Course Overview

Taking Film Studies and English Literature at Lancaster gives you the opportunity to study for a stimulating degree scheme based jointly at the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) and the Department of English and Creative Writing.

Your Film Studies degree examines cinema's aesthetic importance in the context of an increasingly visual and media-oriented culture, while investigating the connections between contemporary art, theatre, music and film. Lancaster's course is academic rather than vocational, but you will make your own digital film using the University's state-of-the-art equipment.

In English Literature, you'll explore texts of different periods and genres; develop a deeper understanding of literature's role in society, and discover new approaches. The department has an established interest in intersections between literature and film.

You'll begin your degree with modules including English Literature and Introduction to Film Studies. In your second year, you'll study subjects such as The Theory and Practice of Criticism and Film Cultures before completing your degree with Literature and Film and Film Dissertation modules.

For a list of compulsory modules, please see the tab above.

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Career opportunities

Lancaster's Film Studies and English Literature graduates have strong research, analytical and communication skills, which open doors in many sectors. Being able to combine this joint degree with subjects like creative writing, cultural studies and criminology, gives our graduates a wide knowledge base with strong job prospects.

Many of our alumni have gone straight into jobs in advertising, marketing and media production, while others go on to pursue postgraduate degrees at Lancaster or vocational postgraduate training in media-related careers, such as broadcast and print journalism.