BA (Hons) Film Studies

Year 1

FLM1011 How to Read a Film: Sound and Image (20 credits)

FLM1012 Cinema in Context: 1895-1945 (20 credits)

FLM1014 How to Read a Film: Approaches (20 credits)

FLM1015 Cinema in Context: 1945-Present (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM1013 World Cinemas: Europe (20 credits)

FLM1016 World Cinemas: Beyond Europe (20 credits)

MED1421 Studying Television: Storytelling and Style (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either FLM1013 World Cinemas: Europe, FLM1016 World Cinemas: Beyond Europe or MED1421 Studying Television: Storytelling and Style.

Year 2

FLM2030 Film Genre (20 credits)

FLM2033 Film Genre Case Study (20 credits)

FLM2035 Censorship and the Cinema (20 credits)

You will select three of the following modules:

FLM2031 Realism and the Cinema (20 credits)

FLM2032 Film Authorship (20 credits)

FLM2034 Identity and Representation (20 credits)

MED2217 Fact to Fiction: Key Debates (20 credits)

MED2258 History on Screen (20 credits)

MED2082 Creative Research Methods and Professional Ethics (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of FLM2035 Censorship and the Cinema.

Year 3

FLM3021 Text to Screen 1 (20 credits)

FLM3025 Text to Screen 2 (20 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM3022 Cinema and National Identity (20 credits)

FLM3023 Cult Cinema (20 credits)

FLM3026 Non-Western Cinema Case Study (20 credits)

FLM3027 Animation and the Cinema (20 credits)

MED3234 American Independent Cinema (20 credits)

You will select a further 40 credits from the following modules:

FLM3024 Dissertation (40 credits)

MED3207 Global Convergence: Film and Television Drama in the 21st Century (20 credits)

MED3232 Television: Form and Engagement (20 credits)

MED3235 Contemporary European Cinema (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of either MED3207 Global Convergence: Film and Television Drama in the 21st Century, MED3232 Television: Form and Engagement, or MED3235 Contemporary European Cinema.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.