Program Overview

English with Film Studies BA

Key Information

• Course type: Major/minor honours
• Delivery mode: In person
• Study mode: Full time
• Required A-level: AAA
• Full entry requirements, including contextual requirements
• Duration: Three years
• Application status: Open
• Start date: September 2025
• Application deadline: 29 January 2025
• Optional study abroad
• Optional internships
• Apply via UCAS

Course Essentials

This English with Film Studies BA is an interdepartmental course that offers an open and imaginative approach to the study of literary texts and films. You’ll get to cover a wide range of subjects, from contemporary poetry to medieval performance and creative writing, and you’ll develop cutting-edge knowledge with teaching that is up-to-date with the latest developments in both disciplines.

Teaching Methods

We use lectures, seminars, and tutorials to deliver most of the modules on the course. You will also be expected to undertake a significant amount of independent study.

Assessment

Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Forms of assessment may typically include essays, exams (unseen, open book, and prior disclosure), critical commentaries, sequence analysis, creative work (e.g., fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction), translations, reports, seminar presentations, reader-response exercises, and more novel forms of assessment including video essays and podcasts.

Structure

Courses are divided into modules. Each year you will normally take modules totalling 120 credits.

This is a three-year degree course in which you will take a combination of required and optional modules to total 360 credits.

Required Modules

You are required to do the following modules:

• Reading Poetry (15 credits)
• Introduction to Film Studies: Forms (15 credits)
• Introduction to Film Studies: Critical Debates (15 credits)

Optional Modules

There are no optional modules for this course in Year one.

Employability

This English with Film Studies BA blends two flexible and adaptable subjects, equipping you with a broad set of transferable skills to work in a wide range of industries.

Graduates of this English with film studies degree gain skills in written and spoken communication, independent thought and judgement, critical thinking, and research, all of which are highly valued by employers.

Many graduates go into roles such as:

• General management
• Consultancy
• Publishing
• Journalism
• Public services
• Law

Destinations

Recent graduates have found employment within the following job roles and companies:

• Librarian, London Borough of Barnet
• Marketing Executive, Ensphere
• Charity Fundraiser, Gogen
• Content Editor, Thomson Reuters UK Professional
• Corporate Affairs Intern, Cadbury Plc
• English Teacher, St Giles College
• Graduate Management Trainee, Sotheby's
• Junior Script Reader, Altered Image
• National Events Executive, Fundraising & Marketing
• Recruitment Consultant, Michael Page International
• Website Administrator, Walkopedia.ne
• Lecturer, King's College London and other UK universities

Tuition Fees

• Full-time tuition fees UK: £9,535 per year
• Full-time tuition fees International: £27,100 per year

Funding

To find out more about bursaries, scholarships, grants, tuition fees, living expenses, student loans, and other financial help available at King's, please visit the Fees and Funding section.

Entry Requirements

• Subject requirements: English Literature or English Language and Literature
• Preferred subjects: Arts or Humanities subjects
• A-Levels: AAA
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 36 points overall or an aggregate score of 18 from three Higher Levels
• Alternative accepted qualifications: Access to HE Diploma, BTEC Nationals/CTECs, Cambridge Pre-U, European Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers

English Language Requirements

• English language band: B
• Please note that nationals of Majority English Speaking Countries (as defined by UKVI) who have successfully completed high school in the respective country are not required to complete an English language test.

Selection Process

• Contextual consideration: We make contextual offers for this programme, which can be found in the entry requirements.
• Deferrals: Applications can be submitted for deferred entry by choosing the appropriate year of entry on the UCAS application.
• Foundation courses: Applicants studying Foundation Year programmes in the UK are welcome to apply for this programme.
• Graduates: Our general entry requirements are based on A-level or equivalent. However, where an applicant is completing/has completed a degree, we are able to consider the degree study as part of the assessment of the application.
• Personal Statement: Your personal statement is one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application, and is your opportunity to introduce yourself to the university and inform us of your commitment to the programme and how the programme fits into your career plans, as well as any work experience or extracurricular activities you have done.
• Resits: We are able to consider applicants who have retaken or are retaking their qualifications.
• Transfers: Transfers into this programme are not permitted.

Help for International Applicants

• Recommended pathways: Liberal Arts + Social Sciences, Liberal Arts + Global Politics, Liberal Arts + Economics
• International Foundation Year: If you don't have a suitable qualification for direct entry to a UK university, we can help with our Foundation year courses.
• Pre-sessional courses: If you have an offer from King's, but English isn't your first language, we have courses to help you.