BA Film Studies and English Literature with a Year Abroad
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Film Studies, combining literary and cinematic analysis. Core topics include research methods. The programme runs for four years and includes a year abroad. It is based in Norwich, a UNESCO City of Literature.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB including English Literature or one of the below subjects:
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What students say
Based on about 50 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 80%
- Assessment and feedback: 83%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 77%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 105 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 84%
- Left higher education: 16%
What graduates do next
Based on about 25 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Media Professionals: 20%
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Teaching Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 40%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 65 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 1%
- East Midlands: 5%
- West Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 43%
- London: 30%
- South East: 12%
- South West: 2%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 95 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 86%
- Access course: 2%
- A degree: 1%
- Other HE qualification: 8%
- Other qualifications: 2%
- No formal qualifications: 1%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES YEAR ABROAD MODULE
- DOING FILM HISTORY
- ANALYSING FILM
- ENGLISH LITERATURE: BEGINNINGS
- WORLD CINEMAS
- EPIC STORYTELLING AND ANCIENT MYTH
- WRITING ACROSS BORDERS
- KEY CONCEPTS IN FILM THEORY
- ADAPTATION: CROSS-MEDIA TRANSFORMATIONS
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- THEORISING TELEVISION: FROM BROADCASTING TO STREAMING
- EUROPEAN LITERATURE
- POPULAR MUSIC AND MEDIA
- CRITICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
- MEDIEVAL WRITING: QUEST, FABLE AND ROMANCE (PRE-1789)
- THE BUSINESS OF FILM AND TELEVISION
- STUDYING AUDIENCES
- LITERATURE AND PHILOSOPHY
- EARLY MODERN WRITING 1600-1740: THE MAKING OF ENGLISH LITERATURE (PRE-1789)
- FILM GENRES: THEORY AND PRACTICE
- MODERNISM: THE ART OF EXPERIMENT
- VICTORIAN WRITING
- CONTEMPORARY FICTION
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- TEENAGE KICKS: DIGITAL MEDIA, YOUTH AND SUBCULTURE
- CREATIVE WRITING: INTRODUCTION (SPR)
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- FROM STUDIOS TO THE DIGITAL ERA: HOLLYWOOD AS GLOBAL INDUSTRY
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- DIGITAL MEDIA: CONCEPTS, TECHNOLOGIES & CULTURES
- ROMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS: 1740-1830
- ASIAN FILM AND DIGITAL CULTURE
- READING AND WRITING CONTEMPORARY POETRY
- LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
- SCRIPT EDITING
- FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
- RESEARCHING MEDIA INDUSTRIES AND CREATIVE SECTORS IN CONTEXT
- THE ART OF MURDER
- CREATIVE WORK IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES
- SCRIPTWRITING: ADAPTATION
- WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER: GLOBAL SEXUALITIES AND CONTEMPORARY QUEER CULTURES
- WRITING CONSCIOUSNESS: STYLE AND MODERNIST FICTION
- MEDIA, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- SOUND ON SCREEN
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- CELEBRITY: FROM STARS TO INFLUENCERS
- SCIENCE FICTION
- GENDER AND TELEVISION
- SHAKESPEARE'S DRAMATIC WORLDS (PRE-1789)
- CONTEMPORARY SCREEN DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION
- DISSERTATION IN MEDIA, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
- STORYTELLING, MEDIA AND CRISIS
- THE ART OF EMOTION: READING AND WRITING FEELING
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Film Studies and English Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £22,500 after 3 years, £29,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £36,500. The £29,000 median after five years is £1,000 more than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA Film Studies and English Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia 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 Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
87% 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 Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 117 UCAS points.
Does BA Film Studies and English Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Film Studies and English Literature with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
84% of students continued into their second year, and 16% left higher education.