At UCD students study film from within and beyond the canon in a variety of genres, periods and forms. We focus on film history and critical studies with an emphasis on issues of gender, class race/ethnicity, consumerism and citizenship and set the analysis of cinema within national, international and transnational contexts. Although teaching ranges widely across Irish, British and American cinema, faculty research is particularly concentrated in the areas of contemporary Hollywood film, representations of gender, Hitchcock, and urban and documentary films.
Film Studies has long been an important subject of study within the Critical Humanities. A Centre for Film Studies was established in 1992 on the initiative of actor Gregory Peck, film producer Noel Pearson, former UCD President Dr Patrick Masterson and UCD Professors Andrew Carpenter and Richard Kearney.
Film Studies offers programmes leading to the degrees of BA (Minor), MA, M.Litt and PhD.
Undergraduate Film Studies at UCD
This year there is a new Denominated Entry:
English with Film, Stage 1
Semester 1
FS10010 Perspectives on Film I (5 credits)
Semester 2
FS10020 Perspectives on Film II (5 credits)
Links for more information
Information on currently offered courses is available on the UCD School of English, Drama and Film website.
Stage Two:
There is no automatic entry from DN012 (BA Omnibus) to DN513 English with Film at Stage 2. However, a limited number of places (usually 10 in total) is made available to those who meet the requirements stipulated below. In addition, you must send in a letter of application by the closing date stating the reasons as to why the transfer to English with Film would benefit you and how it fits in with your interests and studies to date.
Applicants who have attained satisfactory grades and grade point average will be considered. Please note, that to qualify you will need a minimum of 5 credits in Film (either FS10010 Perspectives on Film 1 or FS10020 Perspectives on Film 2) and to comply with progression requirements in English by having taken both ENG10050 Literature in Context 1 and ENG10060 Literature in Context 2 in Level 1.
Closing date is Friday June 1st 2012.
Please email your application request with name and student nr to Karen Jackman, Film and Drama Administrator before that date.
