School of Creative Studies and Media About the School The School of Creative Studies and Media (SCSM) offers degrees across a wide range of creative arts, including film, journalism, media, digital and interactive media, professional writing and theatre. All of our courses combine the practical and the theoretical, ensuring that our students graduate with a comprehensive knowledge of their subject area.
Academic areas covered within the School The Masters degrees in the School offer you a blend of taught modules and personal supervision, allowing you both to pursue your own area of interest and draw upon the wide-ranging expertise of members of staff in the School, all within a structured framework. The MAs also allow you to pursue a blend of theoretical/critical and creative-practice work.
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A distinct feature which makes the School exceptional is the way in which students from the various disciplines are encouraged to interact with, and learn from, each other. For example, students from screenwriting, theatre and media practice courses often work together to produce practical pieces of work. Our course structure is extremely flexible, and allows students to choose modules from outside their specialised disciplines.
PhD/MPhil study is available in subjects across the whole spectrum of the Creative Industries, with potential research or practice-led research specialisms in such areas as: Professional Writing, Film and/or Media Studies, New Media, Drama, Communications and related fields.
MRes • Film and Visual Culture*
SCSM facilities reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the School. As well as broadcast quality TV and radio equipment, the School has dedicated spaces for those studying games, digital media, journalism and writing, as well as a theatre and digital cinema. All of these facilities are gathered together in the John Phillips Hall – SCSM's home – situated on the shore of the Menai Strait.
34 BANGOR UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS
MSc • International Media Management (with Business/Law)*
PhD/MPhil • Creative and Critical Writing, Film, Media, New Media, Journalism, Creative Studies, Drama, Professional Writing PhD/MPhil Practice-Led Research • Creative and Critical Writing, Film, Media, New Media, Journalism, Creative Studies, Drama, Professional Writing
The study environment at Bangor couldn’t be better for studying at postgraduate level. You will be joining a vibrant postgraduate community and a School with significant experience in teaching the creative industries at postgraduate level. In recent years, our postgraduate students have won numerous awards and scholarships and found academic and industry employment at such prestigious institutions as the BBC and in the entertainment software sector.
* new course – subject to validation
TO FIND OUT MORE: Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388560 E-mail: mediastudies@bangor.ac.uk www.bangor.ac.uk/media
STAFF PROFILE
Staff and facilities Our staff include both highly regarded academics and acclaimed creative practitioners, with strong regional, national and international links in the private and public sector. Academic staff specialise in diverse research areas such as East Asian media, vertical dance, technology and discourse, Jewish film, digital advertising, journalism, politics and risk, digital fiction, videogames and virtual worlds, live television, documentary film making, adaptation studies and comics. Staff expertise is matched by our state-of-theart purpose built facilities.
MA/Diploma • Creative Practice* • Digital Media* • Film-making: Concept to Screen*
Dr Astrid Ensslin, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, School of Creative Studies and Media Dr Astrid Ensslin’s specialist areas of interest are videogames and virtual worlds; digital fiction; semiotics and discourse analysis. She is currently working on publishing books on analysing digital fiction and literary videogames; and on the language of gaming. “The School of Creative Studies and Media is keen on providing access to cutting-edge facilities in creative media, including the latest gaming technologies (consoles and mobile devices). The School has a special focus on creative technologies and a wide range of creative subjects, bringing together practitioners and scholars. Students gain access to my scholarly experience, resources and networks. They meet with me on a regular basis to discuss ideas and obtain feedback on their work, and they are directly involved in my teaching and research projects, including editorial work on the Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. The School’s diversity of subjects and interests across creative industries, its national and international excellence in teaching and research and its friendly, dynamic atmosphere make it a great place for postgraduate study. The School has a vibrant postgraduate student community with wonderful networking facilities for taught and research postgraduates.”