BA Film Studies (with a Year Abroad) (4 years)

University of Southampton

Bachelor's degree

In Southampton

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Start date

    September

Introducing your degree
Apply for the BA Film Studies with a Year Abroad degree and spend your third year at one of our international partner institutions. This course is for those who find themselves fascinated with the art of writing and critically analysing films. From earliest cinema to contemporary blockbusters to art house film, this course provides a clear understanding of not only how to analyse film, but how it is created.

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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University Road, SO17 1BJ

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Subjects

  • Credit
  • Film Studies
  • Art
  • Cinema
  • Writing

Course programme

Year 1

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Semester One

Students must take FILM1001 and

EITHER: Writing for Film (double module)

OR: Writing for Film (single module) plus Free elective or curriculum innovation module

Compulsory

FILM1001Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Introduction to Film I: Hollywood

Optional

FILM1036Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

What is Cinema? Film, Art, Technology

FILM1037Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

What is Cinema? Film, Art, Technology 2

Semester Two

Students must take FILM1002 and

EITHER: FILM1018

OR: FILM1020 plus Free elective or curriculum innovation module

Compulsory

FILM1002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Introduction to Film II: European Cinema

Optional

FILM1018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Theory, Culture and Society

FILM1020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Film Theory and Visual Culture: Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Year 2

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Semester One

Optional free module- single honours Film students only

Optional

FILM2003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Film Noir: Exile Filmmakers and 1940s Hollywood

FILM2013Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Technical and Creative Writing

FILM2015Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

British Contemporary Filmmakers

FILM2019Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Women and Hollywood

FILM2022Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Contemporary Chinese Cinema

Semester Two

Optional free module- single honours Film students only

Compulsory

FILM2002Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Early and Silent Cinema, 1895-1929

Optional

FILM2020Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

World Cinema

FILM2023Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Animation: Techology, Culture and Industry

FILM2026Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Film, Realism and Reality: representing the world, from revolution to the everyday

Year 3

Your third year will be spent at one our partner institutions. More details can be found on the Exchange partners page.

Year 4

The following is an indicative list of available optional modules, which are subject to change each academic year. Please note in some instances modules have limited spaces available.

Semester One

Optional free module- single honours Film students only

Compulsory

FILM3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Film Dissertation

Optional

FILM3009Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Science Fiction Film after 1973

FILM3012Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Music in Film and Television

FILM3025Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

International Film Industry: Issues and Debates

Semester TwoCompulsory

Optional free module- single honours Film students only

FILM3003Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 30

Film Dissertation

Optional

FILM3006Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

American Cinema Since 1965

FILM3018Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Framing the Past:Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema

FILM3024Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Horror on Film

FILM3027Credit[?]

Credits are based on the Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS).

: 15

Television Studies: Key Issues and Debates

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