BAFilm Studies and Art History

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	VW36

Entry qualification	High school / secondary education (or higher)

Language requirements	English Accepted proof of proficiency: Cambridge English, IELTS, TOEFL or other equivalent IELTS: 6.0 TOEFL (IBT): 76 CAE: B2 with 52+ CAE (from Jan 15): 169+

Other requirements	At least 1 reference(s) must be provided.

More information	essex.ac.uk/..tercourse=UG00165&subgroup=1

Overview

Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.

Programme structure

Year 1

Art and Ideas: I(A)
Art and Ideas: I(B)
Culture, Work and Society
Approaches to Film and Media
The Enlightenment (optional)
Space, Place and Locality (optional)

Year 2

Narrative and Film (optional)
After Impressionism: European Art From Van Gogh to Klimt (optional)
Becoming Modern: European Art From Futurism to Surrealism (optional)
World Cinema (optional)
Art in Latin America II: Modern and Contemporary (optional)
Art, the Law and the Market (optional)

Final year

Photography in History
The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Film, New Media, Software and the Internet
Art and Power (optional)
Inventing the Future: Early Contemporary 1945-1980 (optional)
Advanced Film Production (optional)
Hollywood Directors (optional)

Career opportunities

Our students are well-prepared to enter careers in film production, TV, journalism, publishing and teaching professions, amongst a host of other careers. Our recent graduates have gone on to work in various desirable roles including:

Celebrity booking for Cactus TV
Editor for BBC television
Subtitle writer for Sky TV
Teachers of English and Media Studies