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Coursework Masters / Coursework Masters

MFA in New Media
Course code: FIN5010X

Please take time to read all the following information regarding application carefully before contacting us or filling in the online application form at the end of this page. Applications forms not providing all the information stipulated below will not be considered for selection.


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Application deadline

The application deadline for 2009 applications has been extended to the 31st October 2008. By this date applications must have been made to UCT and to the IFNM (see details below) and portfolio's must have reached Lindsay Redman in our office.


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General Application Enquiries

For detailed course information, please refer to the programme - coursework masters section on the IFNM website.

With regard to general enquiries not available on the website please contact the secretary who will anwser your questions or put you in touch with the relevant course co-ordinators:
Lindsay Redman
tel: +27 (0)21 480-7147
email: ifnm@hiddingh.uct.ac.za


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Fees

Please refer to the UCT Student Fees website to download the latest updated student fees handbook. International students please refer to the international student section for a breakdown of costs. Fees are determined by Council from time to time and are subject to revision without notice.

For all postgraduate fees enquiries please contact:
Anne Wegerhoff
tel: +27 (021) 650-4414
email: Anne.Wegerhoff@uct.ac.za


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International students

For all international student enquiries please refer to the International Academic Programmes Office (IAPO) website.



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How to apply

Two appllication forms need to be filled in:
UCT application form for admission to the University of Cape Town. Please refer to the UCT website for information & forms - click here.
The online application form (see below) for admission to the Institute for Film and New Media
The on-line, fill-in application form (see below) must be submitted by the deadline to be considered for review. If students do not have access to the internet, hard copy application forms can be obtained from the secretary, tel: +27(0) 21 480 7147

Prospective students must submit a portfolio of work. The focus of the portfolio should be on the application of digital media and/or film work. These may be digital material (websites, interactive projects, DTP etc. on “Zip” disk) and audio-visual material (VHS format; sound on CD or “Zip” disk).

Please post your portfolio to:
University of Cape Town
Institute of Film and New Media
Hiddingh Campus
Private Bag Rondebosch
7700
Cape Town
South Africa

For Film please mark your portfolio: Attention Prof. Mark Fleichman.
For New Media please mark your portfolio: Attention Johann van der Schijff.

The Portfolio must reach us by by the deadline to be considered for review.

Prospective students must submit a detailed written proposal as part of the application, giving a broad outline of production goals, areas of research and select bibliography. Subsequent media produced during coursework must relate to the objectives set out in the proposal in order to accumulate a body of complementary work, which can be incorporated into the main research project during the second part of the year.

Once the application forms are reviewed by the application committee, a short list of prospective students will be drawn up. Prospective students will be notified by the secretary when their interview times are scheduled.

Only in special circumstances, at the discretion of the convenors, will a late application be considered.




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Proposal

Your proposal, of approx. 600-900 words, should indicate the area or independent research you plan to undertake and explain how you intend to realise this research. You should show a basic familiarity with the area and indicate what reading/viewing you plan on conducting during the year as well as what form the final work will take. You should show familiarity with the central issues in your area and display an acquaintanceship with contemporary theoretical concerns.

In a simplified form your proposal will be divided into four sections:
Introduction. In which you set out the topic of research.
Methodology. In which you explain how you will conduct this research and give an indication of your current understanding of the topic.
Outcome. In which you describe the proposed form that you envisage your research taking in a practical sense.
Bibliography. In which you indicate the material (including video, web pages, etc.) that you plan on consulting during the course of studies.

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Interview
Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview. Dates to be finalised

Times: students to be informed via email or telephonically

Venue: Bertram Place
UCT - Hidding Hall Campus
32 - 37 Orange Street
Gardens
Cape Town
South Africa
Picture + Map

To bring to selection interviews:
CV
Letter of two referees in support of applicant

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Admission Requirements

Student numbers in these two programmes will be limited and entrance requirements will be a four-year BA (Fine Art), or a four year BA (Theatre and Performance), or a three-year BA (Film Media and Visual Studies) plus fourth year (Hons in Film Theory and Practice). Faculty rule FM3 applies (see Graduate School Student Handbook 2002, p. 12).

Prospective students who have completed undergraduate studies in other disciplines or institutions, or people who have been working in the industry, will be encouraged to apply for the programme if their area of study and/or portfolio justifies selection.

Strict selection will take place through interview + discussion of portfolio + proposal.

Preference will be given to students who have achieved well in their undergraduate studies.

A maximum of 20 students will be admitted to the two programmes combined over two years.

Acceptance into the programmes will be on the recommendation of the convenors and the Heads of the Drama and Fine Art Departments.


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Duration of Degree

Both MFA programmes will be run over two years. The first year will focus on coursework and the second year on the production of a practical thesis and a written explication supporting this creatrive research.

Students will be intensively engaged with their work: an average day will start at 09h00 and end at 17h00.

The MFA programmes are concerned with the total integration of theory and practice: theory is fully embedded in practice, practice fully informed by theory. Moreover, the component parts of the programme build on each other until the students have the full set of building blocks with which to produce the creative work. The programmes are thus conceived and designed in a holistic manner. Several modules are germane to both Film and TV, and New Media. Thus the programmes overlap at key points.


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Assessment

Students must complete the practical thesis by the end of the second year of registration. A final presentation date will be set for final work to be submitted and presented to a body of external examiners.

Final written explications must also be bound and handed in for external examination.

Work submitted for examination must be photographically recorded and described in a composite document (print and web version), which must include a written explication of the theoretical basis of the work.

Research material accumulated during the weekly seminar series as well as in other courses will form the basis of the written dissertation.

Coursework constitutes 50% of the final mark and the practical thesis + written explication constitutes 50% of the final mark.

Successful candidates will graduate MFA in New Media, or MFA in Film and Television Production, during the Summer Graduation Ceremony.


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Scholarship Application Information

UCT Postgraduate Funding. Please refer to the UCT website for information www.uct.ac.za

National Research Foundation. Please refer to the NRF website for information www.nrf.ac.za


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Fill-in application form (including proposal)





DON'T FORGET to also complete UCT's application form for admission to the University of Cape Town. Please refer to the UCT website for information www.uct.ac.za


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Last updated: Jan 14, 2008


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email: ifnm@hiddingh.uct.ac.za fax: +27(0)21 424 2889








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