Study Global Cinema and Culture and graduate with a university degree

What can films and other types of artistic representation tell us about our globalised world? How have cultural forms and practices evolved through this and the last century, as different global groups and regions have become increasingly interconnected?

This innovative combined degree course cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, drawing on several areas of expertise in visual culture across the humanities. You’ll learn how to interpret cultural texts and practices from throughout the world, gaining a solid grounding in film and textual analysis, cultural studies and area studies. This degree can lead to a variety of careers, including publishing; academia; journalism; television, radio and film production; administration and management; advertising and public relations.

We’re a vibrant and friendly team, with close international ties and a reputation for cutting- edge research and high-quality teaching.

Year 1

Highers BBBB.
A-levels BBC.
IB Diploma with a total of 32 points.
HNC or HND with Bs in graded units.
Access courses and other UK/EU and international qualifications are also welcomed.
General entrance requirements apply.

International students can study our Undergraduate Certificate if they do not possess the necessary entrance requirements to be admitted directly to Year 1 of an undergraduate degree course.

Other information

If examinations are taken over two sittings, or there are repeats or upgrades, the entrance requirements may be higher.

Required subjects

English Standard Grade (2), Intermediate 2 (C), GCSE (C) or equivalent.

information on possible sources of funding

Full-time (three modules per semester).
Part-time (one or two modules per semester).

The BA with Honours in Global Cinema and Culture exists in a range of Combined Honours courses, including an ‘integrated’ course combining modules from the various courses in Languages, Cultures and Religions and Communications, Media and Culture.

Semesters 1 – 3

In Semesters 1 – 3 you will take the following core modules:

• Global Cinema
• Post-war European Cinema
• Classic European Cinema

Semesters 4 – 8

In Semesters 4 – 8 you will develop a critical understanding and analytical approach to global cinema and culture, including analysis of certain non- European cultures.

Core advanced modules include:

• Global Cinema and Culture Theory 1
  
• Global Cinema and Culture Theory 2
  
• Dissertation Preparation
• Dissertation

Advanced option modules include:

• Transnational Identities
• African Literature and Cinema
• French Cinema of the Fantastic
• Queering Latin America: Sexuality and Gender in Film
  
• Postcolonial France
• Transatlantic Cinema

Assessment is continuous, so you will submit coursework as well as sitting exams. There is also a component of group work and group assessment, which enables you to develop teamwork skills.

In the final year of your studies, you will take a dissertation module and write a dissertation on a specialist subject of your own choosing.

In the first two years, students might have one lecture and one seminar a week per module, with a film screening every two weeks. At Honours level, students can expect to have a two-hour seminar in each module per week.

(For a Combined Honours degree the higher entrance requirements of the subjects usually apply.)

European Film and Media; Film and Media; French; Spanish.

The Global Cinema and Culture degree at Stirling is highly unusual in that it combines the study of cultural theory with the study of cinema and other visual media such as photography.

You have the opportunity to study abroad through Stirling's well-established connections with several international universities.

Staff on the course have international reputations in the fields of cinema and cultural studies.

The School of Languages, Cultures and Religions has particular strengths in film studies, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, and queer studies.

Professor Elizabeth Ezra has published widely on cinema and culture, including books on European cinema, transnational cinema, early cinema, and French colonial/postcolonial film and culture. She sits on the editorial and advisory boards of several academic journals, and is co-director of Stirling’s MLitt in Film Studies, which is jointly taught with Communication, Media and Culture.

Although the course is quite new in that it has only recently produced its first cohort of graduates, already this group of students has had considerable success in gaining places on postgraduate courses.

The attractive combination of skills developed by this course is highly sought after by employers both in the UK and abroad. Graduates are prepared for a wide variety of careers in publishing, journalism, television, radio and film production, academia, administration and management, advertising and public relations.