BAHistory with Film Studies

Study location	United Kingdom, Colchester Campus
Type	Bachelor courses, full-time
Nominal duration	3 years
Study language	English
Awards	BA
Course code	V1W6

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=UG00203&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

Approaches to Film and Media
Becoming a Historian
Society, Culture and Politics in Europe 1500-1750 (optional)
Introduction to US History (optional)
Introduction to United States Literature (optional)
Popular Film, Literature and Television: A Psychoanalytic Approach (Freud and Jung) (optional)

Year 2

Making Histories: Concepts, Themes and Sources
History Works: Beyond Your BA
Public History Project Module: Bourne Mill, Colchester (From the 16th to the 21st Century) (optional)
Sex, Class and War at the Movies: Britain, 1930-2000 (optional)
World Cinema (optional)
Between Protection and Control: Policing Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries (optional)

Final year

Independent Research Project (optional)
The Third Reich (Special Subject) (optional)
Metropolis: Urban Germany 1900-1945 (optional)
Cultural Ideology and Film (optional)

Career opportunities

Many of our graduates go into subject-related fields such as teaching, museum curation and archiving, while others have gone on to do very different things, including journalism, law, politics and civil service.

Some of our recent graduates have found employment as:

A librarian
An editorial assistant
A careers officer
A business development manager
A digital services consultant