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STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

4. Film Studies

4.2. Film Studies and Drama (WAYA)

First Year 2025-26 Second Year 2025-26 Final Year 2025-26
  • FLM4204 US Cinema: Key Concepts (30 credits)
  • FLM4205 Decolonising Approaches to Film Analysis (30 credits)
  • DRA114 London, Culture, Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA123 Power Plays (15 credits)
  • DRA125 Performance, Acting, Text (30 credits)
  • FLM5203 What is Cinema? (30 credits)
  • 15 credits of FLM-coded modules at Level 5
  • 30 credits from DRA-coded 30 credits list at Level 5
  • 15 credits from DRA-coded 15 credits list at Level 5
  • 30 credits of optional modules at Level 5 or 6 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (can only take 30 credits of Level 4 modules from Language Modules offered by the School of the Arts and 15 credits of BSc LLM modules at Level 4)
  • Drama Choices MUST include at least ONE of the following:
  • DRA273 Culture, Power and Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA242 Group Practical Project (30 credits)
  • 45 credits of FLM-coded modules at Level 6 (Can include FLM6202)
  • 1 x 30 credit module from DRA 30 credit list (can include DRA344, excludes DRA329)
  • 1 x 15 credit DRA-coded module
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Must take at least one:
  • FLM6202 Film Studies Research Project (30 credits)
  • DRA329 Written Research Project (30 credits)
  • DRA344 Practice-based Research Project (30 credits)
  • May take FLM6202 Film Research Project and DRA344 Practice-based Research Project
  • May NOT take FLM6202 Film Research Project and DRA329 Written Research Project


    • All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
    • Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
    • Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.