studies, and the representation of race, class, gender and sexuality that students will have mastered by the time they graduate.
While the MA in Film Studies will prepare students for Ph D programs in Film Studies or an associated discipline such as Communications, English, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Visual Art or Women’s Studies, it can also be taken as a terminal degree preparing the student for work in cultural and education sectors such as: