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Master of Arts (Honours) Chinese Studies and Film Studies


MA (Hons) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours): First Year
Code Module name Credits
(( CN1011 Beginners Chinese Language 1 20 AND
CN1021 Beginners Chinese Language 2 20 ) OR
( CN1012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 1 20 AND
CN1022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 2 20 )) AND
Remaining credits from Level 1000 options

Further requirements

Choose 120 credits in the academic year
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) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours): Second Year
Code Module name Credits
(( CN2011 Intermediate Chinese Language 1 20 AND
CN2021 Intermediate Chinese Language 2 20 ) OR
( CN2012 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 3 20 AND
CN2022 Chinese Language and Textual Practices 4 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 all of the Chinese Studies modules taken
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 ^

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.

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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) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours): Third Year
Code Module name Credits
CN3001 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 1 15 AND
CN3002 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 2 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List:CN3301 - CN3399, CN4401 - CN44999, CN4099 and ID4002
CN3301 Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation 15
CN3302 The Art of 20th Century China 15
CN3303 Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau 15
CN3304 Visualizing Sinophone Culture 15
CN3305 Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature 15
CN3306 Hong Kong in Art and Visual Culture: Creativity and Contestation 15
CN3307 Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture 15
CN4401 Politics and Propaganda in Modern China 15
CN4402 Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down 15
CN4403 Youth and Education in Republican China 15
CN4404 Contemporary Chinese Culture 鈥�1989 to the present day 15
CN4405 The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China 15
CN4406 Modern Chinese Science Fiction 15
CN4407 Postsocialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post-1990 China 15
CN4408 China and the World 15
CN4099 Dissertation on a Chinese Topic 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
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

Students whose degree has a non-Modern Language component should ensure that between 90 to 120 credits are taken in Chinese Studies over Third and Fourth Year.

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
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
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
FM4130 Cinema and Neoliberalism 30
FM4131 Cinema and Travel 30
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4309 The Audiovisual essay: forms and practice 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 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) Chinese Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth Year
Code Module name Credits
CN4001 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 3 15 AND
CN4002 Chinese Language, Texts and Cultural Practices 4 15 AND
View list 30 credits from Module List: CN3301 - CN3399, CN4401 - CN4499, CN4099, and ID4002
CN4401 Politics and Propaganda in Modern China 15
CN4402 Creating China 2: Revolution, Opening-up, Clamping-down 15
CN4403 Youth and Education in Republican China 15
CN4404 Contemporary Chinese Culture 鈥�1989 to the present day 15
CN4405 The Reception and Reinvention of the Past in Modern China 15
CN4406 Modern Chinese Science Fiction 15
CN4407 Postsocialist Attitude: Literature and Rebellion in post-1990 China 15
CN4408 China and the World 15
ID4002 Communication and Teaching in Arts and Humanities 15
CN4099 Dissertation on a Chinese Topic 15
CN3301 Creating China 1: Nation, Modernization, Contestation 15
CN3302 The Art of 20th Century China 15
CN3303 Pearl River Cultures: Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macau 15
CN3304 Visualizing Sinophone Culture 15
CN3305 Constructing Gender in Chinese Literature 15
CN3306 Hong Kong in Art and Visual Culture: Creativity and Contestation 15
CN3307 Poverty in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture 15
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

Students whose degree has a non-Modern Language component should ensure that between 90 to 120 credits are taken in Chinese Studies over Third and Fourth Year.

MA (Hons) Film Studies (Joint Honours): Fourth year
Code Module name Credits
View list 60 credits from Module List: FM4000 - FM4899
FM4099 Film Studies Dissertation 30
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
FM4113 Ecocinema: The Nature of Film 30
FM4114 Film Genres 30
FM4115 Sensory Cinema 30
FM4116 Stars 30
FM4119 Horror on screen 30
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
FM4130 Cinema and Neoliberalism 30
FM4131 Cinema and Travel 30
FM4202 The Cinema in Eastern Europe 30
FM4204 Asian Cinemas 30
FM4303 Documentary Cinema 30
FM4306 Feminist Film Studies 30
FM4308 Film Sound 30
FM4309 The Audiovisual essay: forms and practice 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.

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 杏吧论坛 School in the Learning Agreement (see ).