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postgraduate

Degree

Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies (Research-Based)

postgraduate

Degree

Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies (Research-Based)

Quick facts

  • Annual tuition (2022)

    $9,500 CAD

  • Application fee

    $168 CAD

  • Duration

    2 years

  • PGWP

    2-3 years

  • Min GPA

    76 out of 100

Highlights
Thesis

These are mandatory and all come with course.

Deadlines

Term start& deadline Deadline
Fall-September 01-December-2023 2023-12-01
Fall-September 31-December-2024 2024-12-31

Overview

Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies

The two-year M.A. program allows students to pursue Cinema and Media Studies through coursework and an M.A. thesis project. 

Students are expected to give primary attention to an area of expertise of their choice while training in the field's broader theoretical, critical, and historical contexts.  

Faculty research specialties include: 

strengths in contemporary cinemas and media culture, one that highlights media and film theory, cult cinema, documentary studies, early cinema, feminist and post-feminist media studies, American, Canadian and European cinemas, and sound television studies. 

There are particular strengths in contemporary Anglophone cinema and television products and cultures within a global context. 

UBC's students occasionally engage with professors and students in the renowned directing, design and film production graduate programs.

As a selective boutique program, the university provides close mentorship of all accepted students. 

UBC is usually able to provide teaching assistant experience to MA students in the large first and second-year undergraduate courses. 

Graduate students have the opportunity to work in the film studies journal Cinephile. 

Estimate your cost

Residency
Count of person

$19,795

Total costs

yearly

Details


Cost of living 1 person $7,800
Accommodation 1 bed room $10,295
Tuition 1 person $9,500

Hourly wage

Min wage

16.75 CAD / 1 hour

in Canada every student can work 20 hour per week

Required documents

  • Academic/Official Transcripts
  • Proof of English Language Proficiency (If Applicable)
  • Passport or Visa Documents
  • Resume/Curriculum vitae (CV)
  • Statement Of Intent
  • Letters Of Reference
  • Writing Sample

Language requirements

GRE
not required
GMAT
not required

IELTS

6.5
6
listening
6
writing
6
speaking
6
reading

TOEFL

100
22
listening
21
writing
21
speaking
22
reading

PTE

65
60
listening
60
writing
60
speaking
60
reading

Cambridge

-
listening
-
writing
-
speaking
-
reading
Language pathway (conditional offer) is available

The Faculty of Graduate Studies may extend a conditional offer of admission to a highly-qualified graduate applicant who does not quite meet the minimum English language proficiency requirement set by the graduate program to which the student has applied.

The student will proceed directly into the graduate degree program after successfully completing the prescribed terms of study in the ELI Intensive Academic English Program (or pre-approved, equivalent alternative).

To be eligible for the Condition Admission Program (CAP), the applicant must:

  • Possess a "first-class average" (or established equivalent) in a degree deemed as an eligible basis for admission, OR have academic qualifications that would have ranked them in the top 33% of students admitted to the graduate program to which they are applying, for the year before the date of their application;
  • have English language proficiency, demonstrated via an accepted test, that can reasonably be expected to be brought up to the standard required by the graduate program to which the student has applied by completing ELI (or accepted equivalent) training in no more than a year; and
  • be recommended for the CAP by a UBC graduate program.

Academic background and requirement

  • A minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC)

 

 

China:

  • The Bachelor's degree of at least four years of study
  • Overall average of B+ standing.

 

India:

  • A four-year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's degree
  • First Class/Division 1 (65%) or Very Good (8 on a 10-point scale)

 

Iran:

  • The Bachelor’s degree of at least four years of study
  • 16 on a 20-point scale

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