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Undergraduate

BA (Hons) English and Film

Full-timePart-time

September 2027

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£17,250 – International

£10,050 – UK

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Do you have a passion for writing and storytelling? This highly contemporary and stimulating English and film degree will inspire and challenge you to apply your passion to the world of film, television and new media.

As a joint honours in English and film, the course gives you the chance to develop your creative talents in film, screen media and writing in their many forms, as well as encouraging your understanding and critical analysis of literature.

By the time you complete your studies, you will have learned how to channel your creative instincts towards career success.

Why study this course?

2nd London university for overall student satisfaction - National Student Survey 2026*

Top 20 in the UK for teaching quality - The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027

Ranked top 50 in the UK and 2nd modern** London university - The Guardian University Guide 2027

Ranked 7th university in the UK for student experience - Daily Mail University Guide 2027

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Study options:

We support flexible study by offering some of our courses part-time or via distance learning. To give you real world experience before you graduate, we also offer some courses with a placement or internship. All available options are listed here. Your choices may affect some details of your course, such as the duration and cost per year. Please re-check the details on this page if you change your selection.

Full-time

Duration: 3 years

Part-time

Duration: 6 years

With Foundation Year

Duration: 4 years

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What you'll study

This joint honours in English and film combines a critical appreciation of literature with applied skills in a creative specialism.

By studying classic and contemporary literary texts, as well as learning the digital production techniques of audiovisual media, you will understand how to apply both knowledge sets in pursuit of a creative vision.

Our highly experienced lecturers will support you as you develop the ability to apply your creative talents to the world of digital moving image production.

On the practical parts of the course, you will learn skills including:

industrial contexts

forms and genres

postproduction.

The theory-based parts of the course will help you develop transferable skills useful in a range of media roles. You will:

learn critical thinking

develop methods of analysis and response

learn how to structure complex arguments

learn to communicate ideas with clarity and economy

develop advanced conceptual and communication skills

develop enterprise, digital literacy and IT awareness through film production.

These capabilities are in high demand among employers in the creative industries, who are searching for graduates with a balance of theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

There is also an opportunity for you to take a work placement. This gives you the chance to make industry contacts as well as to apply what you are learning in the real world.

Please note, we regularly review our course content to offer relevant, impactful and career-shaping learning. Therefore, the following modules are indicative and subject to change.

Compulsory modules

English Literature I: History, Form and Genre

In the first half of this module you will focus on the novel and the development of the genre using examples from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century literature. Concentrating on works (or extracts from works) by Samuel Richardson, Charlotte Brontë, Herman Melville, James Joyce and Toni Morrison, through lectures and seminars you will explore the novel form, and ask why it became the dominant mode of literary expression over the course of these three centuries.

In the second half of the module you will study a range of poems in English from different historical periods. You will cover the ways in which language and form work in poetry and the kinds of readings which can be used when looking at poems.

English Literature II: Critical Approaches (double credit module)

Introducing you to a range of critical approaches to understanding literature, this module will cover formalist, biographical, historicist, gender, psychological, sociological, reader-response, structuralist, postcolonial and deconstructionist models of engagement with literary texts. The aim is to provide you with the tools you need to examine writing, writers, and our engagement with their works.

Video Production

Learn the basics of video production and film grammar, developing your skills as a filmmaker. Using hands-on exercises, you will learn photography, video, lighting, sound and scriptwriting.

Video Documentary Production

This is an intensely practical module, which lays the foundation for video work later in L4, and in modules at L5 and L6, as well as for future employability. You will learn the basics of filming, including camera operation, lighting, and recording sound. You will also learn the basics of editing, including sound mixing for video, structuring and scripting, and how to research stories for video.

Foundations of Creative Writing

This module will introduce you to the practice of creative writing. It will give you an overview that includes practical challenges, approaches to plot and narrative and considerations about composition and process. You will explore various forms of creative writing from conventional fiction to creative nonfiction, writing poetry and performing writing. The aim of this module is to help you develop a positive and disciplined approach to your writing.

Thinking Through Film: Genre

This module introduces you to a range of cinematic and television genres, including horror, action, fantasy, science fiction and comedy. You will explore the visual, structural and thematic conventions that define genre and cinematic style, and you will examine why these conventions are considered culturally and industrially significant. In addition, the module will consider how genre conventions both reflect and shape social values, identities and power structures.

Through a critical lens informed by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), you will evaluate how issues of representation—such as race, gender, sexuality, class and disability — are constructed, challenged or excluded within different genres. You will also learn how production techniques such as camera angles, lighting, and sound are used to support or subvert genre expectations in diverse narrative contexts.

You will take a compulsory film module and choose:

two from the option modules list A (literature)

three from the option modules list B (production and industry).

Optional modules will run based on staff availability and the number of students enrolled in each module.

Screenwriting

Optional modules

Industry Experience (B)

The aims of this module are to provide you with the opportunity to:

identify potential professional opportunities and goals

develop the skills and personal networks to make effective applications

develop a real-life understanding of contemporary industry/organisational practice

identify core competencies to support your future career

cultivate a critical understanding of your strengths and weaknesses in a work-based situation

develop your online professional presence and add elements to your portfolio of practical work (while refreshing key production skills).

Visual Media Cultures (B)

You will take the double-weighted Dissertation and choose:

one from option list A (literature)

one from option list B (literature)

one from option list C

one from option list D.

Dissertation

British and Irish Drama since 1945 (A)

Crime and Fiction (B)

On this module, you'll have the opportunity to address the representation of crime across a range of media forms, including novels, short stories, films, television, radio and graphic novels. The focus will be on the changes within a story as it is moved from one medium to another, for example, from page to screen.

Shakespeare on the Screen (B)

In this module, you will examine how Shakespeare's plays have been adapted for film and television. You will look at the original plays, screen adaptations and a range of theoretical, critical and historical works.

Image and Text (B)

This module traces the dialogue between image and text, especially with the rise of Instagram, in the history of modern visual culture, from the early 1920s to today. You will explore how photographers and artists incorporate text into their work and how photography was used by writers. You will also examine the role that photography played in artistic and literary movements such as Surrealism.

Bodies, Identities, Futures (C)

In this module, you have the opportunity to encounter and engage with a range of sci-fi texts – some mainstream, some fringe – and to apply complex theoretical perspectives in the close readings of these texts. You are encouraged to develop and explore their research interests in a supported environment, providing significant autonomy in terms of assessment.

Media Project (Minor) (C)

You will develop a project over a single semester. The project outcome will be an artefact (for example, a short film, podcast or website) that takes an issue relevant to Media and Communications as its theme. The choice of appropriate technology will be guided both by the module tutor and by the previous modules you have studied.

Writing for Performance (D)

Video Essays (D)

What our students say

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I've learned an enormous amount and progressed so much. I can't express how much I loved this course and was very sad that it had come to an end.

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Entry requirements

Requirements:

International

104 UCAS points required

from level 3 qualifications

These can include:

A Levels at grade B, C and C, or above

BTEC Extended Diploma with Distinction, Merit, Merit

Access to HE Diploma

T Levels

You also need GCSE English and Maths (grade 9 - 4 / A* - C) or Level 2 equivalents.

Looking for BA (Hons) English and Film with Foundation Year?

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Whether you are changing career or don't have the exact subjects and grades required for this course, you might want to choose this course with a foundation year. This will give you an extra year's study to prepare you for the standard degree programme, where you can go on to graduate with a full Honours degree. Follow the link to see full details of the course with foundation year.

Mature applicants (aged 21+): If you do not hold the qualifications listed but have relevant work experience, you are welcome to apply. Your application will be considered on an individual basis.

Level 5 (year 2) entry

To directly enter the second year of this course, you will need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 120 undergraduate credits at Level 4 or a CertHE in a related subject area.

Level 6 (year 3) entry

To directly enter the third year of this course, you need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 240 undergraduate credits (at Levels 4 and 5), a DipHE, foundation degree or HND in a related subject area.

6.5 IELTS or above

You need to meet our English language requirement - a minimum of IELTS 6.5 or above, with 6.0 or above for each of the 4 individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Visit our English language requirements page for information on other English language tests we accept.

You also need academic qualifications at the same level as UK applicants. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Check for local equivalents.

We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements.

Find out more about our English Language courses.

Fees & funding

Funding:

per year†

Additional costs

There are additional costs for this course that are not included in the tuition fees. See the links below to get a better idea of what to expect:

optional study trips

Please note:

Fees for the 2027/28 academic year and onwards may be subject to Government regulation and change.

Tuition fees are charged for each year of your course. If your course runs over 2 academic years or more, you will need to pay the fee for each academic year at the start of that year, except if otherwise stated.

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Funding your studies

You may be eligible for a student loan to cover the cost of tuition fees or a maintenance loan. Additional funding is available to some types of students, such as those with dependants and disabled students.

We offer generous bursaries and scholarships to make sure your aspirations are your only limit.

View full details, including conditions and eligibility.

International students - funding your studies

We offer scholarships for international students including International Ambassador Scholarships.

Further information about funding and financial support for international students is available from the UK Council for International Student Affairs.

Financial support for international students

Media and communications facilities

You will have access to a range of our excellent media and communications facilities. Watch the video to find out more.

TV and radio studios

We have fully equipped film, TV, radio and photography studios on campus to support your training, with studio-grade facilities for sound, lighting, camerawork and more.

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Media and communications

Our media and communications courses emphasise current trends in both traditional media and new media to equip you with the flexibility and skillset required for this exciting and fast-moving industry. Which media and communications degree is the best one for you?

Your future career

There is a range of potential jobs for English and film graduates. You could go on to build a career in fields including film and television, publishing, journalism and more. Many of our staff have successful backgrounds in relevant industries and can advise you on how to kick-start your career.

Additionally, you may decide to specialise in a related area or explore a new subject. Please see our postgraduate courses for a range of options.

Career-focused modules

Taught by lecturers with industry experience

Internship and placement opportunities

One-to-one, life-long careers support

Alumni networking events

On campus, specialist careers fairs

Build your portfolio

Support with CV and interview skills

Job roles

digital copywriter

editorial assistant

teacher/private tutor

lexicographer

magazine journalist

newspaper journalist

publishing copy-editor/proofreader

web content manager.

Career fields:

film and television

publishing

journalism

radio broadcasting

research

education

business

marketing

new media.

Professor Garin Dowd Course Leader

I am a Professor of Film, Literature and Media, and my current research focuses on representations of space, location and spatial relations in the novel and in film. I am a member of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS), the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) and the Samuel Beckett Society.

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Professor Jeremy Strong

Dr Jonathon Crewe

Dr Marcus Nicholls

Dr Matilde Nardelli

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