MA Program Structure

Curriculum & Courses

The Postgraduate Program is conducted exclusively in English.

The total Credit Units (ECTS) required in order to successfully complete the PP are 90. In order to be awarded with the Postgraduate Diploma, the student must attend eight (8) courses in total, in the first two (2) semesters (two (2) obligatory and two (2) elective in each semester: a total of 60 ECTS). In the last semester, provided that that the student has completed the 60 ECTS, he/she must write his/her master thesis, which corresponds to 30 ECTS.

The curriculum is structured as follows [where O (=Obligatory Course) and Ε (=Elective Course)]:


SEMESTER A
CODECOURSEO/ΕC.U. (ECTS)
O-Α1Film Theory: From Analogue to Digital CinemaO10
O-Α2Historiography or Television: History & CultureO10
E-Α3Research MethodologyE5
E-Α4Contemporary Issues in Film and Television Studies IE5
E-Α5Film & Television: Aesthetics and QualityE5
TOTAL30

SEMESTER B
CODECOURSEO/ΕC.U. (ECTS)
O-Β1Historical Cinema: Representing the Past in Fiction and DocumentaryO10
O-Β2Advanced Topics in Genre and TelevisionO10
Ε-Β3Production Practices in Contemporary FilmmakingE5
Ε-Β4Contemporary Issues in Film and Television Studies IIE5
Ε-Β4Film, Television and PoliticsE5
TOTAL30

SEMESTER C
DiplomaMA Thesis30

TOTAL90

The winter semester classes begin the first week of October and end after the second week of November of the same year.

The spring semester classes begin the first week of March and end after the second week of April of the same year.

The submission of the master’s thesis is January 15th of each year.