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MA Film and Screen Studies

Overview

For scholars and practitioners seeking to critically engage with global screen cultures, this MA offers interdisciplinary training in film theory, cutting-edge screen research and archival practice – enhanced by exclusive access to the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum and research-led teaching by world class academics and through the Exeter Screen Studies Centre.

Entry Requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 Honours degree or above in their first degree in a relevant subject area. While we normally only consider applicants who meet this criteria, if you are coming from a different academic background which is equivalent to degree level, or have relevant work experience, we would welcome your application.

Course Content

You will be engaging with a broad range of topics, drawing on our strengths in teaching and research across film theory, film history and archival studies, transnational and world cinemas, feminist, queer and gender studies, star studies and transmedia adaptations. A wide choice of optional modules will enable you to tailor your studies to your research or career interests.

Modules

Compulsory Modules

• CDFM001: Dissertation - Written (60 credits)

Optional Modules

• CMMM003: Gaming in Everyday Life: A Global Perspective (30 credits)
• CMMM005: Social Media and Migration (30 credits)
• CMMM010: Promotional Cultures in Consumer Society (30 credits)
• CMMM012: Selling the Self: Influencer Culture and Digital Capitalism (30 credits)
• EAFM008: Global Girlhoods in Film and Television (30 credits)
• EAFM009: Transmedia Adaptations (30 credits)
• EAFM089: Archival Encounters: Material Film Histories (30 credits)
• EAFM910: Stars, Stardom and Celebrity From the Classical Era to the Contemporary (30 credits)
• EASM167: World Cinema / World Literature (30 credits)
• EASM171: Expanding Queerness: Critical Debates in Theory, Literature, Film and Television (30 credits)

Fees

2025/26 Entry

• UK fees per year: £12,500 full-time; £6,250 part-time
• International fees per year: £25,300 full-time; £12,650 part-time

Scholarships

The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year, such as our Exeter Excellence Scholarships.

Teaching and Research

Research-led teaching ensures module content includes the latest trends in Film and Screen Studies. Our research areas include: film and television history, film theory, world cinema, transmedia adaptation, gender studies, queer studies, world cinema, and star studies.

Facilities

The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum holds a wide-ranging collection of more than 70,000 film related artefacts and is the largest research archive in any British University. The collection is available for all students to use as a research and study resource, giving students a highly distinctive and valuable experience of studying and researching film and screen media using primary materials, documents and artefacts.

Careers

You will gain valuable transferable skills in advanced research, critical thinking, written and verbal communication, and project management. Unique opportunities to go behind the scenes in the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum and Digital Humanities Lab will develop your practical skills in screen media archiving, cataloguing, and curation. The international focus of taught materials will enable you to enhance your intercultural competencies, skills that are invaluable in shaping future global citizens and which are becoming more and more attractive to employers. You will also gain valuable networking skills through participation in the Exeter Screen Studies Centre and the Creative Dialogues series.

Career Paths

The programme sets students up to pursue either doctoral research in film, media, screen and television studies or routes into employment by offering sought-after transferable skills and knowledge well suited to working in a range of professional destinations. An MA in Film and Screen Studies is academically relevant to careers in the arts and media, leading to employment in arts administration, screen and media industries, communications, archiving, film and media research, cultural heritage, journalism, film festival management, lecturing, and teaching.