26May
UndergraduateCourse summary
Overview Take your interest in film and turn it into a promising career or pathway to further study with our Film Studies degree course. You'll examine film and its related institutions from a contemporary perspective, focusing on the theories and concepts that define them. Guided by an internationally recognised team of researchers and academics, you’ll explore film's interrelationships with society, culture, identity, history, and the future, in areas ranging from fandom and popular culture to gender and global cinema. Our range of optional modules, industry talks and experiences, and local community and outreach connections in the curriculum will offer you a tailored degree experience to enhance your learning and enjoyment. You’ll graduate from our course with a critical and global understanding of film. You'll also develop adaptable media skills in research, industry knowledge and communication, which will help you fashion your career in film or whatever field you choose. Course highlights
- Take part in the annual Portsmouth Comic Con for the latest developments in film, popular culture, fan communities, and technology – course lecturers and students are panelists and run film screenings
- Screen your final-year film project at Portsmouth's established independent No. 6 Cinema and gain industry contacts
- Learn from widely published media experts and active researchers to add depth to your studies
- Be part of our extensive media culture at Portsmouth: you can write for student publications, collaborate with students on our Film Production and Television and Broadcasting courses, and participate in our student-led TV channel CCI TV
- Become an Adobe Certified Associate to enhance your technical and production skills
- Content Creator
- Marketing Manager
- Theatrical Marketing Department Executive
- Lecturer
- Writer and researcher
- Videographer
- Pathé
- CIC Film Crew 4u
- Arrow Films
- Studio Canal
- Chichester College
Course details
Modules
Year 1 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: Film, Genre and Adaptation; Global Cinema; Screen Research; Screening Europe; Spectacular Hollywood; Understanding Film Production (1); Writing for the Film and TV Industries | Year 2 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: British Cinema; World and Transnational Cinema; Hollywood and Beyond | Year 2 optional modules [worth 20 credits each, unless otherwise stated]: Comic Book Industries; Engaged Citizenship through Interdisciplinary Practice; Film, Media and Communication Study Exchange (60 credits); Production: Camera and Editing; Production Short Filmmaking; Professional Experience; Researching Genre; Sport and the Media; Student Enterprise; Transmedia Narratives and Strategies | Year 3 core modules [worth 40 credits each – choose either]: Film and Media Dissertation; Practical Video Project; Marketing Movies (20 credits); | Year 3 optional modules [all worth 20 credits each]: Gender, Sexuality and Cinema; Marketing Movies; Media Fan Cultures; Representing Science in the Media; Researching Animation; Studying Comedy
Assessment method
You’ll be assessed through:
- essays
- presentations
- video productions
- film scripts
- reports
- a research portfolio
- examinations
- dissertation or video project
- Year 1 students: 3% by practical exams and 97% by coursework
- Year 2 students: 3% by written exams, 12% by practical exams and 85% by coursework
How to apply
26Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- PP32
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
| PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £16200 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Placement Year and Year abroad:
UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 |
EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)|
International (Non-EU) – £1,800.
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP