This degree brings together two intertwined subject areas. They are both subjects where UEA has an outstanding reputation. 
 
You'll benefit from our world-leading expertise as you explore key writers and traditions in English literature and a global range of cinema. 
 
In your first year you’ll cover all the essentials of both fields of study. In your second and third years you’ll increasingly specialise in the areas you find most engaging. 

You’ll choose from creative practice options such as film production or scriptwriting and modules covering diverse topics from the Hollywood studio system to Gothic literature and Shakespeare's England to animation. Or you could look at the process of adapting literature for the screen, bringing your two degree subjects into dynamic dialogue. 
 
Our Film, Television and Media Studies department is recognised as a leading centre for the study of British, Hollywood and Asian cinemas, popular film and television genres, and feminist approaches to media. We’re home to the extensive East Anglian Film Archive - a unique resource which you can make use of during your time here. We also have close links with the British Film Institute in London. 

PLACEMENT YEAR AND STUDY ABROAD

You’ll have the option to add an international dimension to your studies by applying to spend a semester studying abroad in your second year. For further details, visit our Study Abroad section of our website. 

AFTER THE COURSE

Your Film Studies and English Literature degree will prepare you for work in a wide array of fields. You’ll have the skills to work in the film and other creative industries. Or you could choose to enter the museum and heritage sector, both in the UK and elsewhere in the world. Alternatively you might decide to continue your academic passion with postgraduate study at UEA. 

As well as your subject-specific knowledge and skills, you’ll graduate with many transferable skills including high-level communication skills, team working, and self-management, all of which open up a wide variety of careers. At our annual event, ‘Working with Words’, you can meet and hear from a wide variety of successful UEA alumni from across the creative industries

CAREER DESTINATIONS

Examples of careers you could enter include: 

• Film and TV production 

• Publicity officers 

• Cultural heritage and archives 

• Arts festivals 

• Social media 

• Publishing (books, magazines, newspapers)