History and Film Studies with a Year Abroad (Hons) University of East Anglia

Overview

University of East Anglia is home to world-leading experts in both disciplines, and your studies can range widely across time and film genre. You might explore the Middle Ages, or the monumental events of the twentieth century. You might cover British film, Hollywood, or world cinema. As you follow your History and Film Studies with a Year Abroad (Hons) studies, you may choose to learn more about the media industries, make your own films, or perhaps delve deeper into the past. Our flexible modular system allows you to shape a degree that best supports your learning adventure.

Make use of our outstanding media production facilities, valuable partnerships, and local opportunities. We’re home to the sector-leading East Anglian Film Archive – a unique resource that you might use in shaping your own Final Year dissertation, for example. We have close links with the British Film Institute in London and the Norwich Film Festival. Meanwhile, you’ll be studying in a region, here, that is a dynamic centre of media industries, and home to local production companies.

Year Abroad

This four-year version of the course gives you the opportunity to spend the third year of your degree studying with one of UEA's many partner institutions across the globe, which offers teaching in your subject and in English. Destinations range from Japan to Hong Kong, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and Canada and the USA.  

Studying Abroad gives you the opportunity to broaden your academic and social horizons, giving you opportunities to develop your confidence and communication skills, while bringing a unique element to your CV that will help you stand out to prospective employers. Availability at our partner institutions does vary from year to year and we always recommend you bring an open mind about your destination preference. You'll also need to meet certain academic progression requirements (scoring an aggregate of 55% in your first- and second-year assessments). If for this or for any other reason you were to decide you were unable to spend your third year abroad, you can transfer to a three-year version of your degree at any time. 

Career Pathways

Examples of careers you could enter include: 

• Film production 
• Museums 
• Cultural heritage and archives 
• Arts festivals 
• Social media 
• Publishing (books, magazines, newspapers)