BA Film Studies

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
1. demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the discipline, including:
• the aesthetic and formal qualities at play
• the role that aesthetics and other formal qualities may play in the production and maintenance of social relations across cultures
• different modes of international film culture
• techniques for close work on sources, both primary and secondary;
2. use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.:
• communicate the results of their work;
• present a structured and coherent simple argument;
• critical and empathetic reading of filmic texts or other audio-visual and source materials;
• have some knowledge of the critical terminology relevant to film;
• have experience of cinema from a range of periods and places;
• have an awareness of the importance of the socio-historical contexts in which film is produced and consumed
• interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the discipline;
• evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data;
3. demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with the discipline;
4. appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners through individual and group work;
5. demonstrate an awareness of professional and disciplinary boundaries.

Transferable (key) skills

These may typically include, to an extent commensurate with the level of study:

• ability to select and apply appropriate methodologies;
• capacity for critical reflection and judgement;
• ability to work in flexible and independent ways;
• ability to show self-discipline and emerging self-direction;
• ability to communicate effectively in interpersonal settings, and in writing;
• ability work productively in a group or team;
• ability to deliver work to a given length, format, brief and deadline;
• basic IT skills.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
1. demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
2. demonstrating an ability to construct an argument in various contexts, both oral and written;
3. demonstrating an ability to critically use and evaluate primary and secondary sources, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
4. demonstrate an awareness of the cultural and socio-historical contexts in which film is produced and consumed, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
5. demonstrate a capacity to evaluate the appropriateness of some approaches to the study of film and problem solving in the discipline, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
6. work that covers a restricted area of the discipline;
7. demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and practical competencies, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
8. demonstrating some knowledge of the key concepts and debates that underpin the study of film, in accordance with the learning outcomes for this level;
9. work that draws on a variety of material.