BA Film Studies and English Language / Overview

Year of entry: 2024

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Degree awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration: 3 years
Typical A-level offer: AAB, including an essay-based subject (such as English Literature, History or Politics).
Typical contextual A-level offer: ABB including an essay-based subject (such as English Literature, History or Politics).

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Refugee/care-experienced offer: Applicants who have been in local authority care for more than three months or have refugee status may be eligible for an offer two grades below the standard requirements.

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Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 35 points overall. 6,6,5 in Higher Level subjects including an essay-based subject (such as English Literature, History or Politics); Full entry requirements
How to apply: Apply through UCAS

Course overview

Examine the development of film culture and explore how English language is used in film creation.
Develop transferable skills for career opportunities in film education, distribution, exhibition, and curation.
Investigate the sounds, words, and grammar of the English language.
Discover the origin of English, its development and variation across the UK and beyond, and how it's used in different situations.

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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2024 will be £9,250 per annum. Tuition fees for international students will be £25,500 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

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All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

Contact details

School/Faculty: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Telephone: +44 (0)161 275 8129
Email: ug-filmstudies@manchester.ac.uk
Website: http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/drama/
School/Faculty overview: See: About us

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