Personnel:
The Department of Art Studies was established in 2007. In 2016, due to recruitment needs and training practices, the Department of Art Studies changed its name to the Department of Composition and Criticism of Theatre and Cinema to focus on research and training in the direction of composition and criticism in the fields of literature, theatre, and cinema. After the name change, in 2018, the department was approved to open a major in Film and Television Screenwriting for students of the Faculty of Literature to diversify career opportunities for students after graduation. After many effective training courses, the department returned to the name of Art Studies, starting to train a bachelor's program in Art Studies starting from the 2024 enrollment period.
Goals and tasks of the department:
Undergraduate training: providing students with knowledge of cinema, television, theatre, and literary composition. Students will learn subjects related to professional practice such as: writing scripts for short films, television films, documentaries, and feature films; writing film and stage criticism in newspapers and media; writing scripts for television programs, advertisements, game shows, event organization, writing short stories, novels, etc. Students will be able to improve the quality of scripts for film, television, and stage works, have the skills to edit scripts, create films and television works that are profound, rich in humanity, inspiring, and connect with the community. From the knowledge they have learned, students can also become professional film and stage critics.
Scientific research: Currently, the department is focusing on building research projects related to cinema to serve as reference materials for students and graduate students. The Department has published the work Contemporary Japanese and Vietnamese Cinema - Cultural Exchange and Influence with the participation of many domestic film researchers and critics. The work Horizon of Images (Dr. Dao Le Na) is currently being used for undergraduate and graduate levels. The Department is also focusing on translating and developing textbooks related to theater and cinema to serve the training program, supplementing the source of theater and cinema textbooks that are still lacking in Vietnam. The Department's lecturers have registered for scientific research topics at the National University level in the direction of creative writing and Vietnamese cinema to serve teaching. In addition, the lecturers also actively participate in domestic and international seminars to update information, specialized knowledge and expand the research network with colleagues in the same field. Bachelor of Arts Program
The Bachelor of Arts Program aims to train quality human resources with political ethics and community awareness to serve the development of the country's arts. Bachelor of Arts is equipped with basic and systematic knowledge of social sciences and humanities, and arts; has the ability to apply knowledge of arts and literature to evaluate works of art, types and trends of Vietnamese and world arts as well as create new quality scripts; apply artistic knowledge related to journalism, publishing, media, theater, and cinema in organizing professional activities.
Students majoring in Arts can choose to major in Art Research and Practice or Film and Television Screenwriting. While studying, students are taught knowledge revolving around the skills of researching traditional and modern Vietnamese arts; skills of criticizing works of art and art exhibitions; information design and art management skills; skills in applying the rules of creativity to get ideas and develop ideas; knowing how to collect and process information to write scripts;... through many subjects such as: Creative thinking and design thinking; Art psychology; Analysis of visual and theatrical works; Performance research; Stage scriptwriting; Television program production; Art and economics; Art curation;... and some general knowledge.
Bachelor of Arts can work in fields such as: (1) Research, teaching about art and related issues at colleges, universities, research institutes; (2) Communication specialist, design, content creation; (3) Cultural specialist, consultant for the creative industry; (4) Art journalist; (5) Working for art and cultural projects, government and non-governmental organizations,...