BA Film and Television Studies and English
About this course
BA (Hons) in English and Film Studies and Photography, combining literary study with screen media and photographic practice. Core topics include research methods, design and creative practice, and ethics and professional practice. A placement year is available between the second and third years. The programme is part of the BAFTA albert education partnership, with access to industry-standard production equipment.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB IB: International Baccalaureate Diploma 30 points. GCSE English equivalent SL 5 or HL 4
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 90%: 19 offers from 21 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 23 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 84%
- Organisation and management: 84%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 50%
- Left higher education: 20%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 30%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 80%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 45%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 290 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 4%
- East of England: 9%
- London: 48%
- South East: 17%
- South West: 9%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Foundation course: 10%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Bronze overall, Bronze for student experience, Bronze for student outcomes.
Modules
- The Professional Self
- Representation and Identity
- The Reader’s Toolkit
- The Writer's Toolkit
- World Literature
- Literary London
- The Craft of Filmmaking
- Creative Project Development
- Literature and History
- Writing and Difference
- Alternative Film and Video Practices
- Professional Life
- Critical Perspectives
- Understanding the Film and TV Industries
- Genre Fiction
- Literatures of Inequality: Global Fictions
- The Novel: The Nineteenth Century
- Literary Movements: Modernism
- Literature and Revolution: Romanticism
- Texts and Afterlives: Shakespeare
- Contemporary Fiction: Britain and Ireland
- Postcolonial Writing
- Film and Television Genres
- World Cinemas
- Animation
- Screenwriting I
- Written Dissertation in Film and Television Studies
- English Special Project
- Gender and Sexuality
- The Horror Film
- Documentary: Image and Violence
- Analysis of Film and Television Work Experience
- Movies and Migration
- Screenwriting II
- Literature, Culture, Society: The Victorians
- Literature, Gender, Sexuality: The Women's Movement
- Writing Otherness: The Muslim World in Early Modern Literature
- Post-War and Late Twentieth-Century Literature 1945 - 2001
- Special Topic: Violence
- Author Study: Chaucer to Shakespeare
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £25,000 after 3 years, £30,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £39,000. The £30,500 median after five years is £1,500 more than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London?
The typical offer is BBB at A level, or 30 points in the IB. The average entrant had 116 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London?
90% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 19 offers from 21 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
How many students continue on BA Film and Television Studies and English at Brunel University of London?
50% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.