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BA English and Film Studies

University of Leeds, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

You'll be a critical thinker who can research different sources and form conclusions from the information you find. Your communication skills will enable you to explain and defend your views clearly, either verbally or in writing. Because you’ve also gained organisational skills from managing two different subjects, you’ll be attractive to employers in all kinds of industries.

Graduates have gone on to succeed in careers in publishing, law, advertising and marketing, journalism, education, charity work, business and finance and the civil service. Many others have pursued postgraduate studies.

General Eligibility

A-level: AAB including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature)

Other course specific tests:

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be ABB at A Level including A in English and grade A in the EPQ.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Foundations of English Studies

  • Introduction to Film Studies I

  • Introduction to Film Studies II

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation

  • Directing World Cinemas

2 Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Critical Approaches to Screen Studies

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Shakespeare and Global Cinema

  • African American Narrative: Eight Major Works

  • Film Programming and Exhibition: Curating for Cinemas and Festivals

  • Questioning Genre in World Cinemas

3 Year 3

Compulsory modules

  • Current Enquiries into Film Studies

Optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)

  • Contemporary Postcolonial Texts

  • Refugee Narratives

  • Hollywood and its Others

  • Cinema in the Digital Era

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (International English Language Testing System) Academic or IELTS for UKVI (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration) (Academic) or IELTS Online at 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each component skill. Please note that we cannot accept results from these tests that are over two years old at the start date of the course you intend to study.

TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) or TOEFL iBT Home Edition at 80 overall with no less than 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking, and 19 in writing. Please note that we do not accept TOEFL My Best scores and we expect candidates to have met the relevant requirements from a single TOEFL test.

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