BA English Literature and Film Studies
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Literature and Film Studies, an English Literature and Film Studies degree examining the relationships between different forms of expression such as literature, film, television, visual art and digital media. Core topics include Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Design & Creative Practice, Fieldwork, Global & Comparative Perspective, and Research Methods. Students can participate in field trips, attend the annual York Literature Festival or the Aesthetica Short Film Festival, and contribute to Neutral magazine. The first year covers core foundations through compulsory modules such as Filmmakers on Film, Introduction to Literary Studies 1, and Introduction to Literary Studies 2, alongside options exploring subjects like research practices and world cinema. In the second year, students choose between Literature at Work and Media Enterprise, while picking from a wide selection of optional modules covering topics such as adaptation theory, genre studies, national cinemas, and creative writing in prose, poetry, and script formats. The final year centres on an independent extended piece of work through the Dissertation or Research Project module. Optional modules in the final year allow further specialisation in areas such as animation, documentary film, modern drama, transnational cinema, and contemporary global literature.
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Entry requirements
Minimum entry requirements: 104 UCAS Tariff points; and 3 GCSEs at grade C/4 (or equivalent) including English Language.
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What students say
Based on about 22 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 81%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 84%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 5%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 13 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Administrative occupations: 20%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 10%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 30%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 80 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 17%
- North West: 8%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 58%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 3%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 3%
- South East: 4%
- South West: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Gold for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Filmmakers on Film
- Introduction to Literary Studies 1
- Introduction to Literary Studies 2
- Research in Practice
- Writing, Research and Literature
- Film and its Audiences
- Theorising Literature: Power and Identity
- Media Enterprise
- Literature at Work
- Film and the American Imagination
- Culture, Controversy and Media
- Imaginary Worlds: Researching Science Fiction
- Adaptations
- Mapping America
- European Cinema
- Independent Cinema
- Gothic and Horror
- Dawn of Print
- Literary Theory
- The Romantic Imagination: Affect, Excess and Revolution
- Sick Stories: Narratives of Illness, Disease, and Infection
- Conflicting Words
- Science Fiction for Survival
- Shakespeare: Perspectives
- Writing Fiction
- Writing Reality: Creative Non-Fiction
- Writing Poetry
- Scriptwriting
- Dissertation or Research Project
- Animations
- Documentary Film Studies
- Research Now I
- Hunger, Rebellion, and Rage: The Victorians
- Experiments and Upheavals: Twentieth-Century Cultural Change
- Literary Legacies
- The Making of Modern Drama
- Writing the Caribbean
- American Radicals: Outside the Canon
- What Now? What Next? Twenty-First Century Literature
- Gender and Sexualities
- Transnational Cinema
- Writing Genres
- Contemporary Writing 1: Innovation and Experimentation
- Research Now II
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University earn?
The median salary is £23,000 after 15 months, £18,000 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £17,000 and £26,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £5,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2022-23).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2024-25.
What grades do I need for BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University?
The average entrant had 110 UCAS points.
Does BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English Literature and Film Studies at York St John University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.