BA (Hons) Film & Media and History
Course Overview
This dynamic joint degree in Film & Media and History provides a unique opportunity to explore the forces that have shaped the modern world, from the screen to the state. You will develop critical skills to analyze both historical events and contemporary media, while gaining hands-on practical experience in our state-of-the-art production facilities. The program is distinguished by its combination of academic rigor, professional industry links, and the flexibility to tailor your studies across two complementary disciplines.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on experience with professional-grade media facilities, including a multi-screen cinema, TV studio, and radio station.
- Explore a vast range of historical topics, from American power and social movements to gender and environmental history.
- Learn from a combination of acclaimed academic researchers and industry professionals from the media sector.
- Enhance your degree with opportunities for international study in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
- Develop highly transferable skills in critical analysis, content creation, and research that are in high demand by employers.
Course Overview
This dynamic joint degree in Film & Media and History provides a unique opportunity to explore the forces that have shaped the modern world, from the screen to the state. You will develop critical skills to analyze both historical events and contemporary media, while gaining hands-on practical experience in our state-of-the-art production facilities. The program is distinguished by its combination of academic rigor, professional industry links, and the flexibility to tailor your studies across two complementary disciplines.
Key Program Highlights
- Gain hands-on experience with professional-grade media facilities, including a multi-screen cinema, TV studio, and radio station.
- Explore a vast range of historical topics, from American power and social movements to gender and environmental history.
- Learn from a combination of acclaimed academic researchers and industry professionals from the media sector.
- Enhance your degree with opportunities for international study in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe.
- Develop highly transferable skills in critical analysis, content creation, and research that are in high demand by employers.
Requirements
Modules
- Media 1: An Introduction to Media Studies and Industries
- Accounting and Finance for Managers
- Our Blue Planet
- Ecology: An Introduction
- Introduction to Computing Science
- Economic Decision Making and Markets
- Why is the world like this? Economic perspectives on society
- Introduction to Education: Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre
- Building Planet Earth
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Personal Finance
- The French-Speaking World 1
- Introductory French 1
- People and the Environment
- Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
- The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
- Introduction to Journalism Studies
- Language and Society
- Mathematics I
- Discrete Structures
- The Global Business Environment: An Introduction
- Philosophy: What is it all About?
- People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
- Religion in the Modern World
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Introductory Spanish 1
- Introduction to Sociology and Criminology
- The Moving Image
- Our Thirsty Planet: Man and the Aquatic Environment
- Introduction to Physiology
- Programming and User Interface Design
- Introduction to Data Science
- Understanding the Wider Economy
- Introductory Economics
- Introduction to Education: Politics, Policy and Practice
- Introduction to Literary Studies: Theories & Approaches
- Landscape Evolution
- The French-Speaking World 2
- Introductory French 2
- Global Environmental Issues
- Concepts of History: Themes and Transformations
- Ethical Issues in Journalism
- Foundations of Language
- Practical Statistics
- Mathematics II
- The Management Challenge: An Introduction
- How Should We Live?: Philosophy, Ethics, and Life
- Political Concepts and Ideas
- Religion Colonialism and Nationalism
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Introductory Spanish 2
- Applying a Social Policy Lens
- Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
- Reading Film & Television
- Introduction to Aquatic Environments
- Evolution and Genetics
- Scripting for Data Science
- Economic Decision Making and Markets
- Literary Revolutions
- Financial Markets and Institutions
- Personal Finance
- The French-Speaking World 1
- The French-Speaking World 3
- Introductory French 1
- Intermediate French
- Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach
- Renaissance Reformation and Revolution: Scotland 1542-1715
- The Making of Modern Britain 1707 to 2000: An Introduction
- The key to the kingdom: the history and heritage of Stirling
- Reputations in History
- People Management
- Language and the Brain
- Analysis I
- Fundamentals of Sustainability in Management
- Fundamentals of Marketing
- From Plato to Existentialism
- Philosophy: What is it all About?
- People, Power, and the State: An Introduction to Politics
- Understanding International Politics
- The Social Mind
- Religion and Culture: Problems of Representation
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 1
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 3
- Introductory Spanish 1
- Intermediate Spanish
- Understanding Global Sport
- Digital Media and Culture
- Science of Diving
- Fact-checking and Fake News
- Biodiversity
- The Organisation of Business
- Introduction to Digital Storytelling
- Managing Information
- Systems
- Programming Language Paradigms
- Statistics for Economics, Business and Management
- Writing and History: Scotland and Empire
- Writing and Theory
- Writing and Language
- The Biosphere
- Finance II
- The French-Speaking World 2
- The French-Speaking World 4
- Introductory French 2
- Environmental Resilience
- Rebellion and Enlightenment: Scotland 1713 to 1815
- Operations Management
- Practical Statistics
- Optimisation in Theory and Practice
- Numerical Analysis
- Linear Algebra
- Socially Responsible Marketing
- Knowledge and Mind
- Moral Theory
- Comparative Politics - States, People, Power
- Great Political Thinkers
- Research Methods
- Brain and Behaviour
- Inventing Religion: Origins, Methods and Critique
- Global Retailing in Society
- Statistical Techniques
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 2
- Spanish and Latin American Studies 4
- Introductory Spanish 2
- The Development of Social Theory
- Foundations of Sport Development and Coaching
- Wicked Problems, Sustainable Solutions
- Digital Creativity
- Applied Digital Media: from theory to practice
- Introduction to Audio and Video Production
- Media Audiences & Reception Studies
- Screening Science Fiction
- Screenwriting
- Terrorism in the Media
- Photojournalism
- Social Media Marketing & Analytics: Contexts and Strategies
- Introduction to Motion Graphics and Animation
- Advanced Digital Storytelling
- Gender and Representation
- Digital Audio Features
- Editing and Workflow
- Global Film as/and Philosophy
- Public Relations and Promotional Culture
- Analysing the Language of News
- Applied Digital Media: from theory to practice
- Researching the Media & Culture
- Content Development and Research
- Media Audiences & Reception Studies
- Screening Science Fiction
- Screenwriting
- Terrorism in the Media
- Sport Features and Production
- Dissertation in Film & Media
- Documentary Production
- Screenwriting Dissertation