University of East Anglia (UEA), BA (Hons), Film Studies and Art History

As a combined programme it offers students 1st an introduction to the key ideas of the approaches and then, in the 2nd and 3rd years, encourages students to develop their own interests through more detailed studies; the course is therefore very flexible and, whilst maintaining a balance between film studies and history of art, it offers participants the opportunity to work directly on video, documentary and television studio productions; a spine of core modules running through all 3 years is designed to develop an incremental understanding of the history of art and to explore connections with the related discipline of film studies. Year 1: The 1st year of the course brings together compulsory modules from the taught programmes in film studies and history of art, providing students with an opportunity to engage at an early stage with the historical and cultural contexts of film making; the 2 art historical modules bring students face to face with the unique collections of the Sainsbury Centre or visual arts; form, function and meaning addresses how objects and buildings have been used in different cultural and historical contexts; learning from artefacts uses a variety of teaching methods to generate an understanding of how different art objects are studied; the 4 film studies modules direct students’ attention towards an analysis of the technological and stylistic changes that defined cinematic history in the 19th- and 20th- Centuries; of these, the lecture series on key issues in film studies considers how to approach various film types, from art cinema and documentary to Hollywood blockbusters; the others involve film screenings and seminar discussion groups; the topics of these are primarily historical, and address issues that are also relevant to visual and cultural studies more generally. Year 2: in the 2nd year students enrol for 3 compulsory modules: 2 are concerned with art history: visual display; categories and concepts; 1 is related to film studies: media and cultural theory, and like the others, enables students to think about how important writers address conceptual and political concerns; students are encouraged to develop specialist interests, choosing options from a wide range of modules; in film studies for example students can pursue 1 of the practical options in film or studio production, or work on specific film genres, whilst in world art studies students can specialise in the art of areas as diverse as Egypt, western Africa, South America, India and modern Europe. Year 3: in the 3rd year students choose 2 modules, 1 from the School of Film and Television Studies and 1 from the School of World Art Studies; the range of modules available is similar to those offered in the 2nd year, but offer a more in-depth approach; during this year students gain a range of special skills that mean that they are well equipped to pursue their own ambitions after graduation.