Course Modules

This dissertation level project allows you to build on the practical skills and subject knowledge developed throughout the course. It gives you the opportunity to work as autonomous writers, deepening and enhancing knowledge and understanding of your chosen subject. Crucially, […]

The module aims to introduce you to the process of research and development when creating a feature film concept for cinema release. You will explore the opportunities available to UK based writers when developing feature films ideas. The constraints and

This module examines the role of the screenwriter in the development of narrative based computer games. You will explore the role the screenwriter plays in developing characters, dialogue and worldbuilding. You will also be introduced to the debates around narrative

This module will introduce you to the history and theory of screenwriting. You will explore the beginnings of screenwriting as a blueprint for film, and its evolution as a craft over the years through to the present day and beyond.

This module explores the importance of structure during the screenwriting process. You will consider the multitude of choices when considering how to identify, control and utilise structure when writing screenplays.

This module assesses the recent changes in television culture and engages with key theoretical debates in the field of critical media research. You will develop your understanding of television genres, audiences and transmedia interactions, with examples examined in critical, theoretical

The dissertation is the culmination of your degree, as you produce a research project on a specific aspect of philosophy and ethics studies. The dissertation consists of a study of 9,000 words on a topic agreed between the student and

Paul’s letters in the New Testament have had a major influence on the formation of Christianity as well as on political, ethical and philosophical questions more generally. This module varies between close readings of key Pauline letters and discussion of

The module will begin by examining the development of feminist theologies, thealogies and feminist studies of religion in the Jewish and Christian traditions. This will lead to an exploration of a range of the further developments which have emerged as

This module investigates different philosophical conceptions of the future. Beginning with religious understandings of eschatology, messianism, millennialism and apocalypticism we will see how these ideas relate to philosophical notions of progress, utopianism and dystopianism. We will ask how we think