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UCAS Code: P3W6 Course Length: 3 Years Full-Time Start Dates: September 2020 Department: Creative Arts Location: Edge Hill University Example Offers: BBC-BBB (A Level) or DMM (BTEC) This course offers you exciting opportunities to explore more than 100 years of film. It allows you to add practical experience to an academic degree, offering both an intensive intellectual experience and the chance to learn the skills necessary for moving image production. Approximately two-thirds of your degree comprises textual study, research and the acquisition of academic skills, in addition to the development of a broad range of transferable skills that help make you highly employable. One third of your degree encompasses practical workshops and projects which develop skills in filmmaking, production design, scriptwriting, logistics and project management. Combine an in-depth analysis of film genres with practical experience in our professional TV studios on a degree that features project work, film festival trips and industry guest speakers. Studying Abroad Option Available Sandwich Year Option Available International Students Can Apply BA (Hons) Film Studies with Film Production http://ehu.ac.uk/p3w6 1 Published 28 Sep 2020, 15:08

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UCAS Code: P3W6

Course Length: 3 Years Full-Time

Start Dates: September 2020

Department: Creative Arts

Location: Edge Hill University

Example Offers: BBC-BBB (A Level) or DMM (BTEC)

This course offers you exciting opportunities to exploremore than 100 years of film. It allows you to add practicalexperience to an academic degree, offering both anintensive intellectual experience and the chance to learnthe skills necessary for moving image production.Approximately two-thirds of your degree comprisestextual study, research and the acquisition of academicskills, in addition to the development of a broad range oftransferable skills that help make you highly employable.One third of your degree encompasses practicalworkshops and projects which develop skills infilmmaking, production design, scriptwriting, logistics andproject management.

Combine an in-depth analysis of film genres with practical experience in our professionalTV studios on a degree that features project work, film festival trips and industry guestspeakers.

Studying Abroad Option Available Sandwich Year Option Available International Students Can Apply

BA (Hons) Film Studies with FilmProduction

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Course in Depth

What will I study?

Year 1 offers modules which give you the language andskills needed to examine, interpret and write about films.You will examine different films each week, graduallydeveloping your skills in critical analysis. You will alsodiscover the rich history of film and be introduced toseveral important critical concepts such as auterism,genre theory, Marxism, feminism and postmodernism. Inaddition you will take a compulsory module in movingimage production.

The modules in Year 2 develop and broaden yourunderstanding of film by examining the nature of filmgenres, the concept of the film author andrepresentations of gender, race and sexuality on the bigscreen. You will also study the documentary form andproduce your own documentary and short film as part ofa small crew.

In Year 3 you will conduct an in-depth study of filmadaptations, and study how a range of texts aretranslated into film. You will compose a dissertation on atopic of your own choice, working with a supervisorthroughout the final year of the degree, and select from arange of modules exploring themes such as cult cinema,animation and the cinema, cinema and national identity,film exhibition, and non-Western cinema case study. Inaddition, you will conduct a supervised large scaleproduction project to demonstrate your organisationaland production skills.

How will I study?

Lectures, seminars, workshops, presentations and groupwork are supplemented by guest speakers (directors,editors, writers, producers), a dynamic programme ofscreenings, and cinema and studio-related field trips. Youwill be allocated a personal tutor, who will offer you asmuch support as you require. As well as multiple filmscreenings that form part of your studies, you also haveaccess to 'Free Film Fridays' with screenings of great filmson a big screen in our Studio Theatre.

How will I be assessed?

Assessments are varied, ranging from traditional essaysto film reviews, film and television production projects,critical readings of film extracts under class testconditions, and oral presentations.

Who will be teaching me?

Our programme is staffed by dedicated and enthusiasticfilm lecturers and tutors, who are not only activelypublishing or producing their own work but are alsocontinually revising their modules to ensure they reflectthe latest research.

A Great Study Environment

Film students are based in Creative Edge, astate-of-the-art £17m building offering highlycontemporary suites of outstanding facilities for theDepartment of Creative Arts.

Key features include TV studios with broadcast capacityand full production capabilities, recording studios,sound-editing suites, animation studios, photographicstudio, radio studio and multimedia laboratory. Ourinnovative resources are designed to ensure you gainpractical experience to a professional standard.Dedicated support in the use of all creative mediafacilities is available through our Media DevelopmentTeam.

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As a student in the Department of Creative Arts, you willbenefit from our high-definition TV studios which comeequipped with camera channels that can be operated viaeither a studio configuration or hand-held setup,production galleries and control rooms with referencelighting, a Media Asset Management system (Editshare)which ensures a seamless tapeless workflow andprovides network storage for your work. There is a fullyindependent talk back system to all studio areas. You canalso expect to use industry standard equipment such asvision mixers, sound mixing consoles, a chroma keyinfinity wall, and fully populated motorised lighting rigs.

Media editing booths are available, equipped withsoftware such as Adobe Creative Cloud (Premiere) andAfter Effects.

You may have the opportunity to help bring Liverpool'sSound City music festival to life. As part of an innovativepartnership, Film and Television students at Edge Hill

University are invited to film and edit footage ofperformances to create high quality videos of bandswhich are used by Liverpool Sound City to promote thefestival worldwide.

You may also wish to get involved with the Edge HillStudents Union’s online media platform, Vibe Media. Thisoffers many different opportunities for you to volunteerand gain experience of working within a mediaenvironment, whether as a DJ or TV presenter, organisingmarketing and events, or reviewing the latest films oralbum releases.

We offer a range of enhancement and placementopportunities through our links with industry and a rangeof film festivals. A range of trips and visits are alsoorganised, for example to the Aesthetica Short FilmFestival in York, to broaden your experience and enableyou to attend masterclasses by industry professionals.

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Modules

Year 1

FLM1020: How to Read a Film: Sound and Image (20 credits)How to Read a Film: Sound and Image gives you the language and skills needed to examine, interpret and write aboutfilms, examining a different film in depth each week. The module is full of truly valuable activities, advice and guidancein becoming an efficient reader of film. It will equip you with an analytical vocabulary and knowledge and emphasisethe stylistic aspects of film analysis. Particular attention will be paid to moving image and sound interpretation, theacquisition of a pertinent critical vocabulary, and methods by which cinematic sequences can be analysed.

FLM1022: World Cinemas: Europe (20 credits)World Cinemas: Europe introduces you to a range of European cinemas and looks at specific, significant nationalcinemas and directors that have either helped to establish a national cinema or have played an influential role in theindustry globally. You will examine a range of key texts within their cultural, social, political and historical contexts,learning about significant developments and influences within and across cinema cultures.

FLM1023: Cinema in Context: 1945-Present (20 credits)Cinema in Context: 1945-Present provides you with an essential overview of the historical and technologicaldevelopment of film from the end of the Second World War to the present day, concentrating on significant moments,movements and styles. Cinematic production, style, technique and content are all assessed in context, enabling you torecognise the importance of studying film history. You will consider a range of films and eras from American, Britishand European cinema.

FLM1024: How to Read a Film: Approaches (20 credits)How to Read a Film: Approaches takes you a step further into critical, analytical and theoretical spheres, examiningfilms in close detail and discovering some of the many significant academic and critical approaches to the cinema. Youwill be introduced to several important critical concepts such as structuralism, post-structuralism, Marxism, feminismand postmodernism.

MED1431: Media Production 1 (20 credits)Media Production 1 introduces you to basic audio-visual equipment for video projects, techniques and aesthetics. Byunderstanding the creative potential and the technical operation of the audio-visual equipment and technology, youwill be better able to generate feasible ideas, plan shoots, create storyboards and relate shooting to editing. Themodule introduces you to technical theory and the professional language of camera operation, lighting, soundrecording and editing. You will develop the relevant technical skills in order to be able develop, produce and complete,in collaboration, a short factual film.

MED1432: Media Production 2 (20 credits)Media Production 2 focuses on fiction projects and further develops your technical skills. You will gain anunderstanding of a variety of production roles including cinematographer, producer, director, sound recordist, editorand scriptwriter. You will be asked to contribute in more than one role as you collaborate as part of a team to produce ashort fiction film.

Language modules, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree.A single Language module can be studied instead of either FLM1022 World Cinemas: Europe or FLM1023 Cinema in

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Context: 1945-Present.

Year 2

MED2311: Welcome to the Real World: Documentary Production (20 credits)Welcome to the Real World: Documentary Production provides you with the opportunity to research, develop andproduce a short documentary film that could be considered for submission to a festival or competition or for exhibitionover an alternative platform. The modules enables you to gain crucial experience of the technical, creative,organisational and administrative demands involved in documentary production and engage you in real-worlddocumentary storytelling techniques. You will be encouraged to experiment, creatively express yourself and attendworkshops that focus on the development of creative practices and processes. The relationships between technical,creative and aesthetic choices will be considered in relation to the real-world issues of budget constraints andfinancing as you work from a tutor-directed brief.

MED2313: Short Film Production (20 credits)Short Film Production is designed to give you the opportunity to make your own short film for submission to a festivalor competition or for exhibition over an alternative platform. The overarching theme of the module is the developmentof your understanding of creativity and the creative, technical, organisational and administrative processes involved infilm production. The digital short genre gives filmmakers the opportunity to test out ideas or tell a story within theconfines of a limited run-time. The relationships between technical, creative and aesthetic choices will be considered inrelation to the 'real-world' issues of budget constraints and financing. You may adapt an existing story or work from anoriginal idea.

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM2034: Identity and Representation (20 credits)Identity and Representation is a challenging and provocative module that studies how certain identities have beenrepresented on the screen throughout cinema's history, highlighting both prejudice and groundbreaking resistance tothe norm.

FLM2036: Realism and the Cinema (20 credits)Realism and the Cinema asks some fundamental questions about realism, truth and bias in film. You will consider whatmakes a 'realistic' film, what the key realist film movements are, and what we understand 'real' to mean. The moduleexamines issues concerning realism, objectivity, subjectivity, the viewer's relationship to the screen and the illusion ofthe real in realist cinemas, observational and non-fiction media. Historically significant realist film movements will beexplored in some depth.

FLM2037: Film Genre (20 credits)Film Genre critically examines the functions and forms of film genres in their socio-historical contexts, while alsointroducing you to genre theory and additional approaches relevant to genre analysis. You will consider theconventions and expectations associated with a range of film genres, enabling you, through critical analysis, to becomefamiliar with the concept of ideology and its encoding within film. The module also provides the opportunity to learnhow and why certain stylistic, thematic and ideological consistencies and changes have occurred in film genres.

FLM2038: Film Genre Case Study (20 credits)Film Genre Case Study enables you to critically engage in a detailed and specifically theorised study of a key Americanfilm genre. It is likely that you will be offered one Hollywood genre from a range of possibilities including, perhaps, themusical, the horror film, or science fiction cinema. Although the precise case study for the module may change withstaffing and with staff interests, the objectives will remain consistent. You will encounter both genre theory and more

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specific genre criticism, identifying conventions and ideological frameworks at various stages in your chosen genre'shistory.

MED2300: The Soundtrack: Film Music and Sound (20 credits)The Soundtrack: Film Music and Sound focuses on the soundtrack as an integral way of understanding film. It can tellus something about characters, space, place and time but, further to this, it can also stimulate a feeling, a mood. It canhelp to determine what we see and how we see it, informing and touching audiences at an emotional and sensory level,in ways that visual elements alone cannot achieve. Yet, despite its integral role in the filmmaking process, thesoundtrack is often arguably seen as too technical, ineffable or complex to articulate. It does not lend itself to formaltextual analysis in quite as straightforward a manner as the film image. This module presents a clear consideration offilm music and sound by providing a critical survey of its history, technical processes, aesthetics and key theoreticalapproaches in order to elucidate its expressive and narrative potential.

MED2316: Fact to Fiction: Key Debates (20 credits)Fact to Fiction: Key Debates engages with key ideas regarding film and television in relation to the factual and fictionalrepresentation of the world. The module emphasises that fact and fiction are part of a scale of representations whichinclude documentary formats, reality television, drama documentaries, dramatisations of factual content, and fictionfilms and television drama. It examines the impact of new technologies on how 'the real' is constructed and highlightschanges to the concept of 'witness' (Ellis 2000) due to an increase in mobile recording technologies.

MED2320: History on Screen (20 credits)History on Screen looks at how British, American and German cinemas respectively have represented the historicalperiod up to 1945 on screen, using a combination of contemporary and retrospective film productions. The module willthus explore not only the nature of cinematic representation in general, but also how each nation in turn constructs, orindeed, in the particular case of Germany, reconstructs, national identity through the prism of its past.

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM2035: Censorship and the Cinema (20 credits)Censorship and the Cinema enables you to learn about and debate the power relationships between industry,audience and censor during such happenings as the imposition of the Production Code in Hollywood during the 1930sand the Video Nasty scare in Britain in the 1980s.

MED2301: Screen Criticism, Journalism and Social Media (20 credits)Screen Criticism, Journalism and Social Media is an innovative module which introduces you to the history and theoryof screen criticism. The module equips you with an appreciation of the coexistence of different approaches to theanalysis, evaluation and appreciation of the moving image by producing and learning to disseminate your own criticalwritten, audio or audiovisual pieces. You will be encouraged to reflect critically on different media of film criticism(newspapers, magazines, academic journals, the internet, television) and on the current state of screen criticism in thecontext of social media.

MED2318: Spectacles, Bodies and Other Pleasures: Concepts in Television, Animation and Film (20credits)Spectacles, Bodies and Other Pleasures: Concepts in Television, Animation and Film is centred on how animation,television and film are in a constant process of change. This evolution is partially determined by new technologieswhich is reflected in contemporary media theory. The module brings these theories together by focusing oncontemporary discourses grounded in the critical concepts of spectacle, postmodernism, affect and visuality. It willthus draw attention to the increased emphasis on aesthetics in film and television theory, the ideas of spectacle andthe centrality of the body to the experience of different media. You will be introduced to a range of critical

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methodologies including textual analysis and theory-based close reading.

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This wouldform an integral part of your degree in place of either FLM2035 Censorship and the Cinema, MED2301 ScreenCriticism, Journalism and Social Media or MED2308 Spectacles, Bodies and Other Pleasures: Concepts in Television,Animation and Film.

Year 3

MED3275: Dissertation (40 credits)Dissertation offers you the opportunity to undertake an in-depth personal research project, under supervision, andexplore a range of research methodologies and presentational formats appropriate to the project. You will gain athorough knowledge of your chosen subject area and will be expected to shape that knowledge to produce a finalsubmission that demonstrates your ability to locate the material within the wider contexts of your discipline. Themodule will enable you to work independently, with a supervisor, to explore areas of contemporary academic interest,consider issues of current or historical industry practice, and critically analyse case studies or products within specificcultural and social contexts.

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM3022: Cinema and National Identity (20 credits)Cinema and National Identity investigates and debates issues of national identity and representation. Currently, thecinemas examined are Australian and New Zealand cinemas, and debates cover both theoretical and cultural concernsincluding gender, race and landscape.

FLM3023: Cult Cinema (20 credits)Cult Cinema introduces you to films that are often marginalised in academic film discourse as a consequence of theirmodes of production, content or manner of consumption. The module theoretically explores the interrelated conceptsof 'cult', 'trash' and 'exploitation' cinema.

FLM3027: Animation and the Cinema (20 credits)Animation and the Cinema provides a critical and historical overview of animation on film, encompassing mainstream,political and avant-garde forms and styles. The module encourages an appreciation of diverse animations from aroundthe globe.

FLM3030: Text to Screen 1: Approaches to Film Adaptation (20 credits)Text to Screen 1: Approaches to Film Adaptation reflects on how a large proportion of films are the results ofadaptations, such as from a novel, a short story or graphic novel. The module examines a range of examples,familiarising you with the mechanics of the adaptation process and looking at the influences, restrictions andmotivations in the adaptation of stories to the screen.

FLM3031: Text to Screen 2: Adaptation, Culture and Transmedia (20 credits)Text to Screen 2: Adaptation, Culture and Transmedia introduces you to the phenomenon of film adaptation and tothe critical discourses necessary for understanding that phenomenon. The module familiarises you with a variety ofnarrative forms (including the novel, the short story, sequential art and the interactive text) and how these are adaptedfor the cinema. You will also consider external factors that may influence the adaptation process, including thepresence of auteur directors, the franchise and genre considerations.

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MED3260: Independent Production 1 (20 credits)Independent Production 1 enables you to apply critical and creative thinking skills to an advanced level. The moduleaims to facilitate your development of the creative industries' gold standard of production: visionary inventivenesscombined with advanced industry acumen. During the module, you can expect to typically work in production groupsand to a live brief. You will be responsible for generating, developing and pitching a creative project idea, aimed at aspecific audience and distribution platform. You might also work to develop individual and role-specific researchmaterial for the generation of a research portfolio. Throughout the module, there will be a strong requirement for theapplication of industry-standard practices such as proficiency in planning, organisation, management, creativity andflexibility, ensuring you have the opportunity to both extend and hone a valuable skills base and to critically reflectupon your work.

MED3261: Independent Production 2 (20 credits)Independent Production 2 is a practice-based module which offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in theproduction processes of a substantial audio-visual project. Working in production groups, you can typically expect tobe working to a live brief to plan and produce a substantial media product. This module thus aims to support theadvanced development of cohesive team-work and independent learning as you demonstrate the ability to workeffectively within a production group and show authorial individuality and leadership skills within role-definedparameters.

You will select two of the following modules:

FLM3029: Film Curation, Exhibition and Festivals (20 credits)Film Curation, Exhibition and Festivals introduces you to the theoretical and practical aspects of film curation,exhibition and festivals. Covering the development of film exhibition and the practicalities of curating film programmesand festivals, you will participate in a critical, applied exploration of this lively sector. This innovative module draws onthe expertise of visiting professionals such as film curators, film festival programmers, film archivists and the rigorousscholarship of film academics. It provides you with the opportunity to engage with partners outside of the classroomenvironment and undertake case studies.

FLM3032: Non-Western Cinema Case Study (20 credits)Non-Western Cinema Case Study explores an example of non-Western, non-English speaking cinema. This iscurrently Japanese cinema. The module investigates the cinematic, textual and ideological factors of Japanese films,both old and new, and considers global influences and effects. Focus is also placed on the interconnections betweennation and cinema, thereby engaging you with themes of identity, globalisation, hybridity and cultural difference withinthe context of cinema as a global medium. You will assess how Japanese cinema is positioned in relation to Hollywoodand reflect on the complexity of global relationships between differing national cinemas.

MED3234: American Independent Cinema (20 credits)American Independent Cinema focuses on the industrial and economic dimensions of independent film production,distribution and exhibition. The module covers the development and changes in the American independent film sectorfrom the late 1970s, looking at the growth of indie cinema and later Indiewood. In looking at the various dimensions ofindependent finance, production, distribution and exhibition, the module critically explores the very definitions ofindependence and the ways in which it has been conceptualised in relation to film.

MED3235: Contemporary European Cinema (20 credits)Contemporary European Cinema explores the landscape of 21st century cinema in Europe by examining the filmsproduced across the continent. Initially, the module will pose the question of what European cinema might be. You willthen explore the national cinema paradigm in Europe, authorship in Europe, and major pan-European themes and

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aesthetics. By means of close textual analysis, the module will explore the similarities and contrasts that emergebetween the nations and across the continent as a whole, and conclude with consideration of whether we can say withany certainty that a 'European' cinema exists.

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. Thiswould form an integral part of your degree in place of either FLM3029 Film Curation, Exhibition and Festivals,FLM3032 Non-Western Cinema Case Study, MED3234 American Independent Cinema or MED3235 ContemporaryEuropean Cinema.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modulesmay vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that theavailability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected bytimetabling requirements.

Timetables

Timetables for your first week are normally available at the end of August prior to enrolment in September. You canexpect to receive your timetable for the rest of the academic year during your first week. Please note that while wemake every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place onany day of the week. Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities.

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes aresubject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellationof, courses.

Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarksstatements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right tomake variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Entry Criteria

Entry Requirements

Typical offer 112-120 UCAS Tariff points. No specificsubjects are required.

Example Offers

Some examples of how you can achieve 112-120 UCASTariff points are detailed below.

• A Level: BBC-BBB;

• BTEC Extended Diploma (or combination of BTECQCF qualifications): Distinction, Merit, Merit(DMM);

• International Baccalaureate (IB): We are happy toaccept IB qualifications which achieve the requirednumber of UCAS Tariff points;

• Access to Higher Education Diploma: 45 credits atLevel 3, for example 15 credits at Distinction and30 credits at Merit or 24 credits at Distinction and21 credits at Merit. The required total can beattained from various credit combinations.

Please note, the above examples may differ from actualoffers made. A combination of A Level and BTEC awardsmay also be accepted.

As long as you have a minimum of two A Levels (orequivalent), there is no maximum number ofqualifications that we will accept UCAS points from. Thisincludes additional qualifications such as the WelshBaccalaureate and Extended Project Qualification (EPQ),AS Levels that haven't been continued to A Level, andGeneral Studies AS or A Level awards.

For further information on how you can meet the entryrequirements, including details ofalternative qualifications, please visitwww.edgehill.ac.uk/offers.

EU students can get country-specific information aboutthe University's entry requirements and equivalentnational qualifications at www.edgehill.ac.uk/eu.

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international for information on the entry criteria foroverseas applicants.

English Language Requirements

International students require IELTS 6.0, with a score nolower than 5.5 in each individual component, or anequivalent English language qualification.

If your current level of English is half a band lower, eitheroverall or in one or two elements, you may want toconsider our Pre-Sessional English course.

Are there any alternative ways to meet theentry requirements?

If you have the ability to study for a degree but lack thenecessary qualifications or confidence, our Fastrack:Preparation for Higher Education course could be foryou. This free, seven-week programme provides a greatopportunity to enhance your study skills and subjectknowledge and demonstrate that you are ready to studya particular subject with us, in lieu of achieving the UCASTariff points in the entry criteria.

Upon successful completion of a Fastrack course, you willbe well placed to progress onto a corresponding Edge HillUniversity degree, although additional entryrequirements may apply and the availability of specificprogrammes cannot be guaranteed. For moreinformation, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/fastrack.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Edge Hill University recognises learning gainedelsewhere, whether through academic credit andqualifications acquired from other relevant courses ofstudy or through recognition of an individual'sprofessional and employment experience (also referredto as 'experiential learning'). This may include credit orlearning undertaken at another university.

Previous learning that is recognised in this way may beused towards meeting the entry requirements for a

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programme and/or for exemption from part of aprogramme. It is your responsibility to make a claim forrecognition of prior learning. For guidance, please consultthe University's academic regulations (sections C7 and

F3.1) or contact the faculty in which you are interested instudying.

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Career Prospects

What are my career prospects?

You will be well placed to progress to a career inindependent filmmaking, TV production, journalism,project management, specialised film schools, projectmanagement, film programming, further study, the mediaand creative industries, marketing, social media, teaching(further training required) and research.

How can I enhance my employability?

It is useful to consider, even before you apply, how youwill spend your time while studying and make the most ofyour university experience.

Optional, additional activities may be available on thisdegree which could help to prepare you for a stimulatingand rewarding career. These include:

• Sandwich Years - you may have the opportunity toapply to complete a sandwich year placement,

usually as the third year of a four year degree, andgain highly relevant work experience;

• Erasmus+ and Study Abroad - you may have theopportunity to apply to spend time studying orworking abroad, usually as the third year of a fouryear degree, enabling you to immerse yourself in adifferent culture;

• Learning a Language - you may be able to selectlanguage modules, delivered at the Edge HillLanguage Centre, as an integral part of your degree(for which you will gain academic credits).Alternatively, it may be possible to participate inLanguage Steps classes as additional study.

Please note, the availability of these additional activitiescannot be guaranteed for all students. Depending onavailability and the number of students wanting toparticipate, there may be a competitive applicationprocess for sandwich year placements or studying abroadopportunities or you may be required to secure a relevantplacement yourself.

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Finance

Tuition Fees

If you are a prospective UK or EU student who will bejoining this undergraduate degree in academic year2020/21, the tuition fee will be £9,250 per annum.Tuition fees for international students enrolling on theprogramme in academic year 2020/21 are £12,250 perannum.

The University may administer a small inflationary rise intuition fees, in line with Government policy, insubsequent academic years as you progress through thecourse.

Financial Support

Subject to eligibility, UK and EU students joining thisundergraduate degree can apply for a Tuition Fee Loanfrom the Government to cover the full cost of tuition fees.UK and EU students enrolling on the programme mayalso be eligible to apply for additional funding to helpwith living costs.

For comprehensive information about the financialsupport available to eligible UK and EU students joiningthis programme in academic year 2020/21, together withdetails of how to apply for potential funding, please viewour Money Matters 2020/21 guide atwww.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradfinance2020.

Financial support information for international studentscan be found at www.edgehill.ac.uk/international/fees.

Scholarships

Edge Hill University offers a range of scholarships with acompetitive application process for prospective full-timeundergraduate students.

These scholarships aren't linked to academic success andcelebrate determination, talent and achievement beyondyour coursework, for instance in creativity, enterprise,ICT, performance, sport or volunteering.

An additional scholarship, which you may qualify toreceive, rewards outstanding grades and is available toeligible UK and EU students.

To find out more about scholarships, to assess youreligibility, and to meet some of our dedicated scholarshipwinners, visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/scholarships.

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Apply

How to Apply

Apply online through UCAS at www.ucas.com.

Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyucas to find out moreabout the application process.

Further information for international students about howto apply is available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/applyinternational.

Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us andformally enrol as a student, you will be subject to theprovisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions andpolicies which apply to our students. These are availableat www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.

Visit Us

If you are considering applying to study at Edge Hill

University, the best way to gain an insight into studentlife is to discover our stunning campus for yourself byattending an open day. You can view dates and book yourplace at www.edgehill.ac.uk/opendays.

Alternatively, if you are unable to attend an open day, youcan find out more about our full range of events forprospective students, including campus tours and virtualactivities, at www.edgehill.ac.uk/visitus.

Request a Prospectus

If you would like to explore our full range of degreesbefore you apply, you can order an undergraduateprospectus at www.edgehill.ac.uk/undergradprospectus.

Get in Touch

If you have any questions about this programme or whatit's like to study at Edge Hill University, please contact:

• Course Enquiries

• Tel: 01695 657000

• Email: [email protected]

International students should visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/international or email [email protected] withany queries about overseas study.

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