BIMM University
UCAS Code: W3N2 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
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Minimum of 3 A-levels at Grade C or above (96 UCAS points) or BTEC Level 3 or equivalent qualification, and normally three GCSEs at a minimum grade C/4, including English Language. For applicants with relevant sector/industry experience Recognition of Prior Practice (RPP) is an alternative entry route onto Level 4 of the course for mature applicants (19+) who do not hold the minimum qualifications required to gain entry.
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About this course
The BA Film and Screen Business course challenges you to develop your business skills and knowledge across a range of areas within the screen and film industries, and to build your entrepreneurial skillset.
You will learn to navigate the modern media environment from the perspective of business and management. This includes film and media content production and delivery, financing and funding, data and analytics, legal and accounting principles, marketing sales and distribution.
You will also hone skills to help you progress in your own business career, which include pitching and creative entrepreneurship.
**Why Take the Course?**
- Comprehensive: Each semester is built around the relationship between a producer or business and its intended market. Students work on individual and group projects to develop a detailed understanding of the business of film and screen production, experiencing a diverse range of business and entrepreneurial roles across the creative industries.
- Industry-facing: This course works with productions and screen businesses, bringing industry expertise into the teaching space to allow students to learn about developments in the industry, analyse emerging trends, and learn key business skills to research and build business plans or strategies.
- Portfolio: You will build up expertise in producing, digital marketing, new business development, financial planning, launching start-ups and developing a freelance portfolio.
- Professional tutors: Many of our teaching staff are currently working in the industry as: TV and film directors, broadcast journalists, producers, writers, and more*.
*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please visit our website.
**Please note: BA Film and Screen Business is Subject to Validation. From 2025/26, this course will be validated by BIMM University.**
Modules
Please find a summary of modules. For a full overview, please visit our website.
Level 4:
Tell a Story: Screen Sense
Tell a Story: Craft Skills
Tell a Story: Production
Change Hearts: Screen Industry
Introductory Business Skills
Change Hearts: Entrepreneur
Level 5:
Change Minds: Screen Industry
Business Management
Change Minds: Entrepreneur
Entertain Me: Screen Industry
Production and Project Management
Entertain Me: Entrepreneur
Level 6:
Becoming Influential: Screen Industry
Strategic Business Thinking
Becoming Influential: Entrepreneur
Be Entrepreneurial: Project
Assessment methods
We include a diverse range of learning and teaching methods, which include:
Productions
Seminar-style Group Teaching
Tutorials
Practical Group Work
Formative Feedback through Critiques, Pitches, Screenings, and Reflective Sessions
Work-integrated Learning
Authentic Assessment
We use a wide range of assessment methods, which include portfolios, performances, research presentations, and reflective work. Please download the Course Specification below for more information.
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Extra funding
Each year we offer various bursaries and scholarships. For further information, please view details on our website.
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