Film and Television Studies and American Studies
University of Nottingham
UCAS Code: TW76 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
University of Nottingham
UCAS Code: TW76 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
Extended Project
If you have already achieved your EPQ at Grade A you will automatically be offered one grade lower in a non-mandatory A level subject. If you are still studying for your EPQ you will receive the standard course offer, with a condition of one grade lower in a non-mandatory A level subject if you achieve an A grade in your EPQ.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English grade 4 (alpha grade C)
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
or 655 in 3 Higher Level Certificates.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
and A Level grade B.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
and A Level grades BB.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Applications are assessed on an individual basis.
Scottish Advanced Higher
This qualification is only acceptable when combined with Scottish Higher grades ABBBB.
Scottish Higher
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Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
This qualification is considered alongside other UoN accepted qualifications such as A Levels.
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About this course
Film and television entertain, inform, promote ideologies and help us communicate and connect across the world.
North America also has a global impact through its power and culture.
If you want to explore how they do this, both independently and when combined, this joint honours degree is for you.
**Film and Television Studies**
You'll examine:
- economics and employment practices
- development and global operation
- ever changing audiences
- reflection of, and influence on, society
- decision makers and processes
- adoption of new platforms and technologies
**American Studies**
You'll cover history, politics and culture. This will include literature, music and art as well as film and television.
You don't just study two separate subjects. We have specialist modules that combine them both to make the degree a coherent whole.
Through our Creative Student Network you'll also have opportunities to intern at global media organisations (such as Disney and the Art Directors Guild in Los Angeles, and Red Bee Creative in London).
Modules
You will normally study both subjects equally. In American Studies in year one you have the choice of taking core modules in either American history or American literature. You will also take a multidisciplinary module exploring the relationship between film, literature and culture in the North American context. In Film and Television Studies you'll engage in multidisciplinary activity in addition to core studies in film and television history, production cultures, the analysis of film texts and key critical perspectives, and the contexts of film and television consumption.
Year two broadens and develops your understanding of the core concepts in each discipline. In American Studies you choose from modules which extend your understanding of American society and cultural forms. They cover particular periods, events, themes, genres, authors and texts in greater depth. In Film and Television Studies you will choose from modules which explore how film and television converge in the contemporary media landscape.
In year three, you will continue and extend the process of specialisation promoted in the second year. You will write an original research dissertation and follow a programme of advanced study in a choice of modules in Film and Television and in American and Canadian history, literature and culture.
Placement and volunteering opportunities are available in the School of English and the Department of American and Canadian Studies, as well as via the Nottingham Advantage Award.
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Just 615 UK students graduated with American studies degrees in 2015, so it's one of the smaller subjects in terms of student numbers and has lost numbers in recent years. Most graduates stay in the UK once they graduate - quite unusual for graduates in languages and studies of overseas cultures - and about one in six go into further study, mostly to take Masters degrees in subjects like journalism, languages, teaching and law. Graduates tend to go into any general graduate jobs, in industries such as education, advertising, social care and media and publishing. There might not be many jobs that specifically require a degree in American studies, but the skills you learn are useful in many roles.
Media studies
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