Combining academic
enquiry with opportunity for
practical production, this
course prepares you for a
variety of careers, and
includes a study abroad
opportunity*.
BA/BA (Hons)
Film and Media
Film and media are central to
individual identities, local and
national cultures and to
globalised political and
economic spheres. The film and
media degree examines these
topics from the perspective of
the academic disciplines of film
studies and media studies.
This course focuses on the critical study
of the film and media industries and their
products and enables you to enter a
variety of careers.
The course offers you the opportunity to
study in-depth film as an artistic and
commercial enterprise, as well as various
media institutions and the debates
surrounding them. It develops your
critical understanding of the growth of
the media industries, historically and
globally, and the centrality of film to
popular cultures. You will acquire and
develop skills in video and media
production, teamwork, academic
research, project management and a
variety of forms of communication. Many
of these skills will be transferable to your
career after graduation. In the first two
years you will study a range of modules
which will introduce you to key
developments in film and media, and key
concepts in film and media studies – eg
developments like the emergence of
cinema and the establishment of national
broadcasting systems, and concepts like
narrative, popular culture and citizenship.
In Years Three and Four you choose
specialist film and media options in, for
example, television drama, screenwriting,
and photography. In Year Four you
complete a written or production
dissertation. Production dissertations
can be in video, photography or
screenwriting.
Structure Year Four modules
You can opt to study for an honours
degree over four years or an ordinary
degree over three years. You will
complete a range of modules each year
as outlined. Modernity on Screen/ Dissertation/ plus
three options from: Video Production/
Screenwriting/ Media Events/ New
Enterprise Creation/ Playwriting 2/
Creative Entrepreneurship/ Photography
& Visual Culture/ Film and the Family/
Popular Music/ Photography Practice/
Storytelling in Convergent Media/
Television Drama/ Experiential Learning
Teaching, learning and assessment
Please see the course entry on our
website (see URL on opposite page) for
full details of the learning, teaching and
assessment activities for this course.
Also check out the ‘How we teach and
how you’ll learn’ section on pages 8-11.
The modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2018) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2019 following
the next revalidation. Please check the
website for any updates.
*Subject to availability
Year One modules
Introduction to Film Studies/ Introduction
to Media Studies/ Media Industries/
Narrative and Representation/ Media
Production 1/ Media Consumption
Year Two modules
Film and Creativity/ Media and Popular
Culture/ Film Genre/ Media and
Democracy/ Media Production 2/
Working in the Media
Year Three modules
Contemporary Hollywood, Media,
Culture and Society and Research
Independent Research Project/ plus
three options (indicative options are listed
under Year Four)
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