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Film and History - BA (Hons)
at University of Kent

Kent, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 17,400
Country Rank-
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5

Program Overview

Find your own critical voice, become a historian, and learn the language of film at Kent, one of the three major universities for film in the UK.

Meet history face-to-face every day in the ancient city of Canterbury, and learn from world-leading academics in Film and in History who will help you sharpen your skills of analysis, argument and communication.

You'll discover how forms of film have emerged and investigate the historical, social and cultural contexts of films. You take a similar approach when examining the past; working with a variety of texts and sources to understand events and perspectives.

Explore film from its silent beginnings through to 3D CGI blockbusters, finding your own voice as a critic and a filmmaker, and explore challenging questions about the impact of political, social and cultural change on class, gender, race, injustice and power.

Course Content
Stage 1

Compulsory modules currently include
- FILM3130 - Film Style (30 credits)
Optional modules may include
- FILM3150 - Film Theory (30 credits)
- FILM3160 - Film Histories (30 credits)
- HIST3460 - Monarchy and Aristocracy in England 1460-1640 (15 credits)
- HIST3850 - Introduction to the History of Medicine (15 credits)
- HIST3900 - The Emergence of America: From European Settlement to 1880 (15 credits)
- HIST3910 - The Rise of the United States Since 1880 (15 credits)
- HIST4100 - Early Medieval Europe (15 credits)
- HIST4110 - Later Medieval Europe (15 credits)
- HIST4160 - Victorian Britain: Politics, Society and Culture (15 credits)
- HIST4250 - Revolutionary Europe 1700-1850 (15 credits)
- HIST4270 - The British Army and Society since 1660 (30 credits)
- HIST4280 - War and Society in Europe c.1779-1990 (30 credits)
- HIST4320 - Renaissance and Reformation (1450-1750) (15 credits)
- HIST4350 - A Global History of Empires: 1500-1850 (15 credits)
- HIST4360 - A Global History of Empires: 1850-1960 (15 credits)
- HIST4370 - War and Diplomacy in Europe c.1850-2000 (15 credits)
- HIST4420 - Introduction to Military History (Part 2) (15 credits)
- HIST4430 - Introduction to Military History (Part 1) (15 credits)
Stage 2

Optional modules may include:
- ARTS5220 - Disability and the Arts (30 credits)
- ARTS5230 - Photography: Contexts of Practice (30 credits)
- FILM5830 - Case Study in World Cinema (30 credits)
- FILM5950 - Film Genre (Horror) (30 credits)
- FILM6030 - Sound, Music and Cinema (30 credits)
- FILM6180 - Screenwriting (30 credits)
- FILM6380 - Hollywood Studios (30 credits)
- HIST5075 - Marvels, Monsters and Freaks 1780-1920 (30 credits)
- HIST5092 - Armies at War 1914-1918 (30 credits)
- HIST5102 - Civil War America, 1848-1877 (30 credits)
- HIST5103 - 'The Jewel in the Crown': India and the Making of Imperial Britain (30 credits)
- HIST5106 - The Imperial Presidency: U.S. foreign policy from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama (30 credits)
- HIST5109 - Europe in Extremes: Communism, Fascism and Nazism, 1917-1939 (30 credits)
- HIST5110 - Russia's Path to Revolution, 1812-1917: Political Challenges and Competing Visions (30 credits)
- HIST5201 - Conquest and Resistance in Southern Africa,1750-1918 (30 credits)
- HIST5890 - The Hundred Years' War, c. 1337-1453 (30 credits)
- HIST6002 - The British Army and Empire c.1750-1920 (30 credits)
- HIST6011 - From Crisis to Revolution: France 1774-1799 (30 credits)
- HIST6025 - Early Modern Europe: Culture, Identity, Encounter 1450-1750 (30 credits)
- HIST6056 - The British Atlantic World c.1580-1763 (30 credits)
- HIST6064 - Armies at War, 1792-1815 (30 credits)
- HIST6076 - Surgery, Science and Society since 1750 (30 credits)
- HIST6115 - Warriors, Myths and Migrants: the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms (30 credits)
- HIST6130 - Conflict in Seventeenth Century Britain (30 credits)
- HIST7670 - Churchill's Army: the British Army in the Second World War (30 credits)
- HIST7950 - Inviting Doomsday: US Environmental (30 credits)
- PHIL6620 - Philosophy and Film (30 credits)
Stage 3

Optional modules may include
- ARTS5000 - Independent Project (30 credits)
- ARTS5010 - Arts Internship (30 credits)
- ARTS5200 - Psychology of the Arts (30 credits)
- FILM5680 - Film and Television Adaptation (30 credits)
- FILM5850 - Film Criticism (30 credits)
- FILM6001 - Advanced Topic in Film Studies (30 credits)
- FILM6350 - Film, Politics and Identity (30 credits)
- FILM6360 - Screen Space and Location Scouting (30 credits)
- FILM6370 - Film Marketing and Distribution (30 credits)
- HIST5072 - The American Revolution (30 credits)
- HIST6012 - From Crisis to Revolution: France 1774-1799 (30 credits)
- HIST6024 - Napoleon and Europe, 1799 - 1815 (60 credits)
- HIST6035 - Anglo-French Relations 1904 - 1945 (30 credits)
- HIST6060 - After Stalin: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union (60 credits)
- HIST6063 - California: The Golden State (60 credits)
- HIST6081 - Elizabethan Court and Realm, 1558-1603 (60 credits)
- HIST6103 - Making Room for Medicine:Medical Spaces, Environment & Health (60 credits)
- HIST6108 - Ireland: A Military history since 1689 (60 credits)
- HIST6114 - Liberation Struggles in Southern Africa (60 credits)
- HIST6116 - From Mercenaries to Freedom Fighters: Transnational Soldiering, c.1700-2020 (60 credits)
- HIST6150 - Undergraduate Dissertation (30 credits)
- HIST7001 - The Carolingians and the Invention of Order (60 credits)
- HIST7002 - The International History of the Vietnam Wars (60 credits)
- HIST7006 - British Foreign Policy 1904-1973 (30 credits)
- HIST7870 - The Nature of Command (30 credits)
- MSTU5003 - Fan Culture: Film, Comics and Games (30 credits)
- MSTU6340 - Stars and Celebrity Culture (30 credits)
Entry Requirement
Access to HE Diploma

The University welcomes applications from Access to Higher Education Diploma candidates for consideration. A typical offer may require you to obtain a proportion of Level 3 credits in relevant subjects at merit grade or above.

BTEC Nationals

The University will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF; OCR) on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for further advice on your individual circumstances.

A typical offer would be to achieve DMM plus A-level in History or a related humanities based essay writing subject at grade B, which includes English, Philosophy, Religious Studies or Classical Civilisation. Students applying without History will need to make a case in their personal statement.

International Baccalaureate

30 points overall or 15 points at HL including History 5 at HL or 6 at SL

International Foundation Programme

Pass all components of the University of Kent International Foundation Programme with a 60% overall average.

T level

The University will consider applicants holding T level qualifications in subjects closely aligned to the course.
Fees & Scholarships
The annual tuition fees for this course are:
- Home full-time: £9250
- EU full-time: £13000
- International full-time: £17400
Career Prospect
Despite the increasingly competitive job market, our graduates continue to excel. Recent graduates have found employment in fields such as:
- journalism and the media
- film and television
- management and administration
- local and national civil services
- the museums and heritage sector
- commerce and banking
- teaching and research
- law.

Cost Of Studying At University of Kent

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Film and History - BA (Hons) at University of Kent