BA/ BA (Hons) Film and Media (UCAS Code: P303 BA/Film)
Programme Leader Profile - Dr Michael Stewart
The media industries are some of the most exciting and sought after areas to work in. The media have a significant impact in shaping culture and attitudes in modern society and are a major contributor to the global economy. The Media, Communication & Performing Arts Subject Area has offered media programmes since 1981, and our graduates have found employment with a wide range of commercial, public and voluntary media, creative and cultural organisations (see
career prospects
for an indicative list of graduate outcomes).
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The Film & Media programme comprises the theoretical, historical, contemporary and practical study of the film and media industries. It offers students the opportunity to study various media institutions and texts and the debates surrounding them, as well as the chance to study film in critical depth, as a commercial and artistic enterprise.
Students specialise in Film and Media from year 1, but are able to refine and increase this specialisation as they move through the four years of their degree. Students also acquire broad skills in media production, teamwork, academic research, project management, and communication, which enables them to develop careers in a related range of professions. |
In studying the Film and Media core areas you will learn:
- Critical approaches to popular American and European cinema;
- How creativity and authorship are constrained and conceptualised;
- How the media industries operate, how to analyse their products and understand their audiences;
- How media forms have developed and how they generate different kinds of aesthetic pleasures.
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Year One
- Introduction to Film Studies
- Narrative and Representation
- Media Production 1
- Investigating Media Consumption
- Introduction to Media Studies
- Media Industries
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Year Two
- Film and Creativity
- Film Genres
- Media Production 2
- Working in the Media
- Media and Popular Culture
- Media & Citizenship
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Year Three
- Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
- World Cinema
- Video Production
- Media Communication Research
- Media Culture & Society
- Contemporary Television
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Year Four
- Cinema & Modernity
- Dissertation
- Options from: Critical Perspectives in Radio, Journalism in Film and Literature, Cinema and the Body, Film and the Family, Popular Music, Crime Fiction.
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International Exchanges: In Year Three, students have the option of having a exchange visit with another institution, To find out more please click here: Exchange Visits.
Inter-programme transfers: At the end of year 1, students may be able to transfer to transfer from BA (Hons) Film and Media to another media-related programme in the Media, Communication and Performing Arts subject area. These transfers are by agreement with the relevant programme leaders.
FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT:
Jill Marshall
T: 0131 474 0000
Email: Jill Marshall |
Careers: Media, Communication & Performing Arts graduates have begun careers in fields such as:
Academic & PhD Research, Advertising Arts and Cultural Management, Entertainment Industries, Marketing News, Production, Public Relations, Publishing, Radio & Television Production, Television Research, Telecommunications, Tourism.
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