Swansea University 2024 Undergraduate Prospectus

FILM AND VISUAL CULTURE SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS

NEW COURSE, COMBINING BOTH THEORY AND PRACTICE

This exciting interdisciplinary programme is aimed at students who are interested in exploring a wide spectrum of visual culture and film. You will have the chance to explore rich media histories and contemporary culture through diverse social media platforms, video gaming, creative media and more.

Global Opportunities available †  Work Placement or Internship Opportunities available Welsh Scholarships/Bursaries available

This undergraduate programme spans a wide range of aspects of visual culture and film, encompassing film theory, the analysis of screen industries, learning about storytelling techniques across different media forms, and key techniques in analysing and close reading a variety of visual texts. It offers a combination of theory and practice within three pillars: Film, Visual Culture, and Practice. You will study at least one module from all three pillars at each level of the programme with the flexibility to choose your own specialism. This will enable you to shape your course to match your career goals as well as developing your own interests. TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Cinema in a World Context • Creative Media Platforms • Introduction to Film Studies • Introduction to Visual Culture • Visuality and Embodiment Year 2 • A pproaches to Film Analysis • Creative Media Practice • The History of Screen Animation

Year 3 • Contemporary Film and Television • Film Production Management • Graphic Novel • Stylistics: Language in Literature, Film and Video Gaming • Writing for Radio and Screen Modiwlau cyfrwng Cymraeg (Welsh-medium modules) • Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Ffilm • Cynllunio Cynhyrchiad Aml-blatfform • Datblygiad Proffesiynol: Paratoi ar gyfer Gwaith • Sgiliau Cyfryngau Allweddol • Stori America ar Ffilm a Theledu 1607-1867

Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 162) †

Typical Offer: BBB

BA Honours ▲ Film and Visual Culture ♦ Film and Visual Culture (with Year Abroad / Year in Industry) ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page FUTURE CAREERS: • Business Management • Communications and PR • Digital / Social Media Marketing • Film Critic • Film Festival Management • Media Production • Publicity • Public Sector / Not-for-profit, Creative Industries, Entrepreneurship

• Publishing • Teaching • Screenwriter • Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

• Techniques of Seeing • Writing a Short Film

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