Film and Media Studies BA (Hons)

UCLAN - University of Central Lancashire

Bachelor's degree

In Preston

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Preston

This diverse and distinctive programme focuses particularly on the moving image, most importantly film and television. You can also choose modules around advertising and around the role of popular music in culture. Explore media from historical, critical, cultural and ethical perspectives, developing the analytical, research and communication skills highly valued by employers. The course investigates how institutions affect diverse film and media product and how audiences interpret them. It closely examines questions of representation, ideology, power and identity in contexts of production and consumption, preparing you for employment in areas such as television, advertising and marketing, social media, teaching, research, media heritage, arts administration, film production and digital marketing.

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Location

Start date

Preston (Lancashire)
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University Of Central Lancashire, PR1 2HE

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2017/18 104 points at A2; General Studies accepted
OCF BTEC Extended Diploma: Merit,Merit, Merit
QCF BTEC Diploma: Distinction Distinction
Access to Higher Education: 106 points
Pass International Baccalaureate Diploma: 26 Points
GCSE: 5 GCSEs at grade C including Maths and English.
IELTS: grade 6 with no subscore lower than 5.5 ...

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Subjects

  • Media
  • Music
  • Cinema
  • Media Studies
  • Advertising
  • Marketing
  • Production
  • Film and Television
  • Communication Training

Course programme

Course at a Glance Year 1

All of the following are compulsory:

  • Reading the Media (20 credits)
  • Re-View, Reading Film (20 credits)
  • Studying TV & the Industry (20 credits)
  • Popular Music & the Media (20 credits)
  • Media Audiences and Fandom (20 credits)
  • Critical Approaches to Cinema (20 credits)

Year 2

Compulsory Modules:

  • British Cinema (20 credits)
  • Film & Media Work Placement (20 credits)
  • Post-War European Cinema (20 credits)
  • Popular TV (20 credits)

Plus 40 credits from the following:

  • Advertising Media and Consumer Culture (20 credits)
  • Popular Music & Communication (20 credits)

Year 3

Compulsory Modules:

  • Film & Media Studies Dissertation (20 credits) OR
  • Film & Media Studies Dissertation (40 credits)

Plus either 80 or 100 credits from a selection taken from the following:

  • Cinema & Postmodernism (20 credits)
  • Science Fiction in Film & Television (20 credits)
  • World Cinema (20 credits)
  • Popular TV Drama (20 credits)
  • Media Ethics (20 credits)
  • British Popular Music & the Media Since 1960 (20 credits)
  • The Visual Culture of Popular Music (20 credits)

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