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Master of Arts (Honours) Film Studies and Sustainable Development


MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours): First year
Code Module name Credits
FM1001 Key Concepts in Film Studies 20 AND
FM1002 Global Film History and Historiography 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
SD1000 What is Sustainable Development? 20 AND
SD1004 Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities 20 AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours): Second year
Code Module name Credits
^ FM2002 Film Theory 20 AND
^ FM2003 Screen Cultures today: media and methods 20 AND
Remaining credits from Levels 1000 and 2000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^
MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
^ SD2005 From Sustainable Development to Human Security 20 AND
^ SD2006 Changing Natures 20 AND
^ SD2100 Sustainable Scotland 20

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
Choose a minimum of 80 Level 2000 credits

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Automatic entry to Honours requires

  • passes in modules marked ^

Entry to Honours

Students who meet the requirements specified above, and who meet all other programme requirements, will be given automatic entry into Honours programmes.

See: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/academic/academic-advising/glossary/honours-entry/ )

MA Honours

The general requirements are 480 credits over a period of normally four years (and not more than five years) or part-time equivalent, of which the final two years form an approved Honours programme of 240 credits, of which 90 credits are at 4000 or 5000 level and at least a further 120 credits at 3000 and/or 4000 or 5000 levels.


MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours): Third year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: FM4100 - FM4899
FM4102 Cinema and Politics 30
FM4104 Film and History 30
FM4106 War and Cinema 30
FM4107 Cinema and Nation 30
FM4108 Cinema and Media in the Digital Age 30
FM4109 Film and the Archive 30
FM410A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM410B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM410C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4110 Images and Impact: The Uses of Film 30
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4117 Modernity and the Moving Image 30
FM4118 Film and Fashion 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
FM411A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM411B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM411C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4120 Silent Cinema 30
FM4121 Screen Comedy 30
FM4122 Watching the Detectives: Murder, Mystery and the Media 30
FM4123 Artists' Film and Video 30
FM4124 Race and Representation 30
FM4125 Global Film Colour 30
FM4126 Creativity in screen cultures: collaboration, labour and scholarship 30
FM4127 Animation 30
FM4128 Television Form and Culture 30
FM4129 Film Materiality 30
FM412A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM412B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM412C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4205 Cinema in Scotland 30
FM4206 Cinemas of India 30
FM4207 British Cinemas: Conventions, Subversions, and Outsiders 30
FM4208 City in Asian Cinema 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching of Film Studies and the relevant Head of School a student may substitute 30 Level-4000 Film Studies credits for another subject.

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
View list Between 0 and 120 credits from Module list: SD3100 - SD4296
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD310A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD310B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD310C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD310D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD310F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD311A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD311B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD311C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD311D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD312A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD312B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD312C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD312D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD3223 Navigating the Complexity of Coupled Social and Ecological Systems 20
SD3237 Placing Sustainability: Knowledge & Wellbeing for the Anthropocene 20
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose between 120 to 160 credits in academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year.

Students must have at least 120 SD honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: FM4000 - FM4899
FM401A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM401B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM401C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM402A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM402B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM402C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM404A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM404B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM404C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM405A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM405B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM405C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM406A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM406B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM406C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM407A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM407B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM407C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM408A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM408B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM408C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4099 Film Studies Dissertation 30
FM409A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM409B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM409C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4102 Cinema and Politics 30
FM4104 Film and History 30
FM4106 War and Cinema 30
FM4107 Cinema and Nation 30
FM4108 Cinema and Media in the Digital Age 30
FM4109 Film and the Archive 30
FM410A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM410B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM410C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4110 Images and Impact: The Uses of Film 30
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4117 Modernity and the Moving Image 30
FM4118 Film and Fashion 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
FM411A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM411B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM411C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4120 Silent Cinema 30
FM4121 Screen Comedy 30
FM4122 Watching the Detectives: Murder, Mystery and the Media 30
FM4123 Artists' Film and Video 30
FM4124 Race and Representation 30
FM4125 Global Film Colour 30
FM4126 Creativity in screen cultures: collaboration, labour and scholarship 30
FM4127 Animation 30
FM4128 Television Form and Culture 30
FM4129 Film Materiality 30
FM412A Study Abroad: Film Studies (4) 4
FM412B Study Abroad: Film Studies (5) 5
FM412C Study Abroad: Film Studies (6) 6
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4205 Cinema in Scotland 30
FM4206 Cinemas of India 30
FM4207 British Cinemas: Conventions, Subversions, and Outsiders 30
FM4208 City in Asian Cinema 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr) 30
FM4796 Joint Project (30cr) 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

With the permission of the Director of Teaching of Film Studies and the relevant Head of School a student may substitute 30 Level-4000 Film Studies credits for another subject.

MA (Hons) Sustainable Development (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: SD3100 - SD4297
SD3101 Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal 10
SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course 20
SD310A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD310B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD310C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD310D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD310F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD3111 Home and Energy Geographies 30
SD311A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD311B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD311C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD311D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD312A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD312B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD312C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD312D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD401A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD401B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD401C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD401D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD401F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD401J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD401L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD401N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD401R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD401U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD401W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD401Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD402A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD402B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD402C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD402D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD402F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD402J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD402L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD402N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD402R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD402U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD402W Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (45) 45
SD402Y Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (60) 60
SD404A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD404B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD404C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD404D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD404F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD404J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD404L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD404N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD404R Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (30) 30
SD404U Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (40) 40
SD405A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD405B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD405C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD405D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD405F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD405J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD405L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD405N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD406A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD406B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD406C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD406D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD406F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD406J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD406L Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (20) 20
SD406N Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (24) 24
SD407A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD407B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD407C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD407D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD407F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD407J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD408A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD408B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD408C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD408D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD408F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD408J Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (15) 15
SD409A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD409B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD409C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD409D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD409F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD410A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD410B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD410C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD410D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD410F Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (12) 12
SD4110 Transitioning to sustainability: community, nature and governance 30
SD4111 Governance for Sustainability 30
SD4114 Society, Sustainable Consumption and Implementing Change 30
SD4116 Building sustainable, inclusive and just cities 30
SD4117 The Blue Economy and Maritime Security Intersections and Interdependence 30
SD4118 Extractive Environments 30
SD4119 Nature4Climate: Hybridized green blue infrastructures in the Global South 30
SD411A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD411B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD411C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD411D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4120 Valuing Environments 30
SD4122 Rethinking waste: exploring development, environment, and culture 30
SD4123 Futures: Risk and Governance In Practice 30
SD4124 Sustainable Catchment Management 30
SD412A Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (4) 4
SD412B Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (5) 5
SD412C Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (6) 6
SD412D Study Abroad: Sustainable Development (10) 10
SD4225 Green Politics: theory and practice 30
SD4226 Global Health Disparities 30
SD4297 Dissertation in Sustainable Development 30
Note:
- Not all modules are available in every academic year and/or semester
- Individual modules may have requisites to satisfy to be eligible to select them

For further details, see the module catalogue entry for each individual module above

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in academic year

Please balance your choices across the academic year. Students must have at least 120 Sustainable Development honours credits in total by the end of their honours programme

Study abroad

In the case of students who spend part of the Honours programme on a recognised Study Abroad scheme, the Programme Requirements will be amended to take into account overseas courses which are approved by the relevant St Andrews School in the Learning Agreement (see www.st-andrews.ac.uk/students/study-abroad/academic ).