Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture
We see film from within.
What will you learn?
The aim of bachelor study is to educate graduates for qualified professions requiring independent analytical, critical and conceptual thinking, cultural overview and media literacy in the field of cinema, audiovisual industry, media, cultural institutions and creative and cultural industries.
Bachelor’s degree study leads to the comprehension and understanding of cinema, i.e. film and audiovisual industry as a complex phenomenon in relevant historical, social, cultural, economic, technical and aesthetic contexts.
Bachelor study provides a systematic set of overview knowledge and basic skills in the field, within the wider framework of humanities and social sciences.
Emphasis is placed on a unified curriculum and a common learning standard that corresponds to the level of general education in the given field.
The curriculum is based on a set of predominantly compulsory and compulsory elective courses (lectures and seminars), the components of which are:
1) subjects on film theory and methodology of film science,
2) subjects on the history of Czech and world cinema,
3) subjects focused on methodological research bases,
4) subjects focused on realization of bacherlor thesis,
4) subjects of leading experts from foreign universities (in English),
5) practical subjects of domestic experts (from the field of production, dramaturgy and screenwriting, distribution, festivals, TV programming, etc.),
6) selective research and project oriented subjects,
7) professional practice in the film and audiovisual industry institutions.
Practical training
Practice is a compulsory subject: every student must undergo a professional traineeship lasting at least 4 weeks (20 business days) during the Bachelor study.
Professional traineeships take place in institutions such as National Film Archive, the State Cinematography Fund, Czech Television, the festivals IFF Karlovy Vary or IDFF Jihlava, the university cinema Scala, production companies, etc.
Further information
Career opportunities
The Bachelor’s degree provides prerequisites for practical application especially in the following areas and positions:
1) Experts in cinema and audiovisual industry institutions.
2) Professionals and creative workers in the media, creative and cultural industries, cultural, memorial and educational institutions, public and state administration.
3) Publicists and critics in the field of film and cultural journalism, public relations workers, editorial and translation activities.
4) Cultural management: cinema managers, managers of cultural and educational institutions, film festivals, etc.
5) Dramaturgy and production practice: film, television, cinema, festivals.
Study options
Single-subject studies
Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.
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Full-time studies in czech
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Combined studies in czech
What will you learn?
Combined studies
In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts
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Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Aesthetics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Ancient History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Archival Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Art History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Auxiliary Historical Sciences (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Baltic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Catalan Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Chinese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Classical Archaeology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Combined Art Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Computational Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Czech Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ English Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Ethnology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ French Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ General Linguistics (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ German Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ History (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Information and Library Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Interpreting of Czech Sign Language (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Italian Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Japanese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Latin Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Mediterranean studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Modern Greek Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Museology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Musicology (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Philosophy (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Polish Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Portuguese Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Russian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Social Education and Counselling (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ South Slavonic and Balkan Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Spanish Language and Literature (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Study of Religions (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Theatre Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Theory of Interactive Media (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Ukrainian Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Vietnamese Studies (minor) – Faculty of Arts
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education
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Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Social pedagogy (minor) – Faculty of Education
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Economic Policy (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Economics (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Public Economics and Administration (minor) – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics
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Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Informatics (minor) – Faculty of Informatics
Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies
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Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Environmental Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ European Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ International Relations (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Media Studies and Journalism (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Political Science (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Psychology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Security & Strategic Studies (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Social Anthropology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Social Work (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies -
Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture (major), full-time studies
+ Sociology (minor) – Faculty of Social Studies
Courses
An example of your study plan:
Single-subject studies
Combined studies
Follow-up studies
A graduate of a Bachelor’s degree in Theory and History of Film and Audiovisual Culture can, after fulfilling the conditions of admission, continue in Master’s degree in the same field or in another disciplines (if applicable).
Study information
| Provided by | Faculty of Arts | |
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| Type of studies | Bachelor's | |
| Mode | full-time | Yes |
| combined | Yes | |
| Study options | single-subject studies | Yes |
| single-subject studies with specialization | No | |
| major/minor studies | Yes | |
| Standard length of studies | 3 years | |
| Language of instruction | Czech | |
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PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D.
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