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2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA Modern Languages and Film Studies (Italian)

Programme code:BA-ML/IT&FSUCAS code:P3R1
Duration:4 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Mani King Sharpe Contact address:M.Sharpe@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

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:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:


The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Languages, Cultures and Societies outlined here: 

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-languages-cultures-and-societies


The programme will meet the QAA Benchmarks defined for Communication, Media Film and Cultural Studies outlined here:

https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-communication-media-film-and-cultural-studies.pdf?sfvrsn=28e2cb81_4

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/2024 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: href="https://webprod3.leeds.ac.uk/catalogue/dynprogrammes.asp?Y=202425&P=BAL%2FIT%26FS-R">BA Modern Languages and Film Studies (Italian)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

The BA Modern Languages and Film Studies is a Joint Honours programme combining the study of one world language and culture with the study of world cinemas and audio-visual cultures. Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects, through first-class teaching and including a period of residence abroad. This Modern Languages and Film Studies program is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in an increasingly multicultural and visually mediated world where linguistic proficiency and the insight into how cinematic images mediate societies are invaluable assets.

BA Modern Languages and Film Studies provides you with the opportunity to explore the richness of world cinemas and audio-visual cultures, and gain in-depth knowledge of historical, theoretical, and intercultural approaches to the study of film, as well as the essential communication, research and evaluation skills valued by employers. At the same time, you will develop the language skills and cultural competence that will enable you to engage with and understand how different people and audio-visual contents and media interact bridging linguistic and cultural divides within and between countries.

Our BA Film Studies begins with structured study across a number of bespoke compulsory modules that introduce you to the foundations of the discipline and to other forms of audio-visual culture. You will find out more about the history, language and art of film as a global industry and develop a toolbox of analytical methods and skills.

You will acquire good research skills and be able to analyse complex information before drawing your own conclusions. Having begun your studies with anything from beginner to post-A-level competence in your language of choice, you will graduate with the ability to communicate and defend your views clearly in another language, orally and in writing. In addition, you will have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently and in a team. You will also have a strong understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to work effectively with people whose backgrounds differ from your own. You may have additional applied language skills such as translation and business communication.

Cultural fluency is a cornerstone of effective communication and is essential for understanding of world cinemas and audio-visual cultures. In addition to modules about film culture, genre and the power of film to shape the world we live in, you will have the opportunity to draw on the wider expertise of the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies in world cinemas by choosing modules such as French, German, Italian, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian and Japanese cinemas.

Across all levels, our BA Modern Languages and Film Studies programme offers research-led teaching from enthusiastic experts in the field. It also offers innovative assessment methods such as sequence analyses, creative logs, and video essays. It finally includes a considerable element of research-based learning that culminates in an independent research project of your choice at Level 3. This may take the form of a dissertation or a podcast.

A Modern Languages and Film Studies degree opens doors to a myriad of exciting career paths across the service and cultural sectors domestically and internationally.


Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 1, students must study 120 credits.

Students on Route B must take 120 credits across their two subjects. Students are required to take 60 credits in Film Studies and 60 credits in Italian.

Overall, students on Route A must take 100 credits across their two subjects. Students on Route A are required to take 60 credits in Film Studies and 40 credits in Italian. Students on Route A may take the remaining 20 credits as discovery modules or as further options with Film Studies or Italian.

Compulsory modules:

All students will be required to study the following compulsory modules.

FILM1700Introduction to Film Studies I20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM1800Introduction to Film Studies II20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL1025Exploring Italy: Introduction to Italian Culture and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1050Introduction to Audio-Visual Culture20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Route A

Students with prior knowledge of Italian (B1 of the CEFR) will be required to study the following module:

ITAL1015Intermediate Italian (B1 of the CEFR)20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Route B

Students with no prior knowledge of Italian will be required to study the following modules:

ITAL1030Beginners Italian (A1 of the CEFR)20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL1032Lower Intermediate Italian (A2+ of the CEFR)20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Route A

Students with prior knowledge of Italian (taking ITAL1015) may take up to 20 credits from the following lists of optional modules (from EITHER Basket 1 OR from Basket 2):

Basket 1

ITAL1034Art and Literature in Medieval and Renaissance Italy: An Introduction10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL1040Italy from Fascism to the Present10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Basket 2

FILM1900Directing World Cinemas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MUS1231Film Music20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Route A

Students with prior knowledge of Italian (taking ITAL1015) may take up to 20 credits from the following list of optional modules:

MODL1060Language: Structure and Sound20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL1070World Histories20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1090Intercultural Competence: Theory and Application20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL1100Politics, Culture and Society20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1150Worlds of Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL1401Discourse, Culture and Identity20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Route A
Students with prior knowledge of Italian (taking ITAL1015) may take up to 20 credits of discovery modules.


Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 2, students must study 120 credits. Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in Film Studies and a minimum of either 40 or 60 credits in Italian depending on whether they have prior knowledge of the language. Of the remaining credits, these should be taken as further optional modules in Film Studies and/or Italian, or as Discovery modules.
Students are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in each of their two main subjects.

Compulsory modules:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

FILM2055Critical Approaches to Screen Studies20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students will be required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules:

ARTF2044Cinema and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
CLAS2450Screening Antiquity20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
COMM2850Cinematic Themes20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
EAST2360Chinese Cinema20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FILM2015Women’s Authorship in World Cinema20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM2030Introduction to German Cinema20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
FILM2110Cinema in France: The Seventh Art20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM2115Film Programming and Exhibition: Curating for Cinemas and Festivals20 creditsNot running in 202425
FILM2202Screening Italy: Neorealist cinema to Netflix20 creditsNot running in 202425
FILM2230Questioning Genre in World Cinemas20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM2511Realism and the Cinema20 credits 
FILM2515Issues in Hispanic Cinema20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2020Adaptation and Interpretation: Film and Intermedial Storytelling20 creditsNot running in 202425
MODL2075Global Environmental Humanities20 creditsNot running in 202425
MODL2250Digital Communications Across Cultures20 creditsNot running in 202425

Students who took ITAL1010 and ITAL1020 in level 1 must study the following module:

ITAL2015Italian Language A20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students who took ITAL1025, ITAL1030 and ITAL1032 must study the following module:

ITAL2016Italian Language B20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students taking ITAL2015 are required to study a minimum of 20 credits from the following optional modules; Students taking ITAL2016 are required to study a minimum of 40 credits from the following optional modules:

Students wishing to choose MODL2001 as one of their Italian options must take a minimum of 60 credits in Italian in Level 2 including ITAL2015 or ITAL2016.

FILM2202Screening Italy: Neorealist cinema to Netflix20 creditsNot running in 202425
ITAL2015Italian Language A20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2023Introduction to Dante's Comedy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2025Linguistic Variety in Modern Italy20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
ITAL2500Modern Italian Identities Across Cultures20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2001Linguists into Schools20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL2075Global Environmental Humanities20 creditsNot running in 202425

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Film Studies or Italian.


Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students will spend this year of their programme in a country or region where the language of interest is used both in official contexts and as a daily means of communication. Where residence abroad involves studying at a University, a list of approved locations and institutions will be provided for you. Where you are able to choose locations, you must have these approved by the Year Abroad Tutor in your language area.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following core residence abroad module. Please note that the appropriate Level 2 module(s) in the language needs to be passed in order progress to the Year Abroad.

MODL9500LCS Year Abroad120 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)


Year4 - 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 both Film Studies and their chosen language. Overall, students must take 100 credits across their two subjects. The remaining credits should be taken in either of the named subjects or taken as Discovery modules. All students must take 40 credits as a Final Year Project module, which can be taken in - and count towards - either of their two subjects. Please note that not all modules will be available every year.

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:

Students must study the following compulsory modules:

FILM3055Current Enquiries into Film Studies20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ITAL3010Italian Language 320 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Optional modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following Final Year Project modules.

MODL3300Final Year Project: Dissertation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3340Final Year Project: Extended Translation40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3350Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Students will be required to study between 40-80 credits in Film Studies. The number of credits you have available for options modules will depend on whether you choose to take your Final Year Project in Film Studies or your other subject. If you take your Final Year Project in Film Studies, you will be able to take fewer option modules in this subject.

ARAB3190Performing Islam: Piety and Environment in Dialogue20 creditsNot running in 202425
CLAS3450Screening Antiquity20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
COMM3120Film Theory and Aesthetics20 creditsNot running in 202425
EAST3350Japanese Cinema in the World20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM3026Contemporary German Cinema20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM3027Post-War European Cinema: History, Politics and Aesthetics20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FILM3040Hollywood and its Others20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
FILM3050Queer Films on Global Screens20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
FILM3230Cinema in the Digital Era20 creditsNot running in 202425
FILM3510French Cinema, Sex and Gender20 creditsNot running in 202425

Students taking their Final Year Project in Film Studies are required to take at least 20 credits from the following optional modules.
The following modules can be taken in and count towards either French or Spanish credits. Students may choose to study up to 40 credits from the modules below instead of ITAL/Film optional modules.

ITAL3200‘Femminismi’. Theories and practices of gender in the Italian context20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ITAL3400Made in Italy. Italian for Business20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3410Contemporary World Literature20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
MODL3600Material Cultures and Cultures of Consumption20 creditsNot running in 202425
MODL3610Adventures of the Imagination: Crime and the Fantastic Across Continents20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3620Decolonial Approaches20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL3630Social Movements across Cultures20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL3650Minoritised Languages, Dialects and Cultures from Past to Present20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Discovery modules:

Students may choose to spend up to 20 credits of Discovery modules in a third subject or pursue additional modules in Film Studies or their chosen language.
- Finalists may only take Level 1 modules that are listed as Discovery Skills modules (skd) and only to the value of 20 credits.

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