Film Studies

King’s College London

Bachelor's degree

In London

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    London

Overview
The Film Studies BA at King’s is the only single-honours degree in film studies taught by a dedicated film studies team in central London. Our unique geographical position in central London will put you within easy reach of the IMAX, the BFI Southbank and the British Film Institute Library, not to mention a large concentration of cinemas. Our degree will provide you with a detailed knowledge both of the creative potential of film, and the relationship between film and the societies it portrays.
The course information sheet is a printable version of the information on this web page, which you can download here.
Key benefits
Consistently one of the best departments for the study of film in the UK (Guardian University Guide).
Enviable facilities including two dedicated, fully-equipped lecture-seminar rooms, a large film theatre with a 35mm/Betacam SP/ Blu-ray projection, and a huge collection of print, DVD and VHS materials in the Maughan Library.
Broad list of modules ranging from Contemporary European Cinema, Asian Cinema, experimental film to the American Underground.
Recognised in the 2014 Research Assessment Exercise as a world-leading and internationally excellent research centre, the department was ranked one of the best of its kind in the UK.
We offer a friendly and supportive learning environment.
Our central location offers exciting possibilities for further access to film, most notably King's close proximity to the British Film Institute Library, and the new BFI Southbank.
We provide a foundation for pursuing careers in the media, arts, and related activities.

Facilities

Location

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London
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Strand, WC2R 2LS

Start date

On request

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Subjects

  • Film Studies
  • Cinema
  • University
  • Media

Course programme


Year 1

Year 1 Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits. Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Introduction to Film Studies: Forms (15 credits)
  • Introduction to Film Studies: Contexts (15 credits)
  • Research & Scholarship in Film Studies (15 credits)
  • Critical Debates in Film Studies (15 credits)
  • Film History: 1895 - 1930 (15 credits)
  • Film History: 1930 - 1945 (15 credits)
  • Film History: 1945 - 1980 (15 credits)
  • Film History: 1980 to the present (15 credits)

A complete list of modules and descriptions can be found on our Department website.

Optional Modules

There are no optional modules in year one.


Year 2

Year 2

When studying in your second year, you will study two required 15-credit modules.

As a second-year student, you also have the option to study abroad for either the second semester of the second year, or the first semester of the third year.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Film Theory I (15 credits)
  • Hollywood Cinema (15 credits)
Optional Modules

In addition, you’ll then choose six 15-credit modules from a wide range of options, which may include:

  • Asian Popular Cinemas (15 credits)
  • Cinema & Spectatorship (15 credits)
  • Chinese Cinemas (15 credits)
  • Authorship and Creativity in the Cinema (15 credits)
  • Film Forms (eg: Documentary Film, Avantegarde Cinema) (15 credits)
  • The French New Wave (15 credits)
  • Italian Neo-Realism (15 credits)
  • Contemporary European Cinema (15 credits)
  • Topics in World Cinema (15 credits)
  • Contemporary Spanish Cinema (15 credits)

Students in the second year may take up to 30 credits in another department, subject to approval by the Head of Department and the Programme Administrator.

A complete list of modules and descriptions can be found on our Department website.

As a second-year student, you also have the option to study abroad for either the second semester of the second year, or the first semester of the third year. Partner institutions currently include:

  • University of Toronto (third-year, first semester students only)
  • University of California
  • Hong Kong University (second-year, second semester students only)
  • University of Chicago (third-year, first semester students only)
  • Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III (basic French language required)
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Kyoto (Japanese language required)
  • Ritsumeikan University (Japanese language required)


Year 3

Year 3

In your final year of Film Studies at King’s, you’ll be taking three required modules plus four optional modules.

Required Modules

You are required to take the following modules:

  • Film Theory II (15 credits)
  • Film & New Media (15 credits)
  • Independent Study (30 credits)
Optional Modules

Additionally, you’ll take 30 credits from a wide range of optional modules, which may typically include:

  • Film and Transnationalism (15 credits)
  • American Underground Cinema (15 credits)
  • Cinema and Social Formations (15 credits)
  • Film Genre: Hollywood Musical (15 credits)
  • Documentary in the Twenty-First Century (15 credits)
  • Film Noir (15 credits)
  • Film and Religion (15 credits)
  • Film and Architecture (15 credits)
  • The Biopic: Historical Lives and Biographical Screen Practices (15 credits)
  • New Waves in East Asian Cinema (15 credits)

A complete list of modules and descriptions can be found on our Department website.

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