Study Schemes

BA Film and Television Studies [W620]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Single Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FM10120

Studying Film

FM11420

Making Short Films 1

Semester 2

FM10220

Studying Television

Year 1 Options

Single Honours Film and TV Studies Students may take up to 60 credits of the following or choose from options outside degree scheme, including Media and Communication Studies (P300):

Semester 1

FM10620

Studying Media

FM17320

Writing Continuing TV Drama

Semester 2

FM10720

Studying Communication

FM11120

Movements in Film History

FM11240

Making Short Films 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FM23820

Work in the Media Industries

Year 2 Options

Students must take at least 40 credits from the following critical theory modules:

Semester 1

FM20620

Television Genre

FM22320

Youth Cultures

FM22620

Media, Politics and Power

Semester 2

FM20120

LGBT Screens

FM21520

Stardom and Celebrity

FM24420

Art Cinema

FM25520

Digital Culture

Year 2 Options

Students must take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 40 credits (20 in each semester) of creative practice modules:

Semester 1

FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

FM26520

Creative Documentary

Semester 2

FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

FM25420

Creative Studio

Final Year Options

Students must take at least 40 credits and may take up to 120 credits from the following modules (please note: the Independent Research Project is worth 40 credits: 20 per semester):

Semester 1

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

FM38320

Gender and the Media

FM38420

Videogame Theories

Semester 2