This course gives students the opportunity to study art practice alongside the history and theory of film. The Fine Art course will provide students with the opportunity to integrate Art Practice with Art History/Theory at a high level. Throughout the degree students will develop creative and technical skills in painting, drawing, sculpture, digital art and their hybrids. Film at Lancaster is a stimulating and intellectually engaging course which provides a framework for the close analysis of individual films. Students will study cinema history and the social significance of films and will develop a detailed understanding of the techniques of film production. Students will also have the opportunity to produce short films in all three years of their study. Students can choose from a range of specialist courses and will develop skills that can lead to post-graduate study and careers in the media, advertising and marketing. The transferable skills gained through studying a LICA combined degree at Lancaster make our graduates extremely attractive to a wide range of employers within different creative industries, including the media.  Our graduates are well placed to pursue postgraduate vocational training in media-related professions, such as broadcast and print journalism, or take their skills into promotional and marketing roles. Many of our graduates also go on to further study often becoming academics, lecturers and teachers or further vocational training in film production, including the prestigious New York Film Academy and London Film School.