Film and Media (BA) - 2012/2013 entry

You complete 12 modules from the examples listed below, taking three modules in each year. Not more than five creative modules may be taken.

Two compulsory modules at Level 4: 

• Introduction to Cinema
• Media Analysis

Plus one of the following Level 4 option modules:

• Introduction to Journalism
• Making the Web Work
• Screenwriting
• Television – History and Future
• The Press in Britain

Years 2–3

Four modules at Level 5, including at least two of the following core courses:

• Approaches to Cinema History
• Film – Narrative and Genre
• Media and Society

Level 5 option modules include:

• Cultural Identity and the Media
• Digital Media Theory
• Documentary
• Effective Website Development
• Japanese Cinema History
• Journalism and Politics
• Journalism – Interview Skills and Feature Writing
• Screenwriting – The Thirty-Minute Script
• Storytelling in Television

Years 3–4

Five modules at Level 6, including a compulsory final-year project: either a 6000–8000-word dissertation, a film or television script, or a practical multimedia or journalism project.

Level 6 option modules include:

• Contemporary European Cinema
• Dynamic Web Communications
• Gender and Sexuality in Cinema
• Media at War (half-module subject to approval)   
• On the Air in the Digital Age
• Research Methods.
• Screenwriting: The Film Script
• Television Studio Workshop
• The Mediated City (half-module subject to approval) 
• World Cinema.

Please note that not all modules run every year. Find out more about this programme in our departmental handbook.

Birkbeck Library has an extensive teaching collection of books and journals in film and media studies. Students can also take advantage of the rich research collections nearby, including the British Film Institute and Senate House Library.

The Centre for Media, Culture and Creative Practice organises a lively programme of seminars and events.

We offer a range of resources and student support to help you while you're studying with us.

Graduates can gain entry to Birkbeck's Postgraduate Certificate and Master's programmes in screenwriting or journalism. We offer a range of related Master's degrees, including the MA History of Film and Visual Media and MA Creative Industries.   

Graduates go on to careers in film and television companies, in museums and galleries, in arts administration, and in teaching.

• We recommend you apply as early as possible. Later applications may also be considered, subject to availability of places.
• Interviews by arrangement until July; September if there are vacancies.