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Overview
You’ll examine how these visual media cross borders, how they reshape media histories and challenge dominant global narratives.
With expert guidance, you’ll build your skills in cultural analysis, learning to use new tools and methodologies to analyse transnational media.
Outcomes
By the end of this Transnational Cinema and Comics course at the University of Aberdeen, you’ll be able to...
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of comics and cinema as transnational media forms.
- Analyse visual narratives using appropriate theoretical frameworks and methodologies.
- Synthesise diverse sources and situate cultural texts in their broader political and historical contexts.
- Communicate ideas clearly and persuasively in both speech and writing, using relevant critical vocabulary.
Programme Structure
You’ll focus on key works and topics that illuminate the relationship between media, mobility, and cultural identity, including:- visual storytelling and displacement in autobiographical comics
- journalism, conflict, and testimony in the Middle East
- comics and cinema responding to global crises, from pandemics to climate change
- transnational genre films and stories of exile and migration
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 3 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
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TOEFL® IBT OR
90
PTE Academic 62
IELTS 6.5
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Credits
30 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Visual Arts Film Studies View 45 other Short Courses in Visual Arts in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Duolingo English Test 120
TOEFL® IBT OR
90
PTE Academic 62
IELTS 6.5
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- 98 accuracy using real exam data
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Other requirements
General requirements
This course has no formal entry requirements. You decide if it’s suitable for you.
The course is delivered at Masters level. At this level, for this course, you’d usually have at least:
- a 2:2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or
- relevant professional experience that supports this level of learning.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents1390 GBP / full≈ 1390 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents1390 GBP / full≈ 1390 GBP / full
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