Film and Photographic Studies
| Specialisation of: | Media Studies |
|---|---|
| Degree: | Master of Arts in Media Studies |
| Mode of Study: | Full-time |
| Duration: | 1 year |
| Start date: | September, February |
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Location: | Leiden |
| Croho/isat code: | 60830 |
The specialisation in Film and Photographic Studies offers you a unique programme, focusing on a challenging academic study in the field of ‘lens-based’ media, comprising photography, film and video.
The curriculum is a combination of history and theory of film and photography within the broad context of visual and other media. The programme will focus on these three media as well as on the basis of the discourse on their specific nature and their relation to one another.
Graduates of this master’s programme are qualified for positions as film and photographic historian, museum curator, critic, manager of a photographic agency or exhibition producer.
Career
This specialisation gives you a sound basis of knowledge, skills and insight that allows you to raise new theoretical questions in the field of film and photography. Furthermore, it qualifies you to function at an academic level within a range of professional fields, for instance as a film and photo historian, curator, critic, picture editor or independent exhibition producer.
