BA Film Studies and English Language
About this course
BA in English Language and Linguistics and Film Studies and BA (Hons) Photography. Core topics include Research Methods. Students can access a curriculum covering film culture and the English language.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB including one essay based subject
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What students say
Based on about 34 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 92%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 98%
- Organisation and management: 92%
- Learning resources: 83%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
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: 60%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Media Professionals: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 73%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 70%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 135 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 38%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 3%
- East Midlands: 4%
- West Midlands: 8%
- East of England: 2%
- London: 26%
- South East: 8%
- South West: 4%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 1%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 90%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Foundation course: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- The Art of Film
- Introduction to Early Film Histories
- English Word and Sentence Structure
- The Sounds of Language
- History and Varieties of English
- Introduction to World Cinema
- Language, Mind and Brain
- Study of Meaning
- From Text to Linguistic Evidence
- Screen, Culture and Society
- Contemporary British Cinema
- Black on Screen
- God at the Movies
- Introduction to Documentary Film Practice
- Horror Film: Genre, Periods, Styles
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Discipline and Punish: The Modern Prison on Stage and Screen
- Media, Performance, & Digital Culture in Contemporary France
- Weimar Culture? Art, Film and Politics in Germany, 1918-33
- Spectres of Fascism: Literature, Film and Visual Arts in Germany and Austria since 1945
- Core Themes in Animated Film and Visual Culture of Postwar Japan
- Language, Mind and Brain
- Study of Meaning
- From Text to Linguistic Evidence
- Phonology
- Analysing Grammar
- Societal Multilingualism
- Quantitative Methods in Language Sciences
- Semantics : The Composition of Meaning
- Pragmatics: Meaning, Context, and Interaction
- The Changing English Language
- Variationist Sociolinguistics
- Stylistics of English
- Visual Culture in Modern Spain: Film, Painting and Photography
- Spanish Linguistics
- Dissertation in Drama/Film (Semester One)
- Dissertation in Drama/Film (Semester Two)
- Docufiction Filmmaking
- Queer Bodies and the Cinema
- Screening the Holocaust
- Social Lives of Cinema
- Extended Dissertation
- Falstaff and Gandalf go to the Movies: Adapting Fantastic Texts to Screen
- Global Television Industries
- Contemporary Documentary Film Making
- Screen Acting & Stardom
- Phonology
- Analysing Grammar
- Societal Multilingualism
- Semantics : The Composition of Meaning
- Pragmatics: Meaning, Context, and Interaction
- The Changing English Language
- Variationist Sociolinguistics
- Stylistics of English
- Dissertation
- Topics in the Study of Meaning
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Language Contact
- Topics in Child Language Development
- Language Policy and Planning
- Forensic Linguistics
- Romance Linguistics
- Quantitative Methods in Language Sciences
- Spanish Linguistics
- The Supernatural in Latin American Literature and Film
- Migration, Identity and Environment in Portuguese and Spanish Film
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £21,000 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £24,500 and £35,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for English language.
What do graduates of BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester?
92% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
Does BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Film Studies and English Language at University of Manchester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.