Programme structure: Screen Practice (MA) - what's running in 2011/12

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Unit name Unit code Credit points Status Teaching Block
Critical and Conceptual Issues in Screen Studies DRAMM0002 20 Mandatory TB-1
Dissertation: Film and Television Production DRAMM1301 60 Mandatory AYEAR
At least one of the following:
Narrative Grammar and the Screen DRAMM1101 20 Optional TB-1
If only one of the above is taken students should take 20 credit points from the following list:
Performance Action/Direction DRAMM1112 20 Optional TB-2
Performance Space/Place DRAMM1113 20 Optional TB-2
Performing the Body DRAMM1114 20 Optional TB-2
Documentary Histories and Contexts DRAMM1118 20 Optional TB-1
Screening Nations DRAMM1119 20 Optional TB-2
New Media DRAMM1121 20 Optional TB-2
Character: From Body to Avatar DRAMM1210 20 Optional TB-1
British TV Drama DRAMM1213 20 Optional TB-2
Scenography DRAMM1218 20 Optional TB-1
Politics, Poetics and Places of Memory: Remembering the Holocaust, 1945 to the Present HISTM1011 20 Optional TB-2
Three of the following (the two AFAC units count as one, students can only take one of DRAMM1116 and DRAMM1212):
Specialised Cinema Exhibition in the UK DRAMM0004 20 Optional TB-2
Performance Action/Direction DRAMM1112 20 Optional TB-2
Performance Space/Place DRAMM1113 20 Optional TB-2
Performing the Body DRAMM1114 20 Optional TB-2
Project Development DRAMM1116 20 Optional TB-2
Documentary Histories and Contexts DRAMM1118 20 Optional TB-1
Screening Nations DRAMM1119 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Producing DRAMM1206 20 Optional TB-2
Character: From Body to Avatar DRAMM1210 20 Optional TB-1
Project Design and Storyboarding DRAMM1212 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Writing DRAMM1214 20 Optional TB-2
Production Skills: Directing DRAMM1216 20 Optional TB-2
Scenography DRAMM1218 20 Optional TB-1
War on Screen RUSSM0010 20 Optional TB-2
MA Screen Practice   180    

Progression/award requirements

The pass mark set by the University for any level 7(M) unit is 50 out of 100.

For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.

Exit awards

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to exit from the programme with a postgraduate diploma or certificate.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.

Degree classifications:

An award with Merit or Distinction is permitted for postgraduate taught masters, diplomas and certificates, where these are specifically named entry-level qualifications. An award with Merit or Distinction is not permitted for exit awards where students are required to exit the programme on academic grounds. An exit award with Merit or Distinction may be permitted where students are prevented by exceptional circumstances from completing the intended award.

The classification of the award in relation to the final programme mark is as follows:

Award with Distinction*: at least 65 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation. **Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

Award with Merit*: at least 60 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 60 out of 100 for the dissertation. Faculties retain discretion to increase these thresholds.

* The MA in Law has separate regulations for awarding distinction and merit.

** For the award of Distinction, the Faculty of Engineering requires at least 70 out of 100 for the taught component overall and, for masters awards, at least 70 out of 100 for the dissertation.

Diploma/certificate stages:

All taught masters programmes, unless exempted by Senate, must allow the opportunity for students to choose, or be required, to leave at the postgraduate diploma or certificate stage.

To be awarded a postgraduate diploma, students must have successfully completed 120 credit points, of which 90 must be at level M/7.

To be awarded a postgraduate certificate, students must have successfully completed 60 credit points, of which 40 must be at level M/7.