Film studies is an exciting and challenging subject that provides a critical understanding of film as popular entertainment, theoretical discipline, industry and art form. Combining a degree with a language opens the doors to a spectrum of exciting careers the world over. This joint degree in Film and French features modules including; Modern French Culture, Film Noir and Exile Filmmakers of 1940's Hollywood and Screenwriting. The course is designed to provide students with a strong practical and theoretical understanding of filmmaking, as well as a fluency in the French language. The third year of this four year degree course is spent abroad in a French-speaking country.