STA Programme Requirements 2026/27: English and Film Studies (WAYA)

3. English

3.3. English and Film Studies (WAYA)

First Year

Second Year

Final Year

ESH126 London Global (30 credits)
ESH130 Myth, Romance, and Fairy Tale (15 credits)
ESH124 Poetry (15 credits)
FLM4205 Decolonising Approaches to Film Analysis (30 credits)
FLM4204 US Cinema: Key Concepts (30 credits)

30 credits of ESH-coded modules from List 1 or List 2
30 credits of ESH-coded modules from List 1, List 2, List 3 or List 4
- See Module Info for Lists
FLM5203 What is Cinema? (30 credits)
15 credits of FLM-coded modules at Level 5
15 credits of optional modules at Level 5 from ESH/FLM-coded modules, modules from the School of the Arts or another School in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Students MUST choose their modules from one of the following combinations:

COMBINATION 1:

ESH6000 English Research Dissertation (30 credits)
30 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6
45 credits of FLM-coded modules at Level 6 (excluding the FLM6202 Film Research Dissertation)
15 credits of optional modules at Level 6 from ESH/FLM-coded modules, from modules in the School of the Arts, or another School in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

COMBINATION 2:

FLM6202 Film Research Project (30 credits)
15 credits of FLM-coded modules at Level 6
60 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6
15 credits of optional modules at Level 6 from ESH/FLM-coded modules, from modules in the School of the Arts, or another School in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.

You are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less or more than 120 credits.
Pay attention to the semester balance of modules, you will need to take 60 credits in each semester. A 75 credits in Semester 1 and 45 credits in Semester 2 split will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Any other imbalance of module weightings will not be allowed.
You need to take modules which match your current level of study i.e. Level 5 modules for Year 2, Level 6 modules for Final Year.
Students may choose an optional language module at a lower or higher level than their developmental year provided their language level is appropriate for the chosen level and their programme allows this option.
If your programme allows you to take modules outside your discipline, you can request to take up to 15 credits of optional modules from STA or another School in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at your level of study. Requests are subject to permission being received from the other School. Please be aware that class size limits, pre-requisites and priority being given to their own students may mean your request is rejected.
- The School of Law and the School of Business and Management are not accepting elective requests.
- The School of Society and Environment (subject areas: Geography, History and Politics) usually consider requests from students outside of their School.
- The School of Economics and Finance consider requests from students who meet the pre-requisites for ECN243 Introduction to Banking and ECN231 Economics of Social Issues only.

Please refer to the Module choice guidance for more information.