Programme Specifications

• September 2023

• To develop interpretative, critical and creative skills relevant to the analysis and appreciation of audiovisual media

• To provide opportunities for students to acquire a wide range of academic, communicative and creative skills relevant to the above

• To give students an opportunity to combine academic study and understanding of Film and Television considered both as product and productive process, along with a developed appreciation of these media as modes of perceiving and representing the world.

• To enable students to acquire theoretical and practical experience and understanding of audiovisual cultural forms through a variety of methods, including individually designed research and practical exploration (singly and in small groups).

• To equip students with a range of graduate skills which will enhance their employability;

• To enable students to proceed to more advanced modes of study or production.

• gain a knowledge of literatures in English by studying a range of literary texts in a variety of genres from different historical periods and (in some cases) geographical locations

• develop a knowledge of the literary, social, historical, and cultural contexts of writing in English and an understanding of their significance

• explore the literary relationships between texts and between texts and their contexts

• develop a knowledge and understanding of the major theoretical formations in the twentieth century

• investigate how different literary theories interrelate and confront each other

• explore the relationships between literary theory and literary analysis

• gain experience of the practical application of literary theory and literary analysis

• acquire a knowledge of critical debates about the writing they study

• engage in reasoned critical analysis of particular texts

• become independent learners who can use a broad range of reference tools, assimilate and appraise substantial amounts of information, and address, define and solve problems

• become self-aware readers of literature and writers about literature

• develop an ability to arrive at independent conclusions and make judgements

• develop an ability to express themselves clearly in speech and in writing

• develop their own critical voice

• develop their own interests and manage their own learning through their choice of options

• Key concepts and theories involved in the analysis and academic study of the product of the film and television industries

• Understanding of the structures and processes involved in the manufacture of the product of those industries and in their reception and consumption

• Awareness of the history of film and television in the 20th century, with particular focus on Britain and America, along with opportunities for comparison with other traditions

• A wide range of styles, genres, practices and codes involved in construction and consumption of cultural media, including fiction and non-fiction and other related modes

• Explicit and implicit modes of discourse sustained and developed, consciously and unconsciously, in audiovisual culture

• Problems and processes involved in creative practice relevant to film and television, individually and in groups

The successful student will have gained a knowledge and understanding of:

A1 a range of different genres and periods of literatures in English
A2 the importance of the literary, socio-historical and cultural contexts within which texts are produced and read
A3 the relations between literary texts, and between texts and their contexts
A4 some of the critical issues and debates that have been raised by texts

Teaching, learning and assessment methods used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Teaching and learning: Lectures; tutor-led workshops and seminars; student-led workshops and seminars, written seen and unseen examinations

Assessment - coursework essays; written unseen examinations; oral presentation, dissertation

The programme ensure that all students study a range of writing in English from more than one period.

• The ability to examine critically a range of film and televisual situations and forms, exploring their meanings and implications

• Critical awareness of the status and provenance of meaning in audiovisual culture, fictional and non-fictional

• The ability to locate and to draw upon a wide range of sources to support analysis, investigation and argument

• The ability to apply course-derived understandings to debates about the significance of film and television in contemporary culture

• The ability to work effectively and imaginatively, individually and in teams in a variety of aspects of film, television and media production.

• The ability to structure and communicate ideas effectively in a variety of situations, and for a variety of potential users

• The ability to pose and solve intellectual and practical problems

• The ability to listen and make critical use of advice

• The ability to make effective use of available (including on-line) resources

• The ability to manage time effectively , both independently and under supervision

• The ability to work creatively

• The ability to utilise problem-solving skills in a variety of situations

• The ability to work independently, and in groups

• The ability to use a range of information technology skills and resources, appropriate to tasks.