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BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies

Programme Specification


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Contents

Programme Specification1. Named Awards ...................................................................................................................................... 1

2. Course Code (and UCAS Code if applicable) ......................................................................................... 1

3. Awarding Body....................................................................................................................................... 1

4. Teaching Institution................................................................................................................................ 1

5. Accrediting Body.................................................................................................................................... 1

6. QAA Benchmark Groups........................................................................................................................ 1

7. Document Control Information................................................................................................................ 1

8. Effective Session ................................................................................................................................... 1

9. Author.................................................................................................................................................... 1

10. Faculty................................................................................................................................................. 1

11. Department.......................................................................................................................................... 1

12. Educational Aims ................................................................................................................................. 1

13. Reference Points.................................................................................................................................. 1

14. Learning Outcomes.............................................................................................................................. 2

A. Knowledge and Understanding of: ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ....2

B. Cognitive (Intellectual or Thinking) Skills, able to: ................................................................................................2

C. Practical (Professional or Subject) Skills, able to: ................................................................................................3

D. Transferable (Graduate and Employability) Skills, able to: ...................................................................................3

15. Course Structure, Progression and Award Requirements ..................................................................... 4


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Programme Specification

1. Named Awards

BA(Hons) Film and Television Studies

2. Course Code (and UCAS Code if applicable)

C2197F (P303)

3. Awarding Body

University of Portsmouth

4. Teaching Institution

University of Portsmouth

5. Accrediting Body

6. QAA Benchmark Groups

Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies

7. Document Control Information

November 2011


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To provide students with transferable skills in areas such as video production and mediawriting

To provide the means for students to acquire video production and writing skills in order to

inform their critical understanding of film and television To equip students with other transferable skills for flexibility in the context of changing labour

markets

To foster knowledge and understanding of the film and television industries

To challenge individuals in a supportive environment to realize their potential as reflectivethinkers, researchers and practitioners

To provide students with the skills and knowledge required to maximize career andpostgraduate study opportunities

13. Reference Points

The University of Portsmouth Curriculum Framework Document (2012)

The scholarship and research expertise of academic members of staff

QAA Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in HigherEducation

The National Qualifications Framework

The Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies (2002,Revised 2008)

14. Learning Outcomes

A. Knowledge and Understanding of:

A1. The economic and historical forces which frame the film and television industries, and therole of such industries in specific areas of contemporary political and cultural life

A2 Particular film and television forms and genres and the way in which they organise


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B. Cognitive (Intellectual or Thinking) Skills, able to:

B1. Engage critically with major thinkers, debates and intellectual paradigms within the fieldB2. Analyse film and television forms and institutions as they have emerged historically and

appreciate the processes through which they have come into being, with reference to social,cultural and technological changeB3. Examine film and television texts critically with appropriate reference to the social andcultural contexts and the diversity of contemporary societyB4. Analyse closely, interpret, and show the exercise of critical judgement in the understandingand, as appropriate, evaluation of film and television forms, genres and texts.B5. Carry out various forms of research for essays, projects, creative production ordissertations involving sustained independent enquiry

B6. Formulate appropriate research questions and employ appropriate methods and resourcesfor exploring those questionsB7. Evaluate and draw upon a range of sources and conceptual frameworks appropriate toresearch in the chosen areaB8. Draw on the strengths and understand the limits of the major research methods, and beable to apply this knowledge critically in their work

Learning and Teaching Strategies and Methods

Conceptual and critical understanding (B1-B8) will be progressively developed through a process

whereby students engage in the critical analysis of texts, new fields of knowledge, concepts andproduction practices through lectures, seminars, group work, tutorials and supervision.

Assessment

Assessment is both formative and summative: the dissertation, essays, research folders, studentportfolios of writings, practical projects and spoken presentations (B1-B8).

C. Practical (Professional or Subject) Skills, able to:

C1 Consider the views of others and demonstrate a degree of independent and informed


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D5. Deliver work to an appropriate length, format, brief and deadline, properly referencingsources and ideasD6. Put to use a range of IT skills from basic competencies such as data analysis and word-processing to more complex skills use web-based technology or multimedia

Learning and Teaching Strategies and Methods

At level 4 learning and study skills are developed through the screen study skills/tutorial groupprogramme. These include time-management, note-taking, group work, library and web-basedresearch skills, essay planning and writing, referencing, presentational skills and basic IT skills.Through the core units in moving image and writing cultures students will be introduced to the basictenets of both so that they can start to specialise in that particular strand at level 5.

At level 5 careers awareness and job application skills are developed in the context of the personaland career development face of the Career and Research Management (Careers) delivered byacademic staff, outside guest speakers from the film and television industries and the UniversityCareers Service after the Easter break. Students will have been offered the choice at the end oflevel 4 to choose the strand in which they wish to specialise and from level 5 onwards they will focuson either the video/moving image or writing strands

Opportunities to develop key skills are made clear to students for all core and optional units

Students develop skills in working with others in the production/writing skills unit(s)

Group-work skills are developed in interactive activities and in student presentations

Level 6 students draw upon and further develop a range of key and transferable skills in theproduction of their dissertation, video project or writing project. Foremost amongst these areinformation retrieval skills, skills of time planning and project management and the effectivepresentation of an extended piece of written work; all of which are developed initially as part of theresearch management aspect of the project preparation at end of level 5. The final project in eitherthe writing or video/moving image strand will allow students to really promote the specialised skills

they have developed in either up to that point


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Standard University rules apply. The regulations must be consulted for a full description of exitawards

16. Employability Statement

The Film and Television Studies Programme from Screen Study Skills at Level 4, and across therange of core and optional unit assessment strategies, promotes awareness of, and developscompetence in, key communication and self-presentation skills (oral, written and IT)

During the programme in core and optional units emphasis is placed upon teaching about filmand television in the context of their industrial, political, historical and commercial culture

The Careers and Research Management opportunities offered at Level 5 and 6 after Easterspecifically address career preparation in making students aware of job opportunity andinformation sources in film and television related (and wider) spheres of employment, and inpractising formal presentation, CV preparation and self-reflection skills. This will include guestlectures from outside experts as well as a series of sessions run by the Careers service

Throughout the programme employment skills are supported by the completion of PersonalDevelopment Plans which are discussed at regular intervals in meetings between students andpersonal tutors

Additionally, optional stands in video/moving image or professional writing units developpractical skills which have a potential professional application. A Media Writing strand (where

students can opt to work on screenplays and television drama) was created with suchapplications in mind

Encouragement is given to video production and media writing students to enter national andinternational film-making competitions, send off portfolios of work to employers and to be awareof enterprise initiatives and key contacts in the market place. Alumni with relevant post-graduate experience have returned to help foster these developments

17. Support for Student Learning


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B. Disability

The University makes no distinction in its admissions policy with regard to disability and willendeavour to make all reasonable adjustments in order to make it possible for students to study at

Portsmouth on a course of their choice.

19. Evaluation and Enhancement of Standards and Quality in Learning and Teaching

A. Mechanisms for Review and Evaluation

Course Leaders Annual Standards and Quality Evaluative Review.

Head of Departments Annual Standards and Quality Evaluative Review.

Unit and Course Level student feedback considered at Board of Studies. Unit Assessment Board consideration of student performance for each programme.

Annual Standards and Quality Reports to Board of Studies, including consideration of Subjectand Award External Examiner Reports.

Periodic Programme Review.

Student Representatives and Student/Staff Consultative Committees.

National Student Survey.

Staff Performance and Development Review.

Peer Review and Development Framework.

Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee.

B. Responsibilities for Monitoring and Evaluation

Unit Co-ordinators for unit content and delivery.

Course Leader for day-to-day running of course.


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Academic staff new to teaching required to undertake Initial Professional DevelopmentProgramme (iPROF).

Support Staff are encouraged to attend short courses in areas such as minute taking, and

specific IT packages.

20. Assessment Strategy

Level 4The assessment approaches for the core units at level 4 include film and television reviews, journalsand reports, academic essays, practical video production skills, exams and oral presentations.These are designed to enable students to demonstrate a threshold understanding of the keyconcepts in Film and Television Studies, to engage with and practise a range of different kinds ofassessment types in order to maximise student learning opportunities, engagement and integration,and to familiarise them with university assessment regulations and the ethics of academic goodpractice (eg. structuring a literary essay, library skills, handling sources, referencing techniques andawareness of plagiarism). Assessment at Level 4 doesnt include long essays as such extendedwritten work is a better assessment of the scope of student learning at levels 5 and 6, culminating inthe 10,000 word dissertation or extended project. Similarly, there are few formal examinations andthe instances of timed in-class tests occur mainly at levels 5 and 6, when students are betterequipped to be tested against the clock. Practical video production skills at level 4 are of an

introductory nature, familiarising students with a range of technology and practical skills.

Level 5Assessment at Level 5 builds on those core academic modes of assessment (the formal essay andthe oral presentation) and introduces variety in both core and optional pathway units. Formalessays may be longer, and oral presentations may be conducted on an individual rather than groupbasis. Practical production skills are at a higher level and involve division of labour and assignmentof specific roles in group production work. Students are required in the Careers element post Easter

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oversee unit assessment and usually attend Unit Assessment Boards;

approve unit assessment strategy;

sample assessment artefacts;

present report to Unit Assessment Boards.

Award External Examiners (usually also a Subject External Examiner) who will:

oversee and attend Award/Progression Boards;

scrutinise and endorse the outcomes of assessment;

ensure that the standard of the award is maintained at a level comparable with that of similarawards elsewhere in the United Kingdom.

23. Indicators of Standards and Quality

A. Professional Accreditation/Recognition

None

B. Periodic Programme Review (or equivalent)

Units contributing to BA(Hons) Film and Television Studies included in:

Film Studies (and home Combined Honours combinations) Pilot Periodic Review February 2007Media Studies (and home Combined Honours combinations) Periodic Review January 2008

C. Quality Assurance Agency

QAA Institutional Audit, December 2008, broad confidence (for full report seeQAA InstitutionalAudit: University of Portsmouth 2008).

D Oth
http://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdfhttp://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdfhttp://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdfhttp://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdfhttp://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdfhttp://www.qaa.ac.uk/reviews/reports/institutional/Portsmouth09/RG414Portsmouth.pdf


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Unit Assessment Map for BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies Page 1

Unit Assessment Map

UNITS COURSEWORK EXAMINATION

Level Name Code Credit DeliveryCore/Option

otal% Type of Artefact

Duration/Length

Weighting%

otal%

Open/Closed

Duration(hrs)

Weighting%

4 STUDYING FILM U21529 20 SEP-MAR C 100 On-line Film Glossary

Take Away TestEssay

500 words

1000 words1500 words

20

3050

4 SPECTACULAR HOLLYWOOD U21537 20 SEP-MAR C 100 Take Away TestEssaySeminar Journal

1000 words1000 words1000 words

305020

4 MEDIA WRITING: CRITICALREVIEWS AND FEATURES

U21566 20 SEP-MAR C 100 Portfol io of ReviewsMagazine FeatureNewspaper Feature

1000 words1000 words1000 words

502525

4 AUDIO VISION U21580 20 SEP-MAR C 100 Narrative proposalMise en Scene exercise &Storyboard Montage

Portfolio

1000 words equivalent1000 words equivalent

1000 words equivalent

2040

40

4 SCREEN STUDY SKILLS U21643 20 SEP-DEC C 100 In-c lass Referencing TestIndividual PresentationEssay

40 minutes15 minutes2000 words

252550

4 ADVANCED MEDIA RESEARCH U21594 20 JAN-MAR C 100 Group PresentationGroup Project Portfolio

10-15 minutes4000 words (1000 each)

2080

5 SCREEN MEDIA U21512 20 S EP-MAR C 100 Online Test 3000 words equivalent 100

5 CRITICAL HOLLYWOOD U21569 20 SEP-MAR C 100 Textual AnalysisEssay


5050

5 ADAPTATIONS U21531 20 SEP-MAR O 100 Essay (Critical Bibliography)

Essay

1000 words +5 x 200 words2000 words

50

50

5 WORLD AND TRANSNATIONALCINEMA

U21526 20 SEP-MAR O 100 L iterature ReviewEssayWebsite

500-750 words1000-1500 words1000-1500 wordsequivalent

203050


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5 MEDIA WRITING: SCRIPT / PRESSPORTFOLIO

U21567 20 SEP-MAR O 100 Presentat ionPortfolio

10 minutes4000 words

3070

5 PRODUCTION INTRODUCTION SCRIPT & SHOOTING

U21522 20 SEP-MAR O 100 Pre-Production ProjectVideo Open ProjectReflective Report

7-page script7 minutes2000 words

255025

5 MEDIA, CULTURE AND NATIONAL

IDENTITY

U21538 20 SEP-DEC O 100 E ssay

Portfolio

1000 words

3000 words

30

705 RESEARCHING GENRE U21527 20 SEP-DEC O 100 Portfolio

Poster Presentation2500 words1500 words equivalent

5050

5 MEDIA NETWORKS: EXPLORINGDIGITAL CULTURE

U21511 20 JAN-MAR O 100 E-Portfolio 2000 words equivalent 100

5 DOCUMENTARY SCREENS U21564 20 JAN-MAR O 100 Essay 3000 words 100

5 STUDENT ENTERPRISE U20209 20 SEP-MAR O 100 EssayPresentationBusiness Plan

2000 words5 minutes2000 words

501040

5 MUSIC: PRACTICE,

PERFORMANCE AND RESEARCH

U21555 20 SEP-MAR O 100 V iva

Presentation (includesProgramme NoteProfessionalism

1000 words

50

50

0

5 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE U22598 20 SEP-MAR O 100 ProposalePortfolioReflective Report

A42000 words equivalent500 words

206020

5 IWLP option 20 SEP-MAR O

6 MEDIA DISSERTATION U21549 4 0 SEP-MAR O 100 ProposalDissertation


1090

6 FILM DISSERTATION U21525 40 SEP-MAR O 100 Dissertation ProposalDissertation


1090

6 PRACTICAL VIDEO PROJECT U21523 40 SEP-MAR O 100 Pre-Production AssignmentShort Film ProjectReflective Report

10-page script10 minutes4000 words

205030

6 MEDIA WRITING PROJECT U21568 40 SEP-MAR O 100 Proposal and Presentation 2500-3000 words / 10-15minutes

20


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Final Artefact 7000 words equivalent 80

6 BLACK AMERICAN FILM U21524 20 SEP-DEC O 100 BlogPresentation

2000 words10 minutes

7030

6 TV TALK SHOWS U21536 20 SEP-DEC O 100 EssayEssay


5050

6 FILM STARDOM AND CELEBRITY

CULTURE

U21515 20 SEP-DEC O 100 Research Portfolio 4000 words 100

6 RESEARCHING ANIMATION U21571 20 SEP-DEC O 100 Textual Analys isEssay


4060

6 BRITISH TV DRAMA AND SOCIETY U21548 20 SEP-DEC O 100 EssayEssay


5050

6 COMEDY, CULTURE AND FORM U21570 20 JAN-MAR O 100 EssayLecture Notes

3000 words10 submissions

9010

6 NEWS, WAR AND PEACE U21595 20 JAN-MAR O 100 Essay 4000 words 100

6 MARKETING MOVIES U21565 20 JAN-MAR O 5050

Analytic ReportAnalytic Report


5050

6 FILM JOURNALISM U21530 20 JAN-MAR O 100 ReviewsArticle

2 x 750 words1500 words

5050

6 MEDIA FAN CULTURES U21539 20 JAN-MAR O 100 ReportEssay


3070


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Unit Learning Outcomes Map for BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies Page 1

Unit Learning Outcomes Map1

UNITS

Level Name Code Credit DeliveryCore/Option A1 A2 A 3 A4 A5 A 6 A7 A 8 A9 B1 B 2 B3 B 4 B5 B 6 B7 B8 C 1 C2 C 3 C4 C 5 C6 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6

4 STUDYING FILM U21529 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

4 SPECTACULAR HOLLYWOOD U21537 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

4 MEDIA WRITING: CRITICALREVIEWS AND FEATURES

U21566 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

4 AUDIO VISION U21580 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

4 SCREEN STUDY SKILLS U21643 20 SEP-DEC C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

4 ADVANCED MEDIARESEARCH

U21594 20 JAN-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 SCREEN MEDIA U21512 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 CRITICAL HOLLYWOOD U21569 20 SEP-MAR C X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 ADAPTATIONS U21531 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 WORLD ANDTRANSNATIONAL CINEMA

U21526 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 MEDIA WRITING: SCRIPT /PRESS PORTFOLIO

U21567 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 PRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION SCRIPTAND SHOOTING

U21522 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 MEDIA, CULTURE ANDNATIONAL IDENTITY

U21538 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 RESEARCHING GENRE U21527 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 MEDIA NETWORKS:EXPLORING DIGITALCULTURE

U21511 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 DOCUMENTARY SCREENS U21564 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

1A = Knowledge and Understanding; B = Cognitive (Intellectual) Skills; C = Practical (Subject Specific) Skills; D= Transferable Skills


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Unit Learning Outcomes Map for BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies Page 2

5 STUDENT ENTERPRISE U20209 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 MUSIC: PRACTICE,PERFORMANCE ANDRESEARCH

U21555 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

5 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE U22598 20 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 MEDIA DISSERTATION U21549 40 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 FILM DISSERTATION U21525 40 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 PRACTICAL VIDEO PROJECT U21523 40 SEP-MAR O

6 MEDIA WRITING PROJECT U21568 40 SEP-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 BLACK AMERICAN FILM U21524 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 V TALK SHOWS U21536 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 FILM STARDOM ANDCELEBRITY CULTURE

U21515 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 RESEARCHING ANIMATION U21571 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 BRITISH TV DRAMA ANDSOCIETY U21548 20 SEP-DEC O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 COMEDY, CULTURE ANDFORM

U21570 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 NEWS, WAR AND PEACE U21595 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 MARKETING MOVIES U21565 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 FILM JOURNALISM U21530 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

6 MEDIA FAN CULTURES U21539 20 JAN-MAR O X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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