2017/18 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA English and Film Studies
Programme code: | BA-ENGL&FS | UCAS code: | 6T3X |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Dr Ingo Cornils | Contact address: | i.cornils@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 370
Entry requirements:
For entry requirements for this course please visit www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
The programme will:
- Allow students to study the disciplines of English and Film Studies to the same depth as Single Honours students of the disciplines, but with less breadth in each. This means that Joint Honours students will normally be required to take compulsory and a subset of the optional modules that are also part of the corresponding Single Honours degree programmes, and that they will be assessed on those modules using criteria identical to those applied to Single Honours students.
- At Level One, allow students the flexibility to extend their intercultural and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills by means of a 'cornerstone' module in the areas of audio-visual culture or world literature and the choice of a cognate elective module.
- At Levels Two and Three, allow students to choose, within certain parameters, optional modules from the full range available within each discipline, and thereby devise pathways of their own choosing.
- Allow students the opportunity at Level Three of undertaking an autonomous research project in either discipline, potentially linking the two disciplines by bringing knowledge and understanding gained in one discipline to bear in the other.
- Require students to acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
- Provide a basis for further advanced study in either English or Film Studies, or in a cognate interdisciplinary area.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 1 students must study 125-130 credits. Students are required to take 45 credits in each of their two main subjects, 20
credits of discovery modules and a 20 credit cornerstone module.
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ENGL1000 | Studying and Researching English | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1700 | Introduction to Film Studies I | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
MODL1800 | Introduction to Film Studies II | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study one of the following modules:
ENGL1191 | Writing Critically | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1250 | Prose: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study one of the following modules:
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1282 | Drama: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study one of the following 'Cornerstone' modules:
MODL1050 | Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL1150 | Worlds of Literature | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Candidates can choose to take either the following optional module OR 20 credits of discovery modules.
MUSS1824 | Film Music: From Text to Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
As part of your induction to academic work, and in order to provide you with additional support in key areas of your programme, students are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to undertake the following 5-credit Study Skills module. This module resides above the required 120 credits students take in Level 1 and as such it is not compulsory, but it draws together key guidance that augments provision elsewhere.
MODL1500 | LCS Academic Essentials | 5 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates will be required to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 2 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects. Of the remaining credits, 20 credits should be taken in one of the named subjects; the final 20 credits may be taken as discovery modules or in either of the named subjects.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
MODL2230 | From Film Noir to Asia Extreme: Questioning Genre in World Cinemas | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
CORE MODULES
Candidates are required to study at least TWO of the following core modules. In addition candidates may also opt to study one or two further core modules (up to 40 credits) or choose up to 40 credits from the list of option modules below.
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2027 | Eighteenth Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2028 | Literature of the Romantic Period | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
OPTION MODULES
Candidates may study further credits (up to 40 credits) from the following list of option modules, in accordance with the credit rules.
ENGL2023 | Power of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2024 | Language in Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32110 | Students into Schools | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32143 | Disposable Lives? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32148 | American Danger | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32150 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles: US Narratives of Air, Rail, Road and Water | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32155 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32164 | Colonial and Postcolonial Migrations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32165 | Text is a Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32167 | Language of the Media | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32169 | Contemporary South African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3231 | The Poetry of Wordsworth | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3245 | Jacobean Drama | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3266 | Folklore and Mythology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32660 | Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3286 | Fictions of Fallen Women, 1850-1922 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3293 | Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3294 | The Politics of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32980 | African Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32993 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32994 | Shakespeare's Histories | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32996 | Byron and the Shelleys | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
COMM2850 | Cinematic Themes | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
CULT2003 | Cinema and Culture | 20 credits | ||
GERM2050 | From Caligari to Hitler: Introduction to German Cinema | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ITAL2200 | Italian Cinema: Genre and Social Change | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2020 | Adaptation and Interpretation: Film and Intermedial Storytelling | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL2110 | The Seventh Art: Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL2250 | Digital Communications Across Cultures | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
- NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
In Level 3 students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each of their main subjects, plus at least 20-credits as a Final Year Project which can be taken in and count towards either subject. Any remaining credits can be taken in either of the named subjects or as discovery modules. A maximum of 20 credits of discovery modules may be taken in level 3. Finalists may only take level 1 modules which are listed as discovery skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:
MODL3230 | Cinema in the Digital Era | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Final Year Project modules:
ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3300 | Final Year Project: Dissertation | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3310 | Final Year Project: Extended Essay | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
MODL3350 | Final Year Project: Digital Documentary | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
CORE MODULES
Candidates must take a minimum of 40 credits in English at Level 3. Candidates are required to study at least ONE of the following core modules and can also opt to study further core modules:
ENGL3024 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3025 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3026 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
OPTION MODULES
Candidates must take a minimum of 40 credits in English at Level 3. 20 of these credits must be taken from the list of core modules above. Candidates may study further credits from the following list of option modules, in accordance with the credit rules. NB Candidates may only choose a Level 2 core English module (modules beginning ENGL2XXX) from the list below if all of their remaining final year credits (100) are at Level 3, ie. SUBJ3XXX.
ENGL2023 | Power of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2024 | Language in Society | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2025 | Medieval Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2027 | Eighteenth Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2028 | Literature of the Romantic Period | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32114 | Forming Victorian Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32143 | Disposable Lives? | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32148 | American Danger | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32150 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles: US Narratives of Air, Rail, Road and Water | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32155 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32156 | Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32164 | Colonial and Postcolonial Migrations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32165 | Text is a Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32167 | Language of the Media | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32169 | Contemporary South African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3231 | The Poetry of Wordsworth | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3233 | Forensic Approaches to Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3245 | Jacobean Drama | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32460 | Writing America | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3266 | Folklore and Mythology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32660 | Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3284 | Trial Discourse - The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 - 1913 | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3286 | Fictions of Fallen Women, 1850-1922 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3289 | Victorian Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3290 | American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3293 | Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3294 | The Politics of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32980 | African Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32993 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL32994 | Shakespeare's Histories | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32996 | Byron and the Shelleys | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32997 | Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32999 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3342 | Millennial Fictions | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3384 | ExtraOrdinary Bodies: Disability, Medicine and Normalcy in Contemporary Literatures | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3386 | Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3395 | T.S. Eliot | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3398 | Medical Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3410 | Modernist Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3439 | States of Mind: Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health in Contemporary Culture | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3560 | James Joyce's "Ulysses" | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3999 | Literature of the 1890s | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates will be required to study at least 20 credits from the following optional modules:
ARAB3050 | Arab Drama on Stage and Screen | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
CLAS3410 | Classics on Screen: Antiquity through a Modern Lens | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
COMM3120 | Film Theory and Aesthetics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
EAST3350 | Japanese Cinema in the World | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ITAL3110 | Italian Cinemas/Italian Histories | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL3040 | Hollywood and its Others | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
MODL3500 | Francophone Cinema - Postcolonial Images | 20 credits | Not running in 201718 | |
MODL3510 | Gender, Sex and Cinema in France | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
NB: Not all modules will be available every year.
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 20 credits of discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
Last updated: 11/08/2017
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