International Communications with Film and Television studies immerses students in the techniques, strategies and theories that drive movies and television globally. Hands on experience is a key component of this course, facilitating and pushing students to master what they’re learning through practice and reflection. Modules focus on the analysis, history, and cultural-political context of cinema and television; most also include at least one production assessment, where students create, film, and edit scenes in various styles and approaches. In the Documentary Approaches and Documentary Practice module in the third year, the final project involves short documentaries produced by groups of students who work together while learning to specialize in camera, directing, sound, or editing. A deep understanding of the “nuts and bolts” of media in both theory and practice gives students a hand up not only in the fields of advertising, content creation, criticism and beyond. It also offers those pursuing careers in film and television production a unique skill set that exceeds the scope of traditional filmmaking programs. Our facilities include up-to-date digital cinema cameras and accessories. Our Digital Media Lab provides an excellent post-production environment for students doing module assignments and practical exercises including filmmaking, audio and podcasting. We also offer students workshops for in-demand skills such as editing, sound mixing and colour grading.
Why choose this course?
Of all the ICS majors, Film and Television studies has the strongest combination of theory and practice. It therefore offers students a greater flexibility in their skill sets, applicable to various areas of local and transnational media industries, including the fields film and television writing, production, and postproduction. With a broad background in cultural, social and political approaches to a variety of objects of study, however, Film and TV-stream students are not limited to media-related jobs. They choose a language and take all ICS core courses, and can thus apply their critical thinking and practical experience to numerous areas of the global economy such as non-governmental or activist organizations, journalism, diplomacy, and advanced scholarship
Modules
Core Modules
Students will learn and practise the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing together with basic grammatical structures. This will enable them to manipulate the language and participate effectively in everyday social situations.
Learning outcomes:
Pronunciation.
Standard spelling.
Ab initio syntax.
Ab initio sentence semantics.
Gist comprehension and more detailed reconstruction of audio material.
Basic oral skills.
Intellectual skills.
To familiarise students with the discipline of cultural studies and question the taken-grantedness of the ‘everyday’ in society.
To enable students to undertake basic cultural analysis.
To develop a critical understanding of key areas of culture and society.
To appreciate the relation between particular cultural phenomena and the representations of everyday life, and their broader context.
Learning outcomes:
Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of culture and epistemological problems associated with archiving and representing the everyday.
Key areas of contemporary culture.
To familiarise students with the interdisciplinary field of communications theory, including communication technologies.
To encourage students to discriminate between particular theoretical positions.
To enable students to analyse a range of communicative texts, acts and contexts and the impact of technology upon communications practice.
To enable students to reflect upon their own technologised communications practices.
Learning outcomes:
A broad knowledge of the terrain of communications theory as well as an understanding of the historical evolution and contemporary forms of information and communications technologies.
The theoretical equipment to deal with a wide range of communications situations.
A glossary of key terms, concepts and models relevant to the field of communications studies.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
Identify and critically analyse key developments in film/television production in historical terms.
Understand and develop a chronological awareness of the series of significant transitional moments in production histories.
Gain skills to research production histories, including working with primary and secondary materials and evaluating different forms of evidence.
Learning outcomes:
The place and roles of film and television in everyday life both as industry and as cultural practice.
The political, economic and cultural contexts from which cinema and broadcast productions and institutional practices have emerged.
The role of technology in shaping the development of practices in film and television production, distribution and consumption.
The historical development of film and television as cultural and industrial practices.
The structures and dynamics governing the relationships between cinema, television and other cultural.
To introduce students to the formal textual analysis of aspects of film and TV narrative.
To examine the roles and contribution of filmmakers to the filmmaking process.
To examine these issues and related debates through the study of individual films and television programmes.
Learning outcomes:
The political, economic and cultural contexts from which cinema and institutional practices have emerged.
The role of technology in shaping the development of practices in film production, distribution and consumption.
The wide range of film and television aesthetics, the way their judgment is constructed and their processes experienced.
Typical optional module
The module aims to introduce students to:
A wide range of contexts and styles of music from around the world.
Facilitate the development of critical skills for the analysis of diverse musical practices.
Give students an introductory grounding in the terms, concepts, and principal debates in the fields of ethnomusicology and popular music studies.
Learning outcomes:
Awareness of cultural differences and ethnomusicological approaches to the study of other cultures.
Development of critical perspectives on the meanings of musics in different cultures.
Introduction to a diverse range of music cultures.
Ability to situate one’s own musical experience(s) in global contexts.
Awareness of debates surrounding the term ‘World Music’.
Development of a critical understanding of the key issues in Anglophone and Asian popular music.
The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer but is not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules that will be available in any given year. Modules (including methods of assessment) may change or be updated, or modules may be cancelled, over the duration of the course due to a number of reasons such as curriculum developments or staffing changes. Please refer to the module catalogue for information on available modules.
Core Modules
To extend students’ awareness of the meanings of film and television texts by considering their relationships to a range of historical contexts.
To demonstrate the contested nature of media practices by considering specific struggles overvalues and meanings.
To introduce students to the ways and means of studying the social and historical significance of film and television through the use of primary and secondary materials and readings.
Learning outcomes:
An awareness of the practice of studying the social and cultural meanings of films and television programmes.
An ability to analyse historically the relationship of film and television texts to their varying contexts.
To work with primary and secondary materials and readings.
The overall aim of the module is to develop further competence in the language by improving the four skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing. Students will continue to develop their awareness of autonomy in language learning under the guidance of their language tutor. Teaching is communicative with regular opportunities for pair- and group- work. Emphasis is placed on oral and aural skills, making full use of multi-modal resources available.
Learning outcomes:
The language structure at post- beginner level.
More complex grammatical structures through the study of a broader range of topic areas across the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To provide an overview of film-music history, and explore analytical and aesthetic issues associated with the medium.
Learning outcomes:
This module will provide students with:
A broad knowledge of the terrain of film music as well as an understanding of the historical evolution, and aesthetic and technical issues of the use of music in films.
A glossary of key terms, concepts and models relevant to the fields of music and film studies.
Awareness of historical, commercial and social factors in the entertainment industry.
To familiarise students with the history of political communication and public relations.
To enable students to spot ‘spin’ and propaganda.
To enable students to understand the links between public relations, politics and the exercise of power in liberal democracies.
Learning outcomes:
An understanding of the historical evolution and contemporary forms of public relations and news management techniques.
A knowledge of the theoretical debates around the ideological effects of public relations and propaganda campaigns.
An appreciation of the overt and covert information strategies employed by politicians.
To familiarise students with the wide range of interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge production.
To encourage students to make informed decisions regarding the appropriateness of particular methodological approaches to concrete communications contexts.
To enable students to identify, plan, and carry out a communications research topic of their own choosing.
Learning outcomes:
An understanding of the varied and interdisciplinary methods used in cultural research.
An appreciation of the distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods and the uncertainties and limits of particular methodologies and theoretical approaches.
An awareness of the implications of technological, discursive and generic mediation upon communication processes.
An appreciation of the importance of audiences and contexts to the understanding of communications processes.
An understanding of the pragmatics of research processes.
Plus one literature and one linguistics module from the School of English.
Typical optional modules
To help students acquire language interpreting skills appropriate to the context of community interpreting.
To review and identify examples of good interpreting practice, and to encourage students to demonstrate extended competence in both languages.
To encourage students to reach their own decisions about dilemmas and challenges encountered while interpreting a foreign language.
To explore the main linguistic and cultural issues associated with the profession of liaison interpreter.
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an understanding of linguistic, textual and cultural issues relating to interpreting.
Use different techniques to resolve interpreting difficulties.
Have developed a reasonable range of specialised vocabulary used in the process of interpreting.
Have developed a wide comprehension of sophisticated written and spoken language.
To familiarise students with the ethical and political dimensions of cultural and critical theory.
To encourage students to make politicised decisions regarding the appropriateness of particular theoretical approaches to concrete situations.
To enable students to analyse the complex cultural politics of their own everyday lives.
Learning outcomes:
A broad knowledge of the terrain of cultural politics.
Theoretical techniques for the analysis of cultural forms and practices with an awareness of their political impact.
Knowledge of the forms taken by power relationships within culture.
An appreciation of the processes by which power/ideology enters our lives and affects everyday experience.
To help students acquire translation skills appropriate to a variety of types of general texts, and to develop an awareness of the main socio-linguistic and cultural issues associated with the job.
To review and identify examples of good translation practice, and to encourage students to demonstrate extended competence in both languages.
To encourage students to reach their own decisions about the most convenient translations methods and choice of words.
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate an understanding of linguistic, textual and cultural issues relating to translation.
Use different techniques to resolve translation difficulties.
Critically analyse the source text. Have developed a reasonable range of specialised vocabulary used in the process of translation.
Demonstrate some knowledge of the variety of translation approaches appropriate to a range of texts.
Have developed a wide comprehension of sophisticated written and spoken language.
To provide an introduction to Japanese literary works
To increase understanding of Japanese literature and cultural background, society and people in which the chosen authors worked
To develop the skills to identify and examine key themes or issues of the period in relation to the literary works studied
To develop further the skills of the target language
To develop further the skills needed for close reading and textual analysis
To develop further the skills needed for research and presentation
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge and awareness of the cultural, historical and political contexts appropriate to Japanese culture
Knowledge and understanding of the key features of literary works produced by the selected authors
Knowledge and understanding of the authors and their work in relation to their literary and cultural context
The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer but is not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules that will be available in any given year. Modules (including methods of assessment) may change or be updated, or modules may be cancelled, over the duration of the course due to a number of reasons such as curriculum developments or staffing changes. Please refer to the module catalogue for information on available modules.
Core Modules
The overall aim of the module is to consolidate and extend students’ competence to an intermediate level in the four skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing. Special emphasis will be placed on developing more sophisticated oral and written skills. Students will continue to develop their awareness of autonomy in language learning under the guidance of their language tutor.
Learning outcomes:
The language structure at intermediate level.
More complex grammatical structures through the study of a broader range of topic areas across the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
To give students the opportunity to develop a critical argument within a sustained piece of writing, extending research competence through the gathering, organising and processing of primary and secondary materials.
To teach skills of planning, developing and presenting project-based work, paying attention to issues of research methodology and to the critical apparatus that supports scholarly work.
Learning outcomes:
Close understanding both of the chosen subject and of its related field of study.
Familiarity with an appropriate range of secondary literature.
To provide a sound breadth and depth of knowledge of a broad range of contemporary digital communication and media.
To cultivate critical engagement with the different factors that have shaped and continue to shape the development of digital communication and associated media cultures.
To develop analytical and conceptual skills in both oral and written engagement with digital communication and media contexts from cultural, political, economic, technical and regulatory perspectives.
To advance students' familiarity with key debates and discourses in the field of digital communication and related media cultures.
To convey the skills required to carry out analysis of digital texts in their social, cultural, political and technological contexts at an advanced level.
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate knowledge and robust critical understanding of the numerous contexts within which digital communication and media are applied.
Knowledge and critical understanding of the historical contexts of digital communication and media, how these have evolved, and continue to evolve.
Ability to assess the wider impact of the constantly evolving digital communication and media contexts including the emergence of new modes of interactive forms and practices.
Show a good awareness of key scholarship and other significant discourses and how they inform the study of digital communication and media and their relationship to various social, economic and cultural practices.
To explore and define the field of documentary film and its key theoretical frameworks and its use in the field of ethnography.
To deploy such theory to explore and critically analyse a range of documentary film texts.
To equip students with the means to critically analyse documentary film in terms of the politics of representation, ethics and truth claims.
Learning outcomes:
Understand different critical approaches to documentary film.
Analyse the issues of context, narrative, framing, and representation that shape the documentary as a factual media form.
The purpose of the module is to familiarise students with key concepts, theories and debates in feminist media studies and queer media studies.
To encourage students to discriminate between particular theoretical and political positions in feminism and queer theory.
To enable students to analyse a range of media and cultural texts, contexts and practices through the perspectives of feminism and queer theory.
Learning outcomes:
Knowledge of concepts.
Theories and debates on gender and sexuality.
Understanding of the ways in which media and popular culture are shaped by, and at the same time shape gender and sexual norms, practices and identities.
Understanding of the political potential of media engagement with issues of gender and sexuality.
Students will be able to critically analyse, interpret and evaluate representations of gender and sexuality in media and popular culture; and draw on the industrial context of media and reflect on its impacts.
This module aims to:
develop skills to write for the media.
Equip students with the necessary knowledge of writing with clarity and coherence and with responsibility.
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Learning outcomes:
The module will be taught through a combination of interactive lectures and workshops. By the end of the module, students will be able to put together a news report, researching and writing a feature article. You will explore the differences and similarities between writing for a newspaper and writing for a radio or TV news program. This module will help you understand the legal and ethical framework in which journalists must operate.
To broaden your knowledge of the specific histories of cinema, film production and culture in the countries studied.
To explore and define key theoretical frameworks relating to cinema.
To examine the relevance of such frameworks to new geographical and social contexts.
Learning outcomes:
Demonstrate understanding of the varied functions of film (as ideological/political, as social representation, as part of the culture industry or as national or as artistic expression).
Think, write and argue with key concepts of film form, genre, themes and theories in an applied fashion to the films from the region.
Reflect on and discuss your own learning as it relates to the course subject matter.
Comprehend and synthesize main ideas from the readings
The above is a sample of the typical modules we offer but is not intended to be construed and/or relied upon as a definitive list of the modules that will be available in any given year. Modules (including methods of assessment) may change or be updated, or modules may be cancelled, over the duration of the course due to a number of reasons such as curriculum developments or staffing changes. Please refer to the module catalogue for information on available modules.
Entry requirements
All candidates are considered on an individual basis and we accept a broad range of qualifications. The entrance requirements below apply to 2024 entry.
A Level
BBC, excluding critical thinking and general studies.
IB Diploma
28 points with 5,5,4 at Higher Level.
STPM
BBC+, excluding Pengajian Am.
UEC
1 A and 4 B3s, excluding Bahasa Malaysia and Chinese language
SAM or other Australian matriculations
ATAR 82 (consideration to be made based on relevant subjects).
Canadian Ontario Grade 12 Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
77% average based on 6 subjects (consideration to be made based on relevant subjects).
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Advance Placement (AP)
4, 4, 3 in relevant subjects.
Diploma - Other Institutions
Acceptance to the second year is on a case-by-case basis (and at the discretion of the School) but normally would require an overall GPA of 3.20 out of 4.0 and above, including good grades in relevant subjects.
Foundation - Other Institutions
Acceptance is at the discretion of the School but normally would require an overall GPA of 3.20 out of 4.0 and above, including good grades in relevant subjects.
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Successful completion of the Foundation in Arts and Education or Business and Management programme.
We strongly encourage all interested students to apply. Our students come to us with a diverse range of qualifications and we are also reviewing and accepting grades based on the minimum acceptable (and those who are holding grades with near misses). The only way for us to fully determine eligibility is through the submission of a completed application.
Entry requirements in the prospectus and website may not always apply and individual offers may vary.
IELTS (Academic):
6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in each element)
TOEFL (iBT):
90 (minimum 19 in Writing and Listening, 20 in Reading and 22 in Speaking)
PTE (Academic):
71 (with no less than 65 in each element)
GCE A Level English Language or English Literature:
grade C
GCE AS Level English Language or English Literature:
grade C
SPM:
CEFR level B2
GCSE O-Level:
grade C / 4
IGCSE (first language):
grade C / 4
IGCSE (second language):
grade B / 6
MUET:
Band 4.5
UEC:
grade A2
IB English A1 or A2 (Standard or Higher Level):
4 points
IB English B (Higher Level):
4 points
IB English B (Standard Level):
5 points
IELTS ,TOEFL and PTE (Academic) test results must be less than 2 years old and all IELTS must be the academic version of the test. MUET results are valid for five years from the date of the release of results.
Foundation progression options
The Foundation in Arts and Education is a 1+3 year programme that results in direct progression to the undergraduate degrees offered within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. This rigorous programme provides students with a strong academic background that will result in enhanced language, communication, critical thinking and study skills.
Students on this programme also chose from a range of elective modules that provide the opportunity to sample topics related to their chosen undergraduate pathway such as politics, the world economy, media and education.
Learning and assessment
How you will learn
Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Workshops
Supervision
Practical classes
Field trips
How you will be assessed
Coursework
Group coursework
Dissertation
Examinations
Presentation
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Essay
Portfolio (written/digital)
Poster presentation
Applying
Our step-by-step guide contains everything you need to know about applying for undergraduate courses.
Semenyih Campus is 48km from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and just 45 minutes’ drive from the famous city centre with its iconic Petronas Twin Towers. On arrival, you are immersed in the green jungle backdrop that Malaysia provides with wildlife, sunshine and campus lake.
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Public transport is plentiful with free shuttle services operating on some routes. Taxi/Grab services in Malaysia are very reasonable and used widely by the student community.
Careers
An international communications degree is your passport to a variety of rewarding professions. Likely career fields include the audio-visual, digital and print media industries, marketing, production, public relations and research. Graduates with a passion for language can pursue interpreting, publishing and translation roles while others may continue their studies and pursue research and/or teaching degrees. Many of our graduates go overseas to work at universities in South Korea, Japan, China, and Europe. Some of our graduates have pursued postgraduate study at LSE, National 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Singapore, Mahidol 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ (Thailand), Oxford 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ and the 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham campuses in both China and the UK.
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Graduates from the School of Media, Languages and Culture have entered roles in prominent organisations and companies with above-average starting salaries. Career paths in these fields include advertising account executives, copywriters and creative roles, news editors, journalists and reporters. Our graduates have gone on to positions and roles such as film producer, journalist, advertising creatives, marketing, and corporate communications. Our graduates are found in companies such as Astro Radio, MalaysiaKini, BFM, Marie Clare, Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mater, BBDO, and iFlix. Other career options include arts or heritage administration and management, the civil service, diplomatic or embassy work and government service, non-governmental organisations, politics and think tanks. The list continues with roles in consultancy, human resources, management and recruitment within the international business environment. SMLC graduates have worked in UNHCR, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ferrero Rocher, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore), International Schools and publishing houses.
This content was last updated on 09 July 2024. Every effort has been made to ensure that this information is accurate, but changes are likely to occur between the date of publishing and course start date. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply.
