MY NAME	Selection Committee
APPLICATION NO	Department of Media Studies Stockholm University

Letter of Intent – MY NAME

This letter affects your merit score (ranking) and is essential for being admitted.

It should be no longer than 2 pages and no shorter than 1 page.

Please stick to the questions and respond as clearly and directly as you can.

Background Questions – short answers yes/no + 2 lines of text maximum

Was/is your bachelor’s degree (BA) or master’s degree (MA) program mainly practically (applied knowledge, preparation for a certain occupation) or theoretically oriented?

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Have you/will you complete a thesis or other major research paper in your current BA or MA program? If so, how many credits and pages?

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Approx. how many credits of the courses/modules in your BA/MA were/are related to the theoretical study of cinema and/or other forms of moving images and audio-visual media?

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Are you mainly interested in practical filmmaking, scriptwriting, film directing, or any other production-oriented skill?

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Motivation

What is your general motivation for applying for graduate (master’s) studies and what makes the subject area Cinema Studies interesting to you? You may also elaborate on other relevant points here.

Which two modules (courses) in the Master’s Programme are most interesting to you? Why?

Which topic would you like to explore in your master’s thesis?