Media and film studies
Whether you're studying abroad at Sussex for a semester or year, you can browse our media and film modules below. Immerse yourself in our photographic and video studio, production labs and facilities*.
Browse our modules
You can see our full list of media and film modules below.
Year 1
- Autumn Semester
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Spring Semester
- Communication Design
- Creative Practice: Producing and Curating
- Culture and the Everyday
- Debates in Media Studies A
- Debates in Media Studies B
- Digital Histories, Objects and Processes
- Exploring Film Studies
- Exploring Film Studes B
- Global Cinema
- Introduction to Fiction Filmmaking
- Photography: Practice and Theory
Year 2
- All Year Teaching
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Autumn Semester
- Box Set TV: Contemporary Serial Television
- Creative Systems and Computational Art
- Debates in Screen Documentary B
- Documentary Video
- Film Musicals
- Film Musicals
- Film Musicals
- Film Theory
- Film Theory B
- Interactive Design
- Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking
- Law, Regulation and Governance B
- Media, Memory, History
- News, Politics and Power A
- News, Politics and Power B
- Photography: Critical Narratives
- Professional Practice
- Questioning the Digital B
- Screenwriting
- Sequential Imaging
- Sound, Culture & Society B
- Theory Taste and Trash B
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Spring Semester
- Advanced Screenwriting
- Advertising (E)
- AI, Culture and Society
- British Cinema A
- British Cinema B
- Culture, Race and Ethnicity
- Digital Cultures B
- Documentary Video
- Gender, Space and Culture
- Indian Cinema: Popular Hindi Film
- Interactive Design
- Intermediate Fiction Filmmaking
- Photography: Critical Narratives
- Playable Media
- Podcasting
- Researching Media and Communication
- Screenwriting
- Sequential Imaging
- TV: Fictions and Entertainments B
Year 3
Not sure how to choose?
Follow our top tips for choosing your modules. You can also find out about our teaching structure, assessment process and how your credits transfer back to your home institution.
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Buildskills in areas including video production, digital design and creative thinking
Clubsand societies such as UniTV, University Radio Falmer and student newspaper The Badger
Studyspaces and facilities including photographic and video studio, audio production and production labs*
1stcity in England for student happiness**
Which school will I study in?
Depending on the modules you choose, you'll study in either the Department of Media or Film Studies which is part of the School of Media, Arts and Humanities.
Our academics are publishing books and articles, producing award-winning documentaries and films and influencing policy.
Our students are also producing high-quality productions.
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Contact us
If you are studying at Sussex for a semester or year and have questions, email sussexabroad@sussex.ac.uk.
*Access to facilities dependent on modules studied **(Our campus is nine minutes by train from Brighton & Hove) survey by accommodation providers Student Living by Sodexo. Rankings based on full undergraduate degree at Sussex.