- To study the musical practices of film traditions outside the Anglophone world and their cultural contexts, with particular emphasis on comparisons to classical Hollywood practice - To build on knowledge acquired in first year modules on world music and music in audio-visual media - To develop students' ability to think and write about music in audio-visual contexts

(LO1) Ability to demonstrate familiarity with ideas about music and film in several other cultures.

(LO2)  Ability to explain the relationship between theory and the cultural context in which it has arisen, as well as the challenges of applying theories to texts from cultures outside that context.

(LO3) Ability to deploy comparative and cross-cultural perspectives in the understanding of the relationships between music and film as well as their cultural contexts

(LO4) Higher level analytical and essay-writing skills, including Higher level analytical and essay-writing skills, including more advanced argumentation and handling difficult bibliographic challenges.

(S1) Global perspectives demonstrate international perspectives as professionals/citizens; locate, discuss, analyse, evaluate information from international sources; consider issues from a variety of cultural perspectives, consider ethical and social responsibility issues in international settings; value diversity of language and culture

1 Topics will include: Bollywood; the French New Wave; New Chinese International Film; Post-War German film; Armenian Cinema.

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: lectures introduce core concepts and case material
Teaching Method 2 - Seminar
Description: Seminars facilitate further discussion of material raised in lectures by way of small group discussion
Teaching Method 3 - Demonstration
Description: Screenings of film case material

The majority of teaching will be delivered face-to-face on campus. Online delivery will be used to complement the on-campus delivery and where technology affords a better learning experience.