Arts and Humanities (BA) (Full-time evening study) - 2013/2014 entry
Would you like to study literature, art, film and media, theatre studies and cultural studies within a single degree? You can do just that, by designing your own programme of study with expert guidance from our specialists. This course gives you the flexibility to pursue multidisciplinary interests and then specialise in areas that you find interesting. Examine culture through literary and philosophical texts, art and cinema, the mass media and digital technologies.
This course is also available for part-time study.
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Course structure
Year 1
Three introductory modules which provide a conceptual and skills ‘toolbox’ useful for subsequent study:
- Module 1: The Production of the Human: study key works and theoretical frameworks which have helped to shape our contemporary understanding of the 'human being'; from Machiavelli to Michel Foucault, from Renaissance Humanism to digital culture and contemporary genetics.
- Module 2: Introduction to Methods in Cultural Study: a study skills module combining tutor-led study skills with independent and peer-based learning. Includes an introduction to generic and specific study skills, from how to identify and comment on key texts on a specific question to how to analyse a film or an advertisement; to how to put together an exhibition of objects that represent a question or theme in the arts and humanities. It is an essential and creative, playful and thorough basis for undertaking interdisciplinary study.
- Module 3: a Level 4 School of Arts option module of your choice.
- Module 4: a Level 4 School of Arts option module of your choice.
Examples of Level 4 School of Arts options include: Screenwriting; Introduction to Modern Art; Writing London; Television: History and Future; Reading Literature; The Press in Britain; Theatre Languages; Beginner/Intermediate Languages (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese); Web Design and Development; Imagining France; Introduction to Cinema; Rethinking Japan; Understanding Culture: Theories and Texts; Studying the Hispanic, Luso-Brazilian and Native American Worlds; Critical Practice I: History
Year 2
Module 1: Connecting the Arts (Level 5)
Modules 2 and 3: Level 5 option modules chosen from a range from the humanities and across the School of Arts, which may include:- Art and Society in the Twentieth Century
- Back to the Future
- Cultural Identity and the Media
- Digital Media Theory
- Enlightenment and its Others
- French Cinema: History, Practice, Analysis
- Literature and Empire
- Narratives of the Body
- Performance Analysis
- The Latin American Novel
- Theories of Theatricality and Performance
Module 4: Level 6 option module of your choice from the selection below.
Year 3
Select three modules from a list of options, which may include:
- Avant-Garde Revolt and Reaction
- Caribbean Literature
- Comedy
- Contemporary Germany: Memory, Politics and Institutions
- Contemporary US Fiction
- Cosmopolitan Identities and Migrations
- Leaving the Twentieth Century: Situationist and Other Critiques of Everyday Life
- Literature and Cultural Identity
- Meaning and Power: Sites of Damage and Repair in the Age of Total Mobilisation
- Media, Technology and Everyday Life
- Music and Image: Art and Music in the Twentieth Century
- Narratives of the Body
- Poetry and Justice in the Postcolonial Context
- Post-Colonial Literature
- The Beat Generation and Post-War America
- The Cultural Production of Space
- The Photographic
- Tragedy and Philosophy
- World Cinema.
In your final year you will write an extended piece of supervised research on a topic of your choice (6000–8000 words).
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Study resources
We have a range of world-class research resources.
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Further study opportunities
We offer an MA Critical and Cultural Studies and a range of Master's degrees in humanities and related subjects.
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Careers information
Graduates go on to careers in broadcast media, journal and newspaper editorial work, teaching, work in cultural policy and consultancy, cultural administration, work in cultural industries such as museums and other arts-oriented organisations, and government and local government roles requiring leadership in the cultural and arts sectors.
- To speak to an independent careers advisor, booking onto one of our Future Focus — Careers Workshops
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Apply now
- How to apply
Applications for entry will only be considered through UCAS.
Please consult our Guide for Applicants
- Online application
Apply via UCAS – see their website for details. - Our Application Workshop will give you an overview of what Birkbeck looks for in an undergraduate degree application and includes practical writing exercises to help you write a more effective personal statement
- How to apply
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Key information set
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Welcome to Birkbeck, London's evening university: Number 1 in London for teaching and student satisfaction (National Student Survey 2012).
Birkbeck specialises in part-time, evening study. The Key Information Set has been developed for full-time, daytime courses. We are providing some additional information about our evening courses to help you make an informed choice.
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