Year 1
You will be introduced to the basics of film analysis and study how media is received and consumed.
Modules
- American Film and Visual Culture
- Film and Art: Academic Practice and the Workplace
- Introduction to Film History 1
- Introduction to Media and Communication (double module)
- Reading Film
- Studying Media and Communication (double module)
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Year 2
During your second year, you will create a short film with a group of fellow students using the theoretical and practical knowledge that we provide. You will also build on your media studies by understanding the way in which media outlets communicate with their audiences.
Modules
- Researching World Cinemas
- Film Production
- Digital Media and Everyday Life (double module)
- Documentary Film and Television
- Film, Reception and Consumption
- Television Studies
Plus either Working in the Creative Industries or Journalism Studies
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Year 3 (Film Studies Dissertation)
During your final year you will have the flexibility to choose your own modules. The only compulsory element is a 10,000 word dissertation on a subject of your choice in either Film or Media Studies or spanning both disciplines. The rest of your time will be spent exploring specialist areas that are of interest to you.
Core module
Option modules
- You will choose 3 option modules from lists labelled A, plus 2 option modules from lists labelled B. At least 3 modules should be from
the Media Studies lists.
- Film Studies A
- New Chinese Cinemas
- Contemporary Hollywood
- Hitchcock and Film History
- Contemporary European Cinema
- Seriality: Film, Television and Other Media
- Postwar Italian Directors
- Cinematic Representations of Latin America: Local versus Global
- Media Studies A
- Environmental Communication
- Global Cultures
- Media, Celebrity and Fan Culture
- Games and Culture
- Media and The Body
- The Media on Film
- Reporting Panics
- Film Studies B
- Women in Cinema
- Screen Affect
- Stardom and Identities in Chinese and American Cinemas
- Film and Art Journalism
- Screen Gothic
- British Popular Culture Since 1945
- Norms and Margins in French Cinema
- The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
- Media Studies B
- Media and Gender
- Music as Communication
- Advertising and Consumer Culture
- Online Journalism: Theory and Practice
- Community Radio in Practice
- Writing for PR
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Year 3 (Media Studies Dissertation)
During your final year you will have the flexibility to choose your own modules. The only compulsory element is a 10,000 word dissertation on a subject of your choice in either Film or Media Studies or spanning both disciplines. The rest of your time will be spent exploring specialist areas that are of interest to you.
Core module
Option modules
You will choose 2 option modules from lists labelled A and a further 2 option modules from lists labelled B. At least 3 modules should be from the Film Studies lists.
Film Studies A
- New Chinese Cinemas
- Contemporary Hollywood
- Hitchcock and Film History
- Contemporary European Cinema
- Seriality: Film, Television and Other Media
- Postwar Italian Directors
- Cinematic Representations of Latin America: Local versus Global
Media Studies A
- Environmental Communication
- Global Cultures
- Media, Celebrity and Fan Culture
- Games and Culture
- Media and The Body
- The Media on Film
- Reporting Panics
Film Studies B
- Women in Cinema
- Screen Affect
- Stardom and Identities in Chinese and American Cinemas
- Film and Art Journalism
- Screen Gothic
- British Popular Culture Since 1945
- Norms and Margins in French Cinema
- The Cinema of Luis Buñuel
Media Studies B
- Media and Gender
- Advertising and Consumer Culture
- Online Journalism: Theory and Practice
- Community Radio in Practice
- Writing for PR
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.