BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies with a Placement Year
Key Details
- Award
- Degree of Bachelor of Arts
- UCAS Course Code
- _W61P
- Typical Offer
- ABB
- Contextual Offer
- BBC
- Course Length
- 4 years
- Course Start Date
- September 2027
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Course Overview
Why BA Film and Television Studies with a Placement Year at UEA?
UEA has led Film and Television Studies for over 50 years, offering students cutting-edge teaching in film and television.
You’ll work with pioneers in the field and graduate as creative industry leaders and cultural thinkers.
Why choose UEA?
- Learn by doing: Our modules are built around our collaborations with partners in the film and television industries including Film England, the BFI, Studio Canal, and Norwich Film Festival, giving you the chance to apply your learning within the industry
- City of Stories: Apply your learning and understanding within the growing creative hub of Norwich, a UNESCO ‘City of Stories’
- Creative & Critical Skills: Gain insight and experience by working on modules designed to enhance your creativity and your criticality
What is Film and Television Studies with a Placement Year?
From day one, you join a collaborative learning community that supports your growth from student to confident professional.
You’ll deepen your love of film and television while understanding the complex, global industries that shape them.
While you’re with us, you’ll build essential skills and knowledge while optional modules enable you to specialise in the areas that you’re most passionate about.
Maximise your employability with a placement year where you put your skills into practice, spending a year working in the film and television industries.
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Placement Year
This version of the degree gives you the opportunity to greatly enhance your employability by undertaking a 9–12-month placement in the third year of your degree.
You'll be expected to source your own work Placement with the support of UEA's Career Central and your school.
Find out more about this exciting opportunity on our Placement Years in Arts and Humanities page.
Careers
Career Pathways
With a BA Film and Television Studies degree, you could launch a career in:
- Film and television development: Use your knowledge to create the next big thing!
- Television commissioning: Having honed your eye for detail combined with creative flair, a degree in film and television studies equips you for the demands of television commissioning
- Film and television journalism: Combine your love of watching and writing into your dream career!
- Production coordination and management: Communication, a calm head, and creative problem solving are key skills for any aspiring production co-ordinator, and they’re integral to our degree
- Festival curation and exhibition: Combines passion for film, culture and detail with an understanding of audiences and culture. The opportunities at UEA will stand you in great stead for this kind of role
Career Support
Take advantage of the events and opportunities that are run by us to support our students. From film festivals to collaborations with the BFI, and Studio Canal and events designed to bring you into the room with creative professionals from across the film and television sectors to share their experiences and tips, you’re supported as you find the opportunities that excite you most.
Additional support is available from UEA Career Central.
After the Course
Graduates of the Film and Television Studies programme at UEA have gone on to work in a wide range of roles across the film, television, and creative sectors. From Film England and Warp Productions to the BBC in the UK through to broadcasting organisations in Asia, production companies in the United States and Australia, our graduates have gone on to jobs including commissioning editors, television production managers, film and event curation as well as creative roles within commercial and third sector companies.
Study and Modules
Structure
You’ll begin your degree by learning about the history of film and television, covering the influence of digital technologies and the evolution of these global industries. You’ll improve your analytical skills, gain a core knowledge of film and television as cultural forms, industries, and art forms.
Compulsory Modules
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Structure
Building on your first-year foundations, the second year gives you the freedom to shape your degree around your interests and career ambitions. You’ll choose modules that let you explore areas such as scriptwriting, genre, marketing, and global film and television industries.
Through hands-on and critical work, you’ll write film reviews and develop creative ideas for film and television programmes. This is a year of growth and challenge, designed to push your skills further and deepen your understanding. By the end of the year, you’ll be thinking more confidently, creatively, and professionally about film and television, and your place within these dynamic industries.
Compulsory Modules
Optional A Modules
(Credits: 20)Optional B Modules
(Credits: 60)Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Structure
You spend your third year working in the film and television industries, gaining invaluable experience and applying the skills and knowledge you’ve developed during your first two years of study.
Compulsory Modules
Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Structure
Your final year focuses on preparing you professionally and intellectually for your onward journey. In your first semester, you’re supported in developing your final year project in whatever form you wish it to take, and you’ll hone the key presentation and graduate skills required for the film and television industries. Your studies will focus on more specialist modules which might cover areas including genre, film and television criticism, distribution, exhibition and organisational aspects of the film and television business.
Compulsory Modules
Optional A Modules
(Credits: 40)Optional B Modules
(Credits: 60)Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, the University will endeavour to consult with students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff. In some cases optional modules can have limited places available and so you may be asked to make additional module choices in the event you do not gain a place on your first choice. Where this is the case, the University will inform students.
Teaching and Learning, and Assessment
Teaching and Learning
Our scaffolded approach to learning combines lectures, seminars, workshops, and screenings. The course is built around a combination of compulsory and optional modules to develop key skills and hone specialist areas of interest.
In your first year, you’ll build critical and analytical skills while exploring global film languages and cultures as vital creative and economic sectors.
Year two advances your understanding of film and television theory in today’s global digital landscape with opportunities to understand creative development, genre, marketing, and merchandising.
You begin to tailor your studies while developing creative and critical expertise. This year also has the option of a placement module.
You’ll spend your third year on a placement. You’ll be responsible for securing the placement with the support of UEA’s well-established connections throughout the UK and beyond. During your placement, you’ll be supported by a placement mentor, who will regularly monitor and review your progress with you. You’ll also receive remote support from UEA to make your year as smooth and beneficial as possible.
In your final year, you’ll tailor specialist modules and projects to your interests and career goals. Student-led seminars and workshops build advanced creative and professional skills for film and TV careers.
Assessment
All of the assessments on our course are coursework, there are no exams. We use a structured combination of of assessment types designed to demonstrate your understanding while developing strong creative and critical thinking skills. We use formative work to feed forward into your graded assessments, suppporting your development and progress. By the end of your degree, you’ll have had opportunities ranging from essays, reports, and responding to the kinds of briefs that you might encounter in the film and television industries through to podcasts, critical reviewing, and even opportunities to plan and execute themed screening events.
In year one you can expect a range of assessments including presentations, critical reviews, and essay writing which you develop through formative practice assessment. The aim of this is to support you as you develop your knowledge, understanding, and key skills. Because we want you to have the confidence to explore new critical and creative ideas from your perspective, your first-year grade doesn’t count towards your final classification.
You can expect a step-up in the demands of your second-year assessments. Alongside critical essays you might take part in group projects, pitches or present an analysis of a case study from within the industry. Through increasingly challenging assessments, you’ll grow as an independent thinker and gain confidence in your critical and creative skills.
Final year assessments are designed to facilitate your academic, personal, and professional development, giving you more independence to define the focus of your projects and coursework.
Over the course of your final year, you’ll be able to frame the specific focal points of your studies in ways that support the understanding and knowledge that you need to realise your personal ambitions.
Entry Requirements
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.
We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.
You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.
- English and Mathematics
All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.
In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics.
We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies(opens in a new window) page.
- Contextual Offers
UEA are committed to ensuring that Higher Education is accessible to all, regardless of their background or experiences. One of the ways we do this is through our contextual admissions schemes(opens in a new window).
- Typical UK Entry Requirements
A levels
ABB
Contextual offer: BBC
BTEC
Level 3 Extended Diploma: DDM
Contextual offer: DMM
BTEC in Public Services, Uniformed Services and Business Administration are all excluded from our BTEC offers
Access to HE Diploma
Access to Humanities and Social Sciences Pathway. Pass Access to HE Diploma with Distinction in 30 credits at Level 3 and Merit in 15 credits at Level 3.
Contextual offer: Pass the Access to HE Diploma with Merit in 30 credits at Level 3 and pass in 15 credits at Level 3
T levels
Obtain an overall Merit, any subject is acceptable.
Foundation Year options:
If you do not meet the academic requirements for direct entry, you may be interested in one of our Foundation Year programmes such as - Film and Television Studies with a Foundation Year.
- Further Examples of Typical Entry Requirements
International Baccalaureate
32 points overall
Irish Leaving Certificate
3 subjects at H2, 3 subjects at H3
Scottish Highers
AAABB
Scottish Advanced Highers
BCC. A combination of Advanced Highers and Highers may be acceptable
- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.
- Progression
Once enrolled onto a course at UEA, your progression and continuation (which may include eligibility for study abroad, overseas experience, placement or year in industry opportunities) is contingent on meeting the assessment requirements which are relevant to the course on which you are enrolled.
- This course is open to
UK and International fee-paying students. Choose UK or International above to see relevant information. The entry point is in September each year.
We welcome and value a wide range of qualifications, and we recognise that some students might take a mixture of different qualifications. We have listed typical examples that we accept for entry.
You should hold or be working towards the specified English and Mathematics requirements and one of the examples of typical entry qualifications listed below. If your qualifications aren’t listed, or if you are taking a combination of qualifications that isn’t specified, please contact Admissions.
- English and Mathematics
All applicants must hold or be working towards GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics at minimum grade 4 or grade C.
In place of Mathematics GCSE we can also consider Functional Skills Level 2 Mathematics.
We accept a wide range of English Language qualifications, please see our English Language equivalencies(opens in a new window) page.
- Typical International Entry Requirements
We accept many international qualifications for entry to this course. For specific details about your country, view our information for International Students(opens in a new window).
A levels
ABB
International Baccalaureate
32 points overall
- UEA International Study Centre
If you do not meet the academic and/or English language requirements for direct entry our partner, UEA International Study Centre(opens in a new window) offers progression on to this undergraduate degree upon successful completion of a preparation programme. Depending on your interests, and your qualifications you can take a variety of routes to this degree.
- English Foreign Language
Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. We require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading):
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IELTS: 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components)
We also accept a number of other English language tests. Review our English Language Equivalencies(opens in a new window) for a list of example qualifications that we may accept to meet this requirement.
Test dates should be within two years of the course start date.
If you do not yet meet the English language requirements for this course, UEA International Study Centre offer a variety of English language programmes which are designed to help you develop the English skills necessary for successful undergraduate study:
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- Deferred Entry
We welcome applications from students who have already taken or intend to take a gap year. We believe that a year between school and university can be of substantial benefit. You are advised to indicate your reason for wishing to defer entry on your UCAS application.
- Admissions Policy
Our Admissions Policy applies to the admissions of all undergraduate applicants.
- Progression
Once enrolled onto a course at UEA, your progression and continuation (which may include eligibility for study abroad, overseas experience, placement or year in industry opportunities) is contingent on meeting the assessment requirements which are relevant to the course on which you are enrolled.
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Fees and Funding
Tuition fees for the Academic Year 2027/28 are:
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UK Students: £10,050
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International Students: £24,250
We estimate living expenses at £1,171 per month.
Further Information on tuition fees can be found here(opens in a new window).
Scholarships and Bursaries
We are committed to ensuring that costs do not act as a barrier to those aspiring to come to a world leading university and have developed a funding package to reward those with excellent qualifications and assist those from lower income backgrounds. View our range of Scholarships(opens in a new window) for eligibility, details of how to apply and closing dates.
Course Related Costs
Please see Additional Course Fees for details of course-related costs.
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