Film and History with Year Abroad University of Southampton

Overview

At the  Film and History with Year Abroad BA course at the University of Southampton you'll study familiar classics alongside contemporary cinema, and genres including:

• film noir
• horror
• science fiction
• documentary
• animation

Your history modules will cover the development of historical debates, imagining the past, and topics ranging from ancient societies to the war on terror.

The Framing the Past module looks at cinema's relationship with history. You'll study films about the distant past of Greece, Rome or Egypt, up to more recent times, such as heritage films about the British Empire or the Titanic.

You'll spend your third year abroad at an exchange partner university. You can study in English but will have opportunities to develop your language skills.

As part of this course you can:

• take modules in film noir, animation, horror and sci-fi

• explore British, European and world cinema

• discover early film through archive visits

• access document collections, including the Wellington, Palmerston and Mountbatten papers

• use one of the largest Jewish document centres in Europe, the Parkes Archive

• submit your own film to our annual student film festival

Career Opportunities

This degree will allow you to develop and evidence subject-specific and targeted employability skills. This includes the required skill set for a range of future careers, further study, or starting your own business.

The skills you can expect to focus on and gain from this course include:

• Research

• Critical thinking

• Self-management

• Confidence

• Communication

• Creativity

• Adaptability

• Problem solving

• Resilience