Comparative Literature with Film Studies BA

at King's College London

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
 

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.
 

Year 1

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• What is Comparative Literature? Conceptions & Methods (15 credits)
• The Writer in the Text (15 credits)
• Comparative Literature: Theoretical Foundations (15 credits)
• Genres of World Literature (15 credits)
• Introduction to Film Studies: Forms (15 credits)
• Introduction to Film Studies: Contexts (15 credits)
   

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
 

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.
 

Year 2

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• Literature of Empire (15 credits)
• Ideas of Nation (15 credits)
• The Book in the Modern World (15 credits) or the Canon (15 credits)
   

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.
 

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.
 

Year 3

Required modules

You are required to take the following modules:

• There are no required modules for year 3.

Standard requirements

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.
 

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall: 33 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, with 12 at Merit.
 

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must include at least 15 credits in English Literature, or English Language and Literature at Distinction.
 

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be in a relevant subject - Humanities or similar - to be considered.
 

Contextual requirements

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.
 

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits: 30 credits must be from units awarded at Distinction, 12 from units awarded at Merit, and 3 from units awarded at Pass.
 

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must include at least 15 credits in English Literature, or English Language and Literature at Distinction.
 

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be in a relevant subject - Humanities or similar - to be considered.

Tuition Fees
 

Full time tuition fees UK:

The UK tuition fee is currently £9,250 per year. This is based on the UK Government’s cap.
 

Full time tuition fees International:

The International tuition fee is £21,840 per year.
 

Please note that the International tuition fee is subject to annual increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.
 

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.
 

If you choose the study abroad option with one of King’s partner universities, you will not be charged tuition fees by the host university (although some partners do charge a small administration fee for applying). King’s will continue to invoice for a proportion of King's tuition fees. You should also budget to pay for the associated subsistence costs, such as travel, visas, accommodation and food as well as any vaccination/immunisations required by the country to which you are travelling. 

Our graduates go on to work in a range of professions, including law, banking, the civil service, information technology,  education, heritage industries, the media, journalism and the performing arts. Others choose to stay and pursue postgraduate qualifications at King’s.