BA (Hons) English and Film

From the written word to the silver screen, this joint honours course explores the middle ground between two of the world's most important storytelling forms. This joint honours is a fascinating combination of English literature, with its centuries-old roots, and the relative modernity of the art of the moving image. Taught by our staff of internationally renowned writers and critics in a friendly, supportive and intellectually challenging environment, youll study literature in all its major forms prose, poetry, drama from the Renaissance onwards. The film modules are grounded in close textual interpretation and the analysis of style, genre, historical context and the politics of representation. As such, youll focus on key film genres, key directors, numerous film movements and national cinemas. With the sheer power, reach, longevity and endurance of American filmmaking over the last 120 years, much of the study of film focuses on Hollywood style cinema, but youll also look at less commercial film-making from around the globe, challenging and pushing the medium to its limits. You will have opportunities to study abroad and, if you wish, to do your third year as a placement - in Britain or abroad. And in your final year, you'll get a chance to spread your wings with a substantial piece of project work that presents a thesis, building on the skills you've been developing over previous years.
Our lively department is staffed by internationally renowned writers and critics, and there's a strong research culture, creating a learning environment that is both supportive and intellectually challenging. Manchester is a creative hub, with one of the biggest creative sectors in the UK, and along with our extensive cultural links both in the city and further afield, youll be ideally placed to begin building a creative network for the future. This course has a Foundation Year available.

104-112
UCAS Tariff points
GCE A levels - grades BCC or equivalent
IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 104 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English

IELTS 6.0, with no component below 5.5
TOEFL IBT Overall score: 79 With no individual test score below:
Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Speaking: 20 Writing : 17