Candidates who have completed their master's degree in Screen Cultures will have acquired the following knowledge, skills and general competences:
Knowledge
The candidate
- has acquired advanced knowledge of the histories, aesthetics, theories, technologies, and politics of screens, such as the cinema, television, computer, and smartphone screen.
- is able to identify and assess research topics pertaining to screens and the cultures evolving around them, in a critical and reflected manner.
- has advanced knowledge within media and communication studies and cultural studies, including critical and aesthetic theory and methods.
Skills
The candidate
- has learned how to apply their knowledge in the field so as to actively develop and explore new areas of research within screen cultures.
- is able to analyze and interpret media texts and cultural artefacts pertaining to the field of screen cultures independently.
- is able to carry out an independent research project within screen cultures in accordance with norms for research ethics.
- is able to assess and apply relevant theories and approaches in researching screen cultures.
- is able to analyze and critically assess different sources of information to make scholarly arguments within the field of screen cultures.
General competence
The candidate
- can plan and complete complex projects within a designated time-frame.
- has a clear understanding of research ethics and can apply this in their own scientific work.
- is able to use the general competence of writing scholarly about histories, aesthetics, theories, technologies, and politics within the field of screen cultures in other academic and professional fields.
- is able to apply their knowledge and skills in new areas and advanced projects within the field of screen cultures.
- is able to communicate the findings of their research project by drawing on the terminology and concepts of the field of screen cultures.
- is able to talk and write about academic questions, analyses and findings in the field of screen cultures, addressing audiences of experts and laypeople alike.
- is able to contribute to academic and public discourses that influence the way we use and understand screens.
- has experiences with independent and collaborative forms of work practice relevant to professional and academic careers.