BA English & Film
About this course
This BA (Hons) in English and Film Studies examines literature and cinema across historical and cultural contexts. Core topics include social and cultural analysis. The programme includes options for a work placement or study abroad at a partner university. The degree focuses on critical analysis and theory rather than practical film-making.
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Entry requirements
Scottish Higher: Standard Entry Requirement: ABBB including English or literary subject. Minimum Offer Entry Requirement: BBBC including English or literary subject. A level: BBC including English or literary subject. Irish Leaving Certificate: H2, H2, H2, H3 at HL including English or literary subject. BTEC Extended Diploma: Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject, plus A Level English or literary subject at Grade C. IB: Award of Diploma with 29 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6,5,5 including English or literary subject. HNC: Pass HNC in Media and Communications, Creative Industries: Media and Communication, Practical Journalism or Creative Industries: Television with grade B in the graded unit. T Level: Grade Merit T Level must be completed in a English/literary subject or A Level English/literary subject may be required. Please contact ugadmissions@napier.ac.uk to check if you meet the subject specific requirements. *Literary subjects: Modern Studies, History, Psychology, RMPS, Latin, Sociology, Theology, Media Studies, Politics, Classics, Philosophy, Geography, A Level Government and Politics, A Level Classical Civilisation, A Level Drama
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What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 88%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 100%
- Organisation and management: 81%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 82%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 13 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 55%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 15%
Most common jobs
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 15%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 40%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 20%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- London: 5%
- Scotland: 90%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started
- A levels: 75%
- Other HE qualification: 20%
Modules
- Literature and Adaptation
- Reading Texts: Analysing Film, Literature and Culture
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Text and Context
- Critical Contexts: Introduction to Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
- 18th and 19th-Century Texts and Contexts
- Screen Time: Critical Approaches to Narrative, Form and Genre
- The Modern Novel
- Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
- Modernism at the Movies
- From the Colonial to the Postcolonial
- American Outlaws: Modern American Writing
- Creative Writing: Finding your Voice
- Generation Television: US Complex TV 1990 - Present
- World Cinema
- Fantasy Fiction and Film
- C21 Literature: Writing the Unfolding Present
- Cultural and Literary Theory: Debates and Application
- Women's Writing and Film-making
- Creative Writing: Genre Writing
- Narratives of Nature
- Unacknowledged Legislators: Poets in History and Society
- Modernisms in the magazines and at the margins
- Bloody Bodies: Violence in Early Modern Drama
- Cultural Heritage: Narratives and Memorialisation
- Science Fiction: Genres and Criticism
- Asian Cinema
- Film and Sustainability
- Comics and Culture
- The Gothic Tradition
- Crime in Text and Film
- Modern Scottish Fiction
- Fictions of Terror: From Dynamite Violence to Media Spectacle
- The First World War in Culture: 1914 to the present
- Utopia, Dystopia and the Global Political Imagination
- Migration, Literature and Decolonisation
- Film and Comics
- Keeping up Appearances: Facing Prejudice in Eighteenth-Century Literature
- The Concept of Intelligence in Literature, Film and Culture
- Global Shakespeare: Adaptation and Appropriation
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University earn?
The median salary is £18,500 after 3 years, £23,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,000 and £28,500. The £23,000 median after five years is £6,000 less than the UK median for English studies.
What do graduates of BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University?
The typical offer is BBC at A level, or 29 points in the IB. The average entrant had 155 UCAS points.
Does BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA English & Film at Edinburgh Napier University?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.