Cultural Studies and Film

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 9 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 12.5 k / Year(s)  
StudyQA ranking:5144 Duration:36 months

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Description

What do we mean by ‘culture’ and why are its many forms so hotly contested? Why is it so important to our sense of identity and belonging? Cultural Studies at Kent is an innovative subject with distinctive perspectives on all forms of present day culture. We explore connections between popular culture, the arts and everyday life by crossing social sciences/humanities boundaries.

Film at Kent engages with cinema’s rich scope and history, from silent classics and mainstream Hollywood to world cinema and the avant-garde. We have a thriving film culture, with the Gulbenkian Cinema (the regional art cinema) based on campus and a lively student film society.

Discussions of film arise across a wide range of topics in Cultural Studies. This programme gives you access to Film modules not available on other Cultural Studies programmes; this will widen your understanding of film, the history of cinema and the perspectives of specific directors and genres.

In 2014, the University opened a new 62-seat cinema named after the pioneering female film director Ida Lupino, which students can enjoy as part of their experience during their studies. The Lupino has state-of-the-art digital projection and sound, and has been created to provide an intimate atmosphere for film viewing.

Independent rankings

In the National Student Survey 2013, Kent was ranked 1st for student satisfaction in cinematics. And, Kent was ranked 12th for cinematics in The Complete University Guide 2014.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline You are advised to apply as early as possible Tuition fee
  • GBP 9000 Year (EEA)
  • GBP 12450 Year (Non-EEA)
Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 180 ECTS
Credits 360
Duration full-time 36 months Partnership Joint Languages Take an IELTS test
  • English
Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Part-time, Full-time Intensity Flexible More information Go To The Course Website

Course Content

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

FI313 - Film Form

FI315 - Introduction to Film Theory

SO334 - Modern Culture

SO335 - Contemporary Culture

SO336 - Sociology of Everyday Life

SO337 - Fundamentals of Sociology

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

SO506 - Popular Culture, Media and Society

SO676 - Cultures of Embodiment

SO657 - Digital Culture

FI565 - British Cinema

FI501 - The Documentary Film

FI506 - Avant Garde and Experimental Cinema

FI527 - Storytelling and the Cinema

FI537 - Postwar European Cinema

FI573 - Animated Worlds

FI577 - Cognition and Emotion

FI582 - New York and the Movies

FI584 - The Gothic in Film

FI585 - Film Criticism

FI594 - Film Authorship

FI595 - Film Genre (Horror)

FI597 - Animated Worlds

FI598 - Cognition and Emotion

FI599 - The Gothic in Film

FI600 - Film Criticism

FI602 - Documentary Film

FI606 - Avant-Garde and Experimental Cinema

FI607 - Storytelling and the Cinema

FI608 - Film Authorship

FI611 - New York & The Movies

FI615 - Film Genre (Horror)

FI616 - Postwar European Cinema

FI617 - History of British Cinema

FI619 - Images of War and Violence

FI620 - Images of War and Violence

FI621 - Television Series: Narration, Engagement and Evaluation

FI622 - Television Series: Narration, Engagement and Evaluation

TH570 - I:Religion and Film

TH574 - H:Religion and Film

SO683 - Cultural Studies Research Dissertation

SO689 - Drugs, Culture and Control

SO710 - War, Atrocity and Genocide

SO605 - Crime , Media and Culture

HA685 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation

HA686 - Thinking about the Arts

HA687 - Thinking about the Arts

HA688 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520

HA689 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520

PL526 - Aesthetics

PL610 - Aesthetics

SA519 - The Social Politics of Food

CP658 - Nordic Literature and Film

CP650 - Decadence in Fin-de-Siecle Europe

CP652 - Postcolonial Images of Africa and South Asia

CP653 - Comparative Literature and English & Linguistics in the Classroom

CP656 - Shakespeare's Afterlives

CP518 - The Book and the Film: Adaptation and Interpretation

CP527 - Medieval Literature and Culture

CP530 - Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in 19th Century Fiction

CP609 - Modernism and the European Avant-Garde

CP611 - Postmodernism

CP624 - The Shoah in Literature, Film and Culture

CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation

CP629 - Second Thoughts: Women Novelists from Bronte to Jelinek

CP636 - European Realism

CP642 - The Epic: From Homer to Walcott

CP644 - Creatures of the Night: Vampires in Literature and Film

CP646 - Prize Winners

CP647 - Prize Winners

FR593 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 19th century

FR594 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 20th century

HA573 - Print Collecting and Curating

HA587 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photograhic Pictorialism

HA591 - Dialogues: Art History in a Global Context

HA595 - Visual Arts Writing

HA649 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of the Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art

HA653 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of The Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art

HA660 - Dialogues; Art History in a Global Context

HA669 - Study of a Single Artist

HA670 - Study of a Single Artist

HA681 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution

HA682 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution

HA683 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photographic Pictorialism

HA684 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

SO657 - Digital Culture

SO676 - Cultures of Embodiment

FI622 - Television Series: Narration, Engagement and Evaluation

FI621 - Television Series: Narration, Engagement and Evaluation

FI620 - Images of War and Violence

FI619 - Images of War and Violence

FI617 - History of British Cinema

FI616 - Postwar European Cinema

FI615 - Film Genre (Horror)

FI611 - New York & The Movies

FI608 - Film Authorship

FI607 - Storytelling and the Cinema

FI606 - Avant-Garde and Experimental Cinema

FI602 - Documentary Film

FI600 - Film Criticism

FI599 - The Gothic in Film

FI598 - Cognition and Emotion

FI597 - Animated Worlds

FI595 - Film Genre (Horror)

FI594 - Film Authorship

FI585 - Film Criticism

FI584 - The Gothic in Film

FI582 - New York and the Movies

FI577 - Cognition and Emotion

FI573 - Animated Worlds

FI537 - Postwar European Cinema

FI527 - Storytelling and the Cinema

FI506 - Avant Garde and Experimental Cinema

FI501 - The Documentary Film

FI565 - British Cinema

HA684 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation

HA683 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photographic Pictorialism

HA682 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution

HA681 - Pixelated World: The Digital Revolution

HA670 - Study of a Single Artist

HA669 - Study of a Single Artist

HA660 - Dialogues; Art History in a Global Context

HA653 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of The Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art

HA649 - Exposed: The Aesthetics of the Body, Sexuality and Erotic Art

HA595 - Visual Arts Writing

HA591 - Dialogues: Art History in a Global Context

HA587 - Against Realism: Varieties of Photograhic Pictorialism

HA573 - Print Collecting and Curating

FR594 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 20th century

FR593 - Paris: Myth and Reality in the 19th century

CP647 - Prize Winners

CP646 - Prize Winners

CP644 - Creatures of the Night: Vampires in Literature and Film

CP642 - The Epic: From Homer to Walcott

CP636 - European Realism

CP629 - Second Thoughts: Women Novelists from Bronte to Jelinek

CP627 - Science Fiction: History and Innovation

CP624 - The Shoah in Literature, Film and Culture

CP611 - Postmodernism

CP609 - Modernism and the European Avant-Garde

CP530 - Marriage, Adultery and Divorce in 19th Century Fiction

CP527 - Medieval Literature and Culture

CP518 - The Book and the Film: Adaptation and Interpretation

CP656 - Shakespeare's Afterlives

CP653 - Comparative Literature and English & Linguistics in the Classroom

CP652 - Postcolonial Images of Africa and South Asia

CP650 - Decadence in Fin-de-Siecle Europe

CP658 - Nordic Literature and Film

SA519 - The Social Politics of Food

PL610 - Aesthetics

PL526 - Aesthetics

HA689 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520

HA688 - Painting in Central Italy 1440 - 1520

HA687 - Thinking about the Arts

HA686 - Thinking about the Arts

HA685 - Genius: Perspectives on Artistic Creation

SO605 - Crime , Media and Culture

SO525 - Environmental Politics

SO539 - Environmental Policy and Practice

SO710 - War, Atrocity and Genocide

SO689 - Drugs, Culture and Control

SO683 - Cultural Studies Research Dissertation

TH574 - H:Religion and Film

TH570 - I:Religion and Film

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5

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

take an IELTS test.

Requirements

Home/EU students

The University will consider applications from students offering a wide range of qualifications, typical requirements are listed below, students offering alternative qualifications should contact the Admissions Office for further advice. It is not possible to offer places to all students who meet this typical offer/minimum requirement.

Qualification/ Typical offer/minimum requirement

  • A level

ABB including Film, English LIterature, Politics, Media, Geography, Philosophy grade B where taken

  • Access to HE Diploma

The University of Kent will not necessarily make conditional offers to all access candidates but will continue to assess them on an individual basis. If an offer is made candidates will be required to obtain/pass the overall Access to Higher Education Diploma and may also be required to obtain a proportion of the total level 3 credits and/or credits in particular subjects at merit grade or above.

  • BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma (formerly BTEC National Diploma)

The university will consider applicants holding BTEC National Diploma and Extended National Diploma Qualifications (QCF; NQF;OCR) on a case by case basis please contact us via the enquiries tab for further advice on your individual circumstances.

  • International Baccalaureate

34 points overall or 16 points at HL

International students

The University receives applications from over 140 different nationalities and consequently will consider applications from prospective students offering a wide range of international qualifications. Our International Development Office will be happy to advise prospective students on entry requirements.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.


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