Modern Languages and and with Film Studies

Description

This programme allows you to study one or two modern languages and to develop a detailed knowledge of European and North American film. The languages available are French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.

The programme is housed within the Centre for European Languages and Cultures, which brings together the main language departments at Birmingham.
In the Film Studies element of your degree, you will learn to analyse films, to study their production and reception in a range of social, political and economic contexts, and to apply theories of film analysis. We offer a very broad range of modules looking at European and north American film.
The Film Studies element of the programme is delivered by specialists teaching within the language departments and by other specialists on film in the Department of American and Canadian Studies and the Department of Music.

Career opportunities

During the course you will have the opportunity to acquire linguistic expertise and inter-cultural skills. The course aims to help you develop a range of highly prized transferable skills, including the ability to analyse complex and demanding material, to work independently and to communicate your findings effectively in spoken and written form. The enhanced sensitivity to linguistic and visual communication that the programme aims to develop is highly valued within the media and communications industries.

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

First Year

You will study one or two modern languages alongside Film Studies. Film Studies modules in the first year offer an introduction to the subject and the chance to study some landmark films such as Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin and Fritz Lang’s M. The precise structure of your programme will depend on whether you are studying one or two languages.

Second year

You will continue your study of one or two languages at advanced level. If you took two languages in the first year, you can continue to study two equally or there is the option of specialising in one language. You will also study many classic and contemporary European and North American films on a range of modules that cover European and North American film, and the national cinemas of France, Spain, Italy and Germany.

Year abroad

The third year is spent abroad. You attend centres of learning in the country or countries of your language(s) of study. You may also, if you are going to a French or German-speaking country, spend the year as a teaching assistant. Work placements are available for some language combinations. The year abroad is one of the most exciting aspects of the programme and many graduates remember it as one of the best years of their life.

Fourth year

In the fourth year you can continue to study two languages or can specialise in one. You will take at least one language module in your chosen language(s) and options in Film Studies such as Avant-Garde Currents in French Cinema or an Extended Essay in European Film (6000 words on a topic of your choice).

English Language Requirements

CAE score : 80(Grade A)

To study at this university, you have to speak English. We advice you to

Requirements

Number of A levels required: 3

Typical offer: ABB

International Baccalaureate: 34 points

Required subjects and grades: Those studying French will need an A level or equivalent. for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or Russian you need an A level in the chosen language for the post-A level course. Applicants planning to take ab initio German, Italian, Spanish or Russian need at least a grade B GCSE in a language

Additional information:

Other qualifications are considered.

Please note that where two languages are studied it is not possible to combine Spanish with Russian, nor Italian with Portuguese. Where two languages are studied, you must have an A level or equivalent in one of these languages. Any of the languages apart from French can be studied ab initio, but German and Spanish can only be studied ab initio as part of Pathways 1 and 2. Portuguese is only available in Pathways 1 and 2.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

• Academic Excellence Scholarship

  "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

• Access Bursary

  Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

• Alumni Bursary

  Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than University of Birmingham.