Program Overview

English and Film Studies

Overview

English and Film Studies at Queen's explores literature, language, and cinema in their historical, cultural, and ideological contexts. Students study English and Film in their historical, cultural, and ideological circumstances and material manifestations.

Course Highlights

• Global Opportunities: Study Abroad opportunities with European partners, the United States, and Canada.
• Industry Links: Work-based learning module, placements in schools, business, media, and the arts.
• World-Class Facilities: The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry and the new Film Studio.
• Student Experience: Personal Tutors, peer mentoring, and a thriving cultural scene.
• Career Development: Degree Plus Award, accreditation for skills development and experience, and career guidance.

Course Structure

• Stage 1: Six core modules introducing English and Film Studies.
• Stage 2: Six optional modules, three from each subject, exploring various topics in English and Film.
• Stage 3: Six optional modules, three from each subject, deepening knowledge and understanding of English and Film Studies.

Modules

• Introduction to English Language
• Screen Technologies
• Introduction to Film Studies 1 and 2
• Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology
• English in Transition
• Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature
• Romantic Poetry
• Fiction and the Novel
• Modernism and Modernity
• Modern American Fiction: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
• Enlightenment and its Discontents
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity
• Adaptation as Interdisciplinary Practice
• Gender, Culture, and Representation – Backwards & in Heels
• Creative Enterprise in Film and Digital Media
• Introduction to Animation Studies
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England
• Popular Genres
• Film and Sound: History and Theory
• Shakespeare and Co
• History of English: Studying Language Change
• Language and Power
• Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English
• Irish Literature
• Documentary Film Studies
• An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory
• Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries
• British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry
• World Cinema
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World
• Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present
• Stylistics: The Language of Literature
• Stevens & Bishop
• Irish Gothic
• The Structure of English
• Representing the Working Class
• Work-based Learning
• Restoration to Regency in Contemporary Fiction
• Cinema and the Environment
• Adaptation as Interdisciplinary Practice
• Transnational Crime cinema
• Love Across the Divide: Northern Irish Literature and Culture 1968-Present
• Media and Time
• Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities
• Film and Music: Theory and Criticism
• Language in the Media
• Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution, Degeneration, and the Mind
• Hollywood Cinema 2
• Televising the Victorians
• Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder
• Double Dissertation English Literature
• Double Dissertation English Language
• Special Topic in Irish Writing
• Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
• Special Topic in Creative Writing
• Contemporary Indian Literature in English
• Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England
• Shakespeare on Screen

Assessment

• Coursework: 100% (varies by module)
• Examination: 0% (varies by module)
• Practical: 0% (varies by module)

Entry Requirements

• A-level: BBB, including A-level English
• Irish Leaving Certificate: H3H3H3H3H4H4/H3H3H3H3H3
• Access Course: Successful completion with an average of 65%
• International Baccalaureate Diploma: 32 points, including 6 (English), 5, 5 at Higher Level
• Graduate: Minimum 2:2 Honours Degree

Tuition Fees

• Northern Ireland: £4,855
• Republic of Ireland: £4,855
• England, Scotland, or Wales: £9,535
• EU Other: £22,400
• International: £22,400

Additional Course Costs

• Students may incur costs on props or costumes for performances.
• Students may need to purchase an Avid Learning Central Subscription and an external hard drive for editing modules.

Facilities

• Lectures for Film Studies take place in the Queen's Film Theatre.
• The new Film Studio represents an investment and enhancement to existing facilities in Film Studies of over £1 million in the last two years.

Career Prospects

• Graduates have gone on to work in teaching, business, the civil service, translating/interpreting, advertising, and more.
• The Russell Group membership and Degree Plus initiative provide opportunities for career development and accreditation for skills development and experience.

Alumni Success

• Niamh Lundy, BA English Graduate
• Lucy Gault, BA English and Sociology Graduate
• John Emerson, BA in Film Studies

Prizes and Awards

• School prizes for the highest overall mark in English and Film Studies.

Degree Plus/Future Ready Award

• The Degree Plus Award recognizes students' extracurricular activities and skills development.
• The Future Ready Award is a more comprehensive award that recognizes students' preparation for the workforce.