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
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Autumn Semester
- Analysing Film
- Analysing Film B
- Audiovisual Practices
- Creative Film Production: Screenwriting
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Creative Production: Photography
- Culture and Society E
- Design and Digital Imaging
- Digital Environment
- Digital Media and Culture: Theories, Investigations, Practices
- European Cinema
- European Cinema E
- Questioning the Media A
- Questioning the Media E
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Spring Semester
- Audiovisual Practices
- Creative Film Production: Screen Drama
- Creative Production: Communication Design
- Creative Production: Documentary Video
- Culture and the Everyday
- Debates in Media Studies A
- Debates in Media Studies E
- Design and Digital Imaging
- Digital Histories, Objects and Processes
- Exploring Film Studies
- Exploring Film Studes B
- Global Cinema
Year 2
- All Year Teaching
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Autumn Semester
- Creative Media: Documentary Video
- Creative Media: Interactive Design
- Creative Media: Photography
- Creative Media: Screen Drama
- Creative Media: Sequential Imaging –Narrative and Effects
- Creative Media: Sonic Narratives
- Debates in Screen Documentary B
- Film Musicals
- Film Musicals
- Film Musicals
- Film Theory
- Film Theory B
- Law, Regulation and Governance B
- Media, Memory, History
- Media, Memory, History (E)
- News, Politics and Power A
- News, Politics and Power B
- Professional Practice
- Screenwriting
- Sound, Culture & Society B
- Theory, Taste and Trash (E)
- Theory Taste and Trash A
- Theory Taste and Trash B
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Spring Semester
- Advanced Screenwriting
- Advertising (E)
- Advertising and Social Change B
- British Cinema A
- British Cinema B
- British Cinema B (E)
- Chinese Cinema E
- Creative Media: Documentary Video
- Creative Media: Interactive Design
- Creative Media: Photography
- Creative Media: Screen Drama
- Creative Media: Sequential Imaging –Narrative and Effects
- Creative Media: Sonic Narratives
- Culture, Race and Ethnicity
- Digital Cultures B
- Gender, Space and Culture
- Latin American Cinema: Contemporary Trends and Movements
- Researching Media and Communication
- Screenwriting
- Speaking Personally: Life Story-telling in Media, Culture and History
- TV: Fictions and Entertainments B
Year 3
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Autumn Semester
- American Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- Celebrity, Media and Culture
- Consumption in the Age of Climate Change Crisis
- Eastern European Cinemas: myth and memory
- Feminism and Digital Culture
- Film and Revolution
- Hollywood Comedian Comedy
- Hollywood Comedian Comedy
- Project Development - Photography
- Public Relations
- Questioning the Digital
- Race and Ethnicity in Popular Cinema
- Teen Cinema: Coming of Age on Screen
- Theorising Media Practice
- Spring Semester
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.