Understanding the interplay between the written word and the moving image is a key to understanding world we live in. Combining the study of Film and English will allow you to explore textuality in its different manifestations as you learn how to and analyse stories in both written and audiovisual form.

Why study Film Studies and English Literature at Huddersfield?

• You’ll be taught and supported by enthusiastic, internationally renowned professors, researchers and media practitioners
• You’ll be working in industry standard production facilities.
• The course will develop your abilities to analyse, research and write persuasively about a rich variety of films, shows and filmmakers, from the latest superhero blockbusters through to quirky indie movies, world cinema, and amateur YouTube releases.
• Our team of English academic staff are ranked in the top 5 in the UK for the quality of their research publications (REF 2014).

Studying film, we’ll look at a wide range of cinematic forms. From popular cinema through to challenging avant-garde works, you’ll be able to study a rich and varied selection of genres. We’ll also look at topics like national cinemas, and the work of individual filmmakers. You could look at adaptation, and how great works of literature are adapted to the big screen. Screenwriting, music and performance are all also part of the curriculum. As part of the wide mix of skills you’ll learn, we also give you a chance to try your hand at filmmaking. If you choose one of our documentary filmmaking modules you could get behind the camera and start exploring.

With English literature, we’ll encourage you to develop a broad knowledge of the best writing from this nation and further afield. You'll gain insights into major cinematic genres such as fantasy, suspense, horror, and drama, and acquire skills in digital media and screenwriting that will prepare you for a range of creative professions.

Placements

This course offers the opportunity to complete a 5 week work placement which is an optional element of the second year of the course.

The course also offers an optional one-year (48 weeks) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad. This will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects.

Previous placement providers have included Pen and Sword Books, Oldham Evening Chronicle, Lotherton Hall, Rochdale Law Centre and a range of primary and secondary schools.

Your Career

Media, creative and cultural sectors are one of the biggest and fastest growing in the UK. This degree will provide you with a combination of creative, technical and analytical skills for a variety of careers and roles in a rapidly developing digital economy.

*Percentage of graduates from this subject who are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 17/18, UK domiciled graduates).