Admission requirements
BA-Degree and/or Pre-Master.
Description
This seminar prepares the student for the writing of the master thesis. Taking as our starting point a distinct field of scholarly and critical texts (to be determined) students shall actively ‘work’ with these texts, developing their own methods and skills of argumentation, and the ability to develop valid research questions of their own.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Develop, together with a team of peers, a special theme issue of an (imaginary) journal entitled Film and Photographic Studies
Develop and present a fully annotated scholarly paper, based on state of the art research in film and photographic studies
Evaluate and provide constructive feedback to work-in-progress of their peers (peer-review)
Respond effectively to feedback provided by both peers and instructor on their written work
Timetable
Collegerooster
Mode of instruction
Seminar
Course Load
Total course load for the course: 140 hours
Hours spent on attending lectures and seminars: approx. 30 hours including screenings
Time for studying the compulsory literature: approx. 10 hours
Time for completing assignments: 100 hours
Assessment method
The assignment consists of a group-project. A team of approximately 5 to 6 students will function as an editorial board in charge of issuing a special issue of a (fictional) academic journal entitled Journal of Film and Photographic Studies. The board chooses a topical prolematic (so a theme rather then an object) for this special issue. Students have different tasks in this joint project and will be graded individually according to their personal and team contribution. The group will also convene outside actual class hours. Teamwork is an important part of this course.
The final grades will be determined on the basis of individual work. The assignments will be weighed as follows: peer-reviewed journal article 70%, participation 10% and dossier 20%.
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used for announcements, distribution of program and literature, and peerfeedback.
Reading list
Available via Blackboard.
Registration
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