Language and/with Film/Media (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) (BA): 3-year, full-time
Bachelor's degree
In London
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
London
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Duration
3 Years
Our BA Language and/with Film/Media combines studying a modern language and its associated culture with film and media studies. You will gain a thorough grounding in different areas of media study and an understanding of the ways in which the media relate to each other. You will develop a critical approach, so that you can put your own and others' work in context. You will also have the opportunity to study a number of cross-cultural modules which will allow you to explore specific themes across a variety of language-speaking areas.
The programme is also available for full-time evening study over four years, including a year of study abroad, and for part-time evening study over four years.
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About this course
Graduates can pursue careers in film and television companies, arts administration or education. This degree may also be useful in becoming a museum/gallery curator, arts administrator, higher education lecturer or programme researcher (broadcasting/film/video).
We offer a comprehensive Careers Service to help you advance your career, while our in-house, professional recruitment consultancy, Birkbeck Talent, works with London’s top employers to help you gain work experience that fits in with your evening studies.
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential.
This programme is suitable for all language entry levels, from beginner to proficiency, including native speaker level.
Awarding Body
University of London
Reviews
Subjects
- Latin
- Politics
- Approach
- European History
- Media Studies
- Art
- Cinema
- Global
- Project
- Full Time
- Media
Course programme
You will acquire 360 credits over three years. The modules you take will be dependent both on your interests and your language level, so your course structure will be tailored to meet your personal requirements. You can begin this programme with any level of language, from beginner to native speaker proficiency.
You complete the equivalent of 12 full (30-credit) modules, normally taking six film and media modules and six culture and language modules. Depending on entry level, a maximum of three of these will be from one of the languages on offer, forming a language pathway. A typical set of modules, divided by year, might look like this (pathway C):
YEAR 1
- Introduction to Cinema
- Spanish 3
- Studying the Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and Native American Worlds
- Television: History and Future
- Approaches to Cinema History
- Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
- Spanish 4
- Survey of 20th Century Spanish Art and Film
- Contemporary European Cinema
- Space, Culture and Society in Brazil (Level 6)
- Spanish 5
- World Cinema
- Globalisation and Media Cultures
- Introduction to Cinema
- Journalism in British Life
- Project BA Film and Media
- Storytelling in Television
- Television: History and Future
- Beating Nature: Artificiality, Imitation and Simulation
- Film and Politics
- Representations of Love, Desire and Sexuality
- Stories of the Self (Level 5)
- The Twentieth Century: Key Themes in Comparative European History (Level 5)
- Understanding Culture: Language and Texts
- French Cinema: History, Practice, Analysis
- French Political Culture: Traditions and Change
- French Thought: from the Renaissance to Postmodernity
- Imagining France: An Introduction to French Studies
- Memoire en francais
- The Twentieth-Century French Humanist Novel: Malraux and Camus
- Translation from and into French
- A Topic in German Thought: The Idea of Enlightenment
- Berlin since 1945: History and Culture (Level 5)
- Das Dritte Reich
- Die Deutschsprachige Presse
- Post-War German Film
- The Politics of Gender and Modern German Culture
- Wirtschaftsdeutsch
- Introduction to Italian Culture (Level 4)
- Advanced Seminar in Japanese Culture and Society
- Manga and Anime
- Popular Culture in Japan and East Asia
- Rethinking Japan: Introduction to Modern Japanese Society and Culture (Level 4)
- Theorising Japanese Cinema
- Advanced Portuguese Seminar (Level 5)
- Art and Empire in the Iberian World
- Iberian Political Cultures: The Spanish Case
- Iberian Political Cultures: The Portuguese Case
- Literature and the Nation in Latin America (Mexico)
- Lusophone Cinema (level 5)
- Picturing the African Presence in Early Modern Spain
- Power and Control in Spanish Golden Age Art
- Power and Resistance in Spanish and Brazilian Film (Level 5)
- Scenes of Portuguese History: Cultural approaches to modern politics
- Studying the Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and Native American Worlds
- The Latin American Novel
- The Problem of National Identity in Modern Spain
- The Urban Experience in Brazil
DEGREE CLASSIFICATION
If you exit the degree with Language 3 (A-level+/B2) or Language 4 (post-A-level/C1) the degree awarded will reflect this (e.g. BA Film and Media with Spanish).
If you exit the degree with Language 5 (degree level/C1/C2) the degree awarded will reflect this (e.g. BA Spanish and Film and Media).
Birkbeck makes all reasonable efforts to deliver educational services, modules and programmes of study as described on our website. In the event that there are material changes to our offering (for example, due to matters beyond our control), we will update applicant and student facing information as quickly as possible and offer alternatives to applicants, offer-holders and current students.
Additional information
FEES
Full-time international students: £ 14280 pa
Language and/with Film/Media (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) (BA): 3-year, full-time