BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies
UCAS code | Fees | Course length | Entry requirements
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.
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About the course
You'll study the variety of exciting ways in which cinema and television have developed. These are explored both through studying contemporary and historical examples and by practical production and scriptwriting modules.
Through the television modules, you'll consider areas like drama, news, television audiences, cultures of television and scheduling. Film modules cover the development of Hollywood and national cinemas from Britain, Europe, the Far East and the Third World. Particular genres such as Science Fiction and Horror are also explored in depth. In several modules you'll examine film and television together, looking at areas like Melodrama and the role of the soundtrack and ethics in documentary. The representation of gender and race is also examined. You can study the narrative forms of cinema through both theory and practical modules. The study of the Film Narrative module in the second year combines well with the scriptwriting modules available in the second and third years.
You'll get plenty of opportunities to develop skills in communication, research, information handling, self-organisation, use of equipment and group work. The work experience module allows you to find out more about what it's like to work in a particular field, while gaining credits within your course. Take a look at some of our student work.
Find out more about what subjects and modules you'll be studying...Your career
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 her 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.
UCAS code
W622
Fees 2009/10 *
UK/EU students
- Full time: £3,290 (per year)
- Part time: £270 per single module (you usually take 24 of these modules in total)
International students
- Full time: £8,500 (per year)
*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2010 and August 2011. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year and there may be extra costs eg for exams, trips or special modules.
Course length
Full time: 3 years
Part time: 6 years
Entry requirements
Our entry requirements are usually 180-240 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent ...
