BA Film Studies and Literature

University of Essex

Bachelor's degree

In Colchester

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    3 Years

About the course
Our interdisciplinary study of literature and film helps you gain a deeper understanding of the historical and aesthetic interrelations between the two art forms

Your tuition will encourage you to make formal and theoretical connections between written and visual texts, based on the range of skills you will develop in both literary and film analysis


We are ranked Top 20 in the UK (Guardian University Guide 2015)


Study abroad
Your education extends beyond the university campus

We support you extending your education by providing the option of an additional year at no extra cost

The four-year version of our degree allows you to spend the third year studying abroad or employed on a placement, while otherwise remaining identical to the three-year course


Our Department has an exchange scheme with universities in Denmark, France, Finland, Greece, Germany, Spain and Italy through the ERASMUS programme

This provides our students with the opportunity to view the world, and film, from another perspective


Studying abroad can allow you to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised


Placement year
When you arrive at Essex, you can decide whether you would like to combine your course with a placement year

You will be responsible for finding your placement, but with support and guidance provided by both your department and our Employability and Careers Centre

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • University
  • Employability
  • Teaching
  • Film Studies

Course programme

Example structure
Studying at Essex is about discovering yourself, so your course combines compulsory and optional modules to make sure you gain key knowledge in the discipline, while having as much freedom as possible to explore your own interests. Our research-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible your core module structure may be subject to change.
For many of our courses you’ll have a wide range of optional modules to choose from – those listed in this example structure are just a selection of those available. The opportunity to take optional modules will depend on the number of core modules within any year of the course. In many instances, the flexibility to take optional modules increases as you progress through the course.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Approaches to Film and Media
Literature: Origins and Transformations
Close Reading Skills
Understanding Employability: Preparing for Your Future
Introduction to European Literature (optional)
Year 2
Approaches to Text
Narrative and Film
Versions of Modernity (optional)
World Cinema (optional)
Final year
Hollywood Directors (optional)
Film Animation (optional)
Cultural Ideology and Film (optional)
Shakespeare: The Tragedies (optional)
Arthurian Literature (optional)
Myth and the Creative Process (optional)
Year abroad
On your year abroad, you have the opportunity to experience other cultures and languages, to broaden your degree socially and academically, and to demonstrate to employers that you are mature, adaptable, and organised. The rest of your course remains identical to the three-year degree.
Teaching
Teaching takes the form of lectures and seminar sessions or discussion classes
Innovative ways of engaging with texts include editing 16th century sonnets and archival research
Hands-on experience of camerawork and film production
Explore film theory through use of film and literature
Assessment
Coursework includes essays, exhibition reviews and virtual portfolios, coursework reports, individual and group presentations, book reviews, viva voce examinations, and an independent research project (a dissertation)
Written examinations are also taken for the majority of modules at the end of each academic year
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Additional information

Our expert staff The Centre for Film and Screen Media at Essex is part of a unique literary conservatoire that offers talented students the support and confidence to respond both critically and artistically to the study of film Our academic literature staff specialise in a range of areas including modernism, comparative and world literature, Shakespeare, the Renaissance, travel writing, nature writing, translated literature, cultural geography, Irish and Scottish writing, US and Caribbean literature, and the history of reading We are committed to unlocking creative personal responses to literature and film Our distinctive environment is possible because we are a community of award-winning film-makers, scholars, media specialists, novelists, poets and playwrights, as well as leading literature specialists Our staff over the years has also included Oscar winners and BAFTA winners Specialist facilities View classic films at weekly film screenings in our dedicated 120-seat film theatre, equipped with digital HD projection facilities and surround sound Join student film societies and the Centre for Film and Screen Media, which screen and discuss both recent blockbusters and less mainstream arthouse films Hear writers talk about their craft and learn from leading specialists at weekly research seminars Meet fellow readers at the student-run Literature Society or at the department’s Myth Reading Group Write for our student magazine Albert or host a Red Radio show Your future Our graduates acquire key skills in writing close analysis, critical analysis, contextual research, time-management, and hands-on filmmaking In your third year, you can make your own short film – a calling card showcasing your individual, creative potential to add to a portfolio of practical work developed during your course to present to prospective employers You can enter film production, TV, journalism, publishing and teaching professions, amongst a host of other...

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