At the same time, the students will be encouraged through projects and fieldwork to develop their own critical perspectives on recent developments in media practices. Contemporary theoretical and historical research in media forms such as newspaper, radio and television and the Internet will be discussed with due importance in these courses. Though cinema constitutes a broad space in the curriculum, there are also courses on Media Studies and Communication Studies. It is historically inclusive and theoretically intensive in nature. The curriculum is designed to familiarize students with both the rudiments of film form and the most advanced theories of film practice. The courses are meant to produce critics and scholars, planners and advisers, teachers and journalists, and also practitioners of film ready to make use of critical knowledge. The primary aim is to produce a critical mind in the student to engage film and media actively in life, rather than be passive recipients of images. The new MA and BA (Extra-Departmental) curriculum, introduced in 2013, incorporates the recent developments in the field and reflects the experience that we have gained in the past years. With a special arrangement for visiting faculty, it has been possible to maintain a steady stream of distinguished visitors, from both home and abroad. The Department has already become a meeting ground for the best film scholars in the country. The strong cultural and intellectual tradition of Calcutta has also been of considerable importance in providing the right kind of atmosphere for the study of a frontier discipline.Īlong with MA and BA (Extra-Departmental) courses a PhD programme has been introduced. It has a considerable fund of expertise in the three faculties of Arts, Science and Engineering, and a very good infrastructural base. Jadavpur University has an enormous support base for a discipline like Film Studies. Satyajit Ray proposed the study of cinema as an academic subject when, in 1980, he visited the University to accept an honorary D.Lit. In a way this is a fair reflection of the strong film culture in this city. The Department of Film Studies at Jadavpur University, established in 1993, was the first of its kind in India.
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