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Film and Theatre (MA)
Course Overview
Do you share a passion for storytelling and performance across the media of film and theatre? The MA in Film and Theatre draws on the joint strengths of the the Huston School of Film and the O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, two world-leading research centres based at NUI Galway to create a compelling hybrid programme.
Through this programme, you will deepen your knowledge of practice, theory and craft across and between these genres.
Why choose this course?
This course explores crossover influences and techniques shared between film and theatre, while also giving you a situated understanding of the practical differences between these two creative industries.
Through modules, workshops and seminars with visiting speakers, you will integrate and expand your knowledge of the interplay of film and theatre, historically and in contemporary practice.
On this course, you will develop your individual voices as thinkers and doers, whether through exploring the practical medium of film or the craft of live theatrical performance, or through growing as a critic/researcher/scholar.
Applications and Selections
Who Teaches this Course
Requirements and Assessment
Key Facts
Entry Requirements
Additional Requirements
Duration
1 year, full-time
Next start date
September 2019
A Level Grades ()
Average intake
Varies
Closing Date
Offers issued on a continuous basis. Candidates are encouraged to apply early. More information can be found here.
NFQ level
Mode of study
Taught
ECTS weighting
90
Award
CAO
Course code
1MFT1
Course Outline
All students take core modules that address critical perspectives for theatre and film.Students then choose optional modules in the areas of film and theatre that best suit their research interests and career trajectory, including performance, directing, playwriting, screenwriting, film and theatre history, archival research and more.
Finally, all students will complete a minor dissertation, which may include a practice-as-research component, under the supervision of a member of staff.
Curriculum Information
Curriculum information relates to the current academic year (in most cases).Course and module offerings and details may be subject to change.
Glossary of Terms
- Credits
- You must earn a defined number of credits (aka ECTS) to complete each year of your course. You do this by taking all of its required modules as well as the correct number of optional modules to obtain that year's total number of credits.
- Module
- An examinable portion of a subject or course, for which you attend lectures and/or tutorials and carry out assignments. E.g. Algebra and Calculus could be modules within the subject Mathematics. Each module has a unique module code eg. MA140.
- Subject
- Some courses allow you to choose subjects, where related modules are grouped together. Subjects have their own required number of credits, so you must take all that subject's required modules and may also need to obtain the remainder of the subject's total credits by choosing from its available optional modules.
- Optional
- A module you may choose to study.
- Required
- A module that you must study if you choose this course (or subject).
- Required Core Subject
- A subject you must study because it's integral to that course.
- Semester
- Most courses have 2 semesters (aka terms) per year, so a three-year course will have six semesters in total. For clarity, this page will refer to the first semester of year 2 as 'Semester 3'.
Year 1 (90 Credits)
Optional DT6108: Exploring Michael Chekhov Technique - 10 Credits - Semester 1Optional DT6102: Irish Drama and Theatre from Wilde to O'Casey - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6123: Playwright's Workshop I - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6126: Writing about Theatre and Performance - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional EN6118: Digital Literature, Arts, and Creative Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional FM512: Film History I - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional FM6101: Ireland on Screen - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional FM6106: Gender, Sexuality and Cinema - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional FM500: Screen Writing Fundamentals - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6106: Thinking about Theatre - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6113: Applied Dramaturgy - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6122: Performance Lab - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Required DT6116: Critical Theory for Film and Theatre (S1) - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6101: Irish Drama and Theatre from Beckett to the Present - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional DT6124: Playwrights' Workshop II: Adaptation - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional EN6109: From Globe to Globe: Contextualising Shakespeare on stage and on screen - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional DT6109: Applied Theatre - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional DT6121: Fieldwork And Theatre Business - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM522: Critical Theory II - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM513: Film History II - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM6100: Film exhibition, administration and education - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM6102: Digital Play & Practice - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM6105: Digital Film and Culture - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional FM502: Screenplay Development - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional DT6112: Advanced Theatre Production Practicum - 10 Credits - Semester 1
Optional DT6119: Directing for Stage - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Optional DT6120: Ensemble Acting and Devising - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Required DT6117: Critical Theory for Film and Theatre (S2) - 10 Credits - Semester 2
Required DT6118: Film and Theatre Dissertation - 30 Credits - Semester 1
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Course Fees
Fees: EU
Fees: Tuition
Fees: Student levy
Fees: Non EU
Find out More
For more information about the course, please contact:
Dr Miriam Haughton
Director of Postgraduate Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance
E: miriam.haughton@nuigalway.ie
T: +353 (0)91 494 485
or
Dr Seán Crosson
Huston School of Film and Digiial Media
E: sean.crosson@nuigalway.ie