Course Overview

Lancaster's combined Film Studies and Philosophy degree is taught jointly by academics in the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA) - ranked third for its Art and Design research by the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise - and our thriving new Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion.

Your degree will provide you with the information and theoretical frameworks for understanding films as crucial cultural artefacts. You'll examine 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.

You'll be able to select from a wide range of options in both disciplines to complement your compulsory courses, beginning with the core first-year modules Introduction to Film Studies and Introduction to Philosophy.  In your second year, your courses include Film Cultures and you'll complete a Film Dissertation in your third and final year.

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

The department has been absolutely fantastic, lecturers have been incredibly approachable and enthusiastic about their work.

Career opportunities

Lancaster's Film Studies and Philosophy graduates have strong research, analytical and communication skills, which open doors in any sector. Our graduates are highly employable and have a strong track record in finding work, especially in areas of advertising, marketing and the media industry.

Many alumni go on to follow one of the postgraduate MA degrees offered at Lancaster; undertake vocational postgraduate training in media-related professions such as journalism, or pursue careers in law, computing consultancy, finance and local government.