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The course enables students to re-view their developing understanding of film and television through the lens of disability. Students will encounter a series of key issues and debates within critical disability studies and explore how these debates have been or might be applied to a range of screen texts and contexts. The course is structured around a series of key words which ask students to consider the relationship between disability and screen cultures in relation to questions of representation, politics, social justice, audiences, exhibition, policy and production.

1 x 1hr Lecture

1 x 2 hr screening

1 x 2 hr seminar over 10 weeks as scheduled on mycampus.

Available to all students fulfilling requirements for Honours entry into Film and Television Studies, and by arrangement to visiting students or students of other Honours programmes who qualify under the University's 25% regulation

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Group Project Presentation (10 minutes) - 30%

■ Essay (3000 words) - 70%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ Individual presentation instead of group OR recorded presentation (with extended analysis) OR agreed alternative venue for presentation as an alternative to the group project presentation.

■ There is no alternative to the essay, but extra time can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ Enable students to review their developing understanding of film and television through the lens of disability.

■ Introduce students to key issues and debates within critical disability studies and explore how these debates have been or might be applied to a range of screen texts and contexts

■ Enable students to explore the relationship between disability and screen cultures in relation to questions of representation, politics, social justice, audiences, exhibition, policy and production

■ Give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and experience through work-based skills development

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Comprehend key concepts within critical disability studies and apply these concepts to a range of film and television texts and contexts

■ Describe and analyse the intersections between disability and a range of approaches to screen cultures

■ Identify and assess practice and policy related to questions of disability access and inclusion

■ Work collaboratively to evaluate screen representations of disability and design a public-facing event