Film and Television Studies (Joint Honours)
When can you start this course? | UCAS code | Fees | Course length | Entry requirements
What is joint honours?
With joint honours, you can study for an honours degree in two or even three subjects. Find out more about joint honours, including what subjects you can combine with this one.
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 and television programmes, 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 and Television 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.
Click here for more information about joint honours.
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 want to continue your studies, you'll be able to take postgraduate courses like film making, scriptwriting, journalism, film archiving or 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.
Work placements
Modules in the second and third years allow 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
W623
Popular courses that can be combined with Film and Television Studies include:
- Creative Writing
- Theatre Arts
- Popular Music Production
- English
- Business Management
- Sociology
- Dance and Movement Studies
- American Studies
- Law
- Broadcast Media
- Popular Culture and Media
Fees
This is a classroom based subject.
UK/EU students
Full time:
- If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £6,995 per year.
- If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £7,495 per year.
Part time:
You usually take 18 of these modules in total for your course
- Modules from classroom based subjects will cost £875 per module.
- Modules from resource intensive subjects will cost £935 per module.
- Modules from specialist subjects will cost £1,000 per module.
International students
Full time:
- If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £9,700 per year.
- If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £9,975 per 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.
More information about our fees for September 2012 and the support available
Course length
- Full time: 3 years
- Part time: 4-6 years
Entry requirements
Our entry requirements are usually 260-300 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent ...
