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Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

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New - One Thousand Futures Bursary

The One Thousand Futures Bursary scheme will support those adults who have been most affected by COVID-19 by providing a subsidy towards ICE undergraduate certificates, diplomas and advanced diplomas. There are 1,000 bursaries of £1,000 each available.
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Price Freeze – during January and February 2020 this course will be offered at the price of £2,250. From the 1 March the price will increase to £2,450.

The Certificate in Film Studies: Approaches to Film Studies will introduce you to the academic study of film. You will be taught how to analyse the way film narrative is constructed and to examine the work of influential directors, becoming familiar with different genres and cinema from around the world. You do not have to have studied film before to undertake this programme.

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Teaching & Assessment

Teaching

This is a blended Certificate level course and the content, activities and interaction for each of the three units are both online and face-to-face. You will have access to resources, discussion forums, and course tasks within ICE's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Teaching methods will include lectures, presentations by guest speakers and facilitators, interactive and experiential learning activities, reading and assignments to be completed by participants outside classroom sessions and online discussion forums.

All students are expected to take an active part in the course and submit work showing evidence of learning. In particular, you will be expected in each unit to:

  • attend all the scheduled day-schools; 
  • participate actively in class work;
  • undertake reading and assignments set by the tutor;
  • access resources and submit assignments through the VLE.

Each unit comprises of 4 Sunday day-school teaching sessions including a mixture of informal lectures, seminars, discussions and practical sessions.

Assessment

During the course you will assessed by a series of assignments. Further details will be provided in the course guide.

In addition to attending both the face-to-face teaching during each day school and submitting assignments you will need to set aside time for independent study. Credit is generally calculated in terms of hours of study and assumes that each credit is awarded for around 10 hours of successful learning; so, by this calculation, a 60-credit course will involve around 600 hours of successful study. Examples of how study may be broken down are: pre-class preparation, classroom time (lectures, seminars, discussion, presentations, debates, case-studies etc.); engagement with the VLE; peer-to-peer interaction, preparations for assignments, assignment writing and feedback and so on.

What is the status of this qualification?

The course is taught and awarded at first-year undergraduate level (FHEQ 4) and offers 60 credits within the Higher Education Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). This is equivalent to half of the first year of full-time undergraduate study.

Unless otherwise stated, teaching and assessment for ICE courses are in English. If your first language is not English, please refer to our Information for Applicants pages for further guidance.

Course dates

11 Oct 2020 to 30 May 2021

Course duration

1 Year

Course fee

Home: £2,250
Overseas: £2,250

Course director

Academic Directors, Course Directors and Tutors are subject to change, when necessary.

Venue

Institute of Continuing Education
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
CB23 8AQ
United Kingdom

Qualifications / Credits

60 credits at Level 4

Teaching sessions

Meetings: 12

Course code

2021CCR127