BA Film Studies and History of Art
About this course
BA in History of Art and Film Studies and BA (Hons) Photography, combining the history of art and film studies with photographic practice. Core topics include Research Methods. Students take part in a European Art History Fieldtrip as part of the curriculum.
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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: 18%
- Administrative occupations: 12%
- Elementary occupations: 11%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 9%
- Sales occupations: 6%
- 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
- Ice Age to Baroque: Artworks in History
- Rococo to Now: Artworks in History
- Introduction to World Cinema
- Art Spaces
- Art History Tutorial 1
- Art History Tutorial 2
- Screen, Culture and Society
- Art in Theory
- European Art History Fieldtrip
- 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
- British Art and The Environment, 1800–1900
- Art Markets
- The Art of Late Medieval Italy: Commerce, Religion, Travel
- Renaissance and Baroque Architecture 1450-1750
- Surrealism, Gender, Sexuality
- Digital Ways of Seeing: Theory and Practice
- Core Themes in Animated Film and Visual Culture of Postwar Japan
- Visual Culture in Modern Spain: Film, Painting and Photography
- 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
- History of Art Dissertation
- Victorian Bodies: Art, Science, and Modernity 1848 - 1901
- Art and Ecology: Bodies, Environments and Technology
- Digital Art
- Architecture of Devotion: Art, Architecture and Material Culture in Early Modern Italy and Beyond
- Art After Modernism: Approaching Contemporary Art
- Picasso
- The Art of European Medieval Books
- 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 History of Art 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 £500 less than the UK median for History of art, architecture and design.
What do graduates of BA Film Studies and History of Art 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 History of Art 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 History of Art at University of Manchester?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Film Studies and History of Art at University of Manchester?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.