Film Studies and Preservation Schedule

This page outlines the typical schedule for students getting an MA in English with a Certificate of Advanced Achievement in Film Studies and Preservation.

Fall semester, first year:

• Three four-credit courses:

• • Museum Practice
  • Curatorial Theory and Practice
  • Film Conservation and Restoration at the George Eastman Museum (GEM)

Spring semester, first year:

• Three four-credit courses:

• • Moving Image Archive Management
  • Laboratory Work
  • Personal Project (guided by curators and staff of the GEM)

Fall semester, second year:

• One of the following options:
  • Three four-credit courses in English, film and media studies, or other appropriate coursework
  • Two four-credit courses plus one four-credit teaching assistant pedagogy training assignment*

Spring semester, second year:

• One of the following options:
  • Three four-credit courses in English, film and media studies, or other appropriate coursework
  • Two four-credit courses plus one four-credit teaching assistant pedagogy training assignment*

*The TA pedagogy training may be opted for in either fall or spring of the second year, but not both. This training will carry with it a registration in ENGL 580 as well as a tuition award for engaging in this training. Please discuss with the MA Selznick faculty advisor in the English Department to determine placement.

Summer semester, second year:

• Register for six-credits of ENG 491: Master's Reading Course, plus ENG 897 (this does not carry credits, but needs to be added for full time status in the summer). 
• Essay: Work on your MA essay in consultation with your faculty advisor(s). The submission deadline for the MA essay is August 1.
• Arrange a deadline with your instructors to finish any incompletes so that your final grade to the dean’s office can be submitted no later than the end of the first week of August. If your grade is not reported by then, you will not be able to graduate in the summer of year two.