BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies

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Why choose this course?

Our film and television studies team is really friendly, supportive and aims to build your enthusiasm and confidence to explore the many exciting aspects of this subject.
You'll be assessed by 100% coursework so there are no exams to take.
Teaching is based on screenings of a wide range of films providing the stimulus for discussion and intensive study.
You'll have the opportunity to develop your own interests through an independent study project, for instance a particular genre or director.
You'll have the option to study Film in an American university for one semester.

About the course

During this course you will focus on the critical and theoretical study of the moving image, while exploring related topics such as scriptwriting and archiving and gaining work experience.

Throughout your studies you will develop an in-depth understanding of film and television using a wide variety of disciplines including history, psychology, cultural studies and politics. You will benefit from the broad range of expertise within your teaching team, which includes subjects such as third cinema, British television drama, cyberbodies and the international horror genre. Some of our lecturers are also award winning filmmakers in their own right, enabling them to enhance your understanding of film theory with their first hand experience of working in the industry.
We have close ties with the Quad independent cinema, as well as a number of film festivals.

A joint honours degree is the perfect choice for you if you want to study more than one subject. You can either study Film and Television Studies as a BA (Hons) degree or a joint honours degree by combining it with one or two other joint honours courses offered at our Derby Campus, such as American Studies, Applied Criminology, English or Media Writing. If you choose to study a joint honours degree you will be taught with students studying BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies, but the modules you'll study will depend on how you decide to combine the subjects you choose.

Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...

Your career

Graduates Dan Hobson and Jon Bridle talk of their success in scriptwriting for various television shows.

Graduates from this course have found jobs in media-related careers such as cinema marketing or management, television production, television research, journalism, public relations and radio production. You could also move on to careers in lecturing, teaching, museum work, library work and film archiving. Or if you fancy doing further study, you'll be able to take postgraduate courses like film-making, scriptwriting, journalism, film archiving and teacher training.

Graduate Leigh Small worked on a graphics traineeship which is part of ITV News Group. Over 1,000 people applied and Leigh had to go through a series of interview stages before getting this fantastic job. After completing his training at ITV Central, Leigh was promoted and now works as a fully fledged Graphic Designer for ITV Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle.

How you'll learn

You will normally have 12 hours of teaching week - 3 hours per module. This includes many hours of screenings of television programmes, films and extracts. There will also be formal lectures and small group and seminar work. In each module there are tutorials, in which you'll be preparing for assignments.

How you're assessed

You'll be assessed entirely by coursework - mainly essays, practical production work and some oral presentation work. In the third year there is an Independent Study of 8000 words.

Work placements

Modules in the second and third years enable you to gain credits for work placements in the creative and media industries. These are placements that you'll find yourself.

Start dates

If you're from the UK or EU you can apply to study this course in:

September 2012

If you're from a country outside the EU you can apply to study this course full time in:

September 2012

UCAS code

UCAS code: W622 - for full time September start.

If you aren't a full time September starter please apply directly at www.derby.ac.uk/applyonline using course code W623.

Fees

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

Full time: £6,995 (each year)
Part time: £875 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total).

International students

Full time: £9,700 (each year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.