| Unit name | Analysing Television |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATV10010 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Piper |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Why is this unit important:
Analysing Television introduces students to the skills, concepts and methods required to make sense of the complex worlds television presents to viewers. Students taking this unit will gain experience of television analysis through engagement with different fiction and non-fiction genres and formats, while also being trained in how to couch analysis within forms of writing such as essays. Learning how to analyse various forms of television will also provide essential understanding useful in future creative work. Having taken this unit, students should feel confident and empowered to undertake high quality television analysis in future years of their degree.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study:
Analysing Television affords students essential discipline-specific analytical vocabulary and introduces key critical concepts and theories that will aid in their ability to articulate sophisticated analyses of television and other audio-visual works. In synergy with other core Year 1 units, Analysing Television offers training in written communication, fostering improved analytical skills, essay planning and writing skills. Through lectures and seminars, students are provided with opportunities to learn from leading experts in television analysis, while the assessments test students’ understanding and development of analytical skills.
Overview of Content:
Analysing Television is taught through screenings, lectures and seminars, allowing students to learn techniques, methods and necessary vocabulary for making sense of how television texts operate within culture and society. Examining a range of television texts, formats and genres and engaging with key television concepts and theories, the unit challenges students tolook beneath the surface of television production, considering its relationship with industrial and sociocultural contexts, both national and transnational.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit:
Analysing Television is intended to give students opportunities to form a deeper engagement with how television texts work within a range of contexts. Taking this unit will enable students to research, describe and analyse a range of televisual forms. Doing so will provide students with high critical and analytical skills, enabling them to understand the place of television within cultural contexts and the screen industries.
Learning Outcomes:
Weekly seminar, lecture and screening, supported by self-directed tasks where appropriate.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
This unit does not carry credit-bearing formative tasks.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
500-word analysis (20%) [ILOs 1-2 & 4]
2000-word essay (70%) [ILOs 1-4]
Contribution Mark (10%) [ILO 5]
When assessment does not go to plan
When required by the Board of Examiners, you will normally complete reassessments in the same formats as those outlined above. However, the Board reserves the right to modify the form or number of reassessments required. Details of reassessments are normally confirmed by the School shortly after the notification of your results at the end of the academic year.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. FATV10010).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
