BA Film & Television Studies and Media & Communications
Entry requirements
A-Level: ABB IB: 32/655 BTEC: DDM
About this course
BA in Film & Television Studies and Media & Communications, a joint honours degree in Film Studies and Media and Communications. Core topics include Programming, Research Methods, Project Management, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Design & Creative Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The first year covers foundational concepts through compulsory modules such as Perspectives on Communications, Communications Research Methods, Major Debates in Film Theory, and Interrogating Screens. The second year includes the compulsory module Communications in the Workplace, which incorporates a minimum 40-hour work placement. Students can also choose from a range of optional modules covering topics such as professional writing, internet foundations, design thinking, climate crisis communications, media law, media production, politics, script craft, television technologies, fan culture, and world cinemas.
Modules
- Perspectives on Communications
- Communications Research Methods
- Major Debates in Film Theory
- Interrogating Screens
- Communications in the Workplace
- Professional Writing
- Internet Foundations and Frontiers
- Design Thinking
- Communications and the Climate Crisis
- Communications in the 21st Century
- Media and the Law: Regulation, Governance, Ethics
- Media Production
- Politics and the Media
- Script Craft: Writing for Screen and Stage
- Shots in the Dark
- Television: Times, Trends and Technologies
- Scrublands, Sanctuary, Screens: Co-creating Knowledges alongside Donkeys
- Adaptations: Text, Image, Culture
- Fanatical: Fan Culture and Identity
- World Cinemas: Representations, Histories, Conflicts
- World Cinemas: Contexts, Environments, Industries