Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - History and Film Studies with a Placement Year

Combining two disciplines, history and film studies, students will gain a commanding understanding of both the history of film as a medium and how to use film as historical evidence to unlock the past and explore the way collective memory has been shaped down through the generations.  

UEA is home to world-leading experts in both disciplines, and studies can range widely across time and film genre. Students might explore the Middle Ages, or the monumental events of the twentieth century. They might cover British film, Hollywood, or world cinema. As students follow their studies, they may choose to learn more about the media industries, or perhaps delve deeper into the past. UEA's flexible modular system allows students to shape a degree that best supports their learning adventure. 

Make use of outstanding facilities, valuable partnerships, and local opportunities. UEA is home to the sector-leading East Anglian Film Archive – a unique resource that students can use in shaping their own Final Year dissertation, for example. UEA hase close links with the British Film Institute in London and the Norwich Film Festival. Meanwhile, students will study in a region, that is a dynamic centre of media industries, and home to local production companies. 

Students will develop many transferable skills on this degree course, including high-level research and communication skills, team working, leadership, and self-management. These desirable transferable skills will open doors to a wide variety of careers, such as writer, producer, or director in the industry or any number of other occupations in marketing, advertising, the charity sector, and more besides. In the past, graduates have gone on to success as film industry executives, producers, media managers, creative directors, or other related fields such as film heritage, for example. 

 On this course, Student will normally spend 9-12 months of their third year* in a placement, gaining invaluable work experience and employability skills in a relevant area of their choice. They will be expected to seek the own work placement, and will be supported in doing so by UEA’s Career Central Service and School.