Bachelor of Arts (Film & Television)

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BACHELOR OF ARTS (FILM AND TELEVISION)

The Bachelor of Arts Film and Television degree course is designed to equip students with a comprehensive range of practical production techniques and artistic skills in order to meet the demand of film and television industries within the rapidly developing national, regional and global communication trends. The programme focuses on the interdisciplinary location of film as a meaning producing medium, engaging with “massness” of electronic media. It also considers electronic media industries within the emerging national and global cultures as well as media and ideological effects.

Programme Structure

First Year

First Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 101	Introduction to Reading and Writing Skills (Required)	3
SAS 102	Computer Literacy and Skills (Required)	3
LTF 110	Artistic Expression (Required)	3
LTF 111	Music and Society (Required)	3
FMS 110	History of Film (Core)	3
FMS 111	Film Genres (Core)	3
	*Any one of the following:
MUS 111	Introduction to Music and Dance	3
LIT 110	Introduction to Literature	3
THE 111	History of Theatre I – (Africa)	3
PHL 110	Introduction to Philosophy of Human Nature	3

Second Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 104	Social Science Perspectives on HIV and AIDS (Required)	3
LTF 120	The Motion Picture (Required)	3
LTF 121	Introduction to Performance (Required)	3
FMS 120	History of Contemporary Film (Core	3
FMS 121	Development of Television (Core)	3
FMS 122	Television Agency and Audience (Core)	3
	*Any one of the following
MUS 121	Introduction to Western Music	3
THE 120	History of Theatre II – (Europe & Asia)	3
LIT 121	Classical Literary Theory	3

Second Year

First Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 201	Introduction to Research Methods (Required)	3
LTF 210	Fundamentals of Literature I – Drama (Required)	3
LTF 211	Art and Communication (Required)	3
FMS 210	Cinematography and Camera Techniques (Core)	3
FMS 211	Film Analysis (Core)	3
FMS 212	TV Studio Operations (Core)	3
	*Any one of the following:
MUS 211	African Music & Dance	3
THE 211	Script Making and Interpretation	3
LIT 210	Humanist Literary Theory	3
PHL 210	Classical Logic	3
LIN 210	Introduction to Sociolinguistics	3

Second Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 201	Critical Thinking (Required)	3
LTF 210	Issues in Kenyan Theatre (Required)	3
LTF 220	Issues in Kenyan Cinema (Required)	3
FMS 220	Interactive Electronic Media (Core)	3
FMS 221	Acting for the Screen (Core)	3
	*Any two of the following:
MUS 221	African Musical Instruments	3
THE 222	Lighting and Sound for the Stage & Screen	3
LIT 221	Fundamentals of Literature IV–Oral Literature	3
PHL 223	Feminist Philosophy	3

Second Year

First Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 301	Contemporary Gender Issues (Required)	3
LTF 310	Research Methods in the Humanities (Required)	3
LTF 311	Art and Psychology (Required)	3
FMS 310	Film Theory and Criticism (Core)	3
FMS 311	Film Script Writing (Core)	3
FMS 312	Television Journalism (Core)	3
	*Any one of the following:
MUS 311	Western Music III: The Romantic Period	3
THE 312	Radio & TV Drama	3
LIT 314	European Drama I	3
LIN 313	Theories of Editing	3
PHL 311	African Philosophy	3

Second Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 302	Entrepreneurship and Accounting (Required)	3
LTF 320	Copy Writing (Required)	3
FMS 320	Film Directing (Core)	3
FMS 321	Film Editing (Core)	3
FMS 322	Industrial Attachment (Core)	3
	*Any two of the following
THE 320	Technical Theatre III: Costume Design	3
MUS 321	Western Music IV: The Modern Period	3
LIT 325	Caribbean Drama	3
LIT 326	Latin American Drama	3
LIT 328	West African Drama	3
LIN 323	Editing Skills	3
PHL 320	Aesthetics	3

Fourth Year

First Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 401	Policy Analysis and project Management(Required)	3
LTF 410	Discourses in African Art (Required)	3
LTF 411	Literary Journalism (Required)	3
FMS 410	Educational Television (Core)	3
FMS 411	Television Advertising and Marketing (Core)	3
FMS 412	Ideological Readings of TV (Core)	3
	*Any one of the following
MUS 412	Music and the Media	3
THE 412	Drama and Theatre in Education	3
LIT 410	Literature and Postmodernist Theory	3
PHL 410	African Aesthetics	3
HIS 401	Issues in African Historiography	3

Second Semester

Code	Title	Units
SAS 402	Disaster and Conflict Management (Required)	3
LTF 420	Discourse on African Cinema (Required)	3
FMS 420	Film Project (Core)	3
FMS 421	Media Law and Ethics (Core)	3
FMS 422	Media and Public Relations (Core)	3
	*Any two of the following:
MUS 422	Popular Music	3
THE 421	Entertainment Management and Marketing	3
LIT 425	Studies in Post Colonial Discourse	3
PHL 420	Philosophy of Language	3
PHL 421	Political Philosophy in Africa	3

Objectives/Admission

The programme aims at:

imparting proficiency in photographic communication
developing skills in film production and directing techniques
training in post-production skills in film and TV
imparting analytical and critical skills in the twin technologies of film and TV in relation to interpretation of meaning, broadcast, electronic learning and the new electronic media

Duration of Programme
The BA Film and Television degree programme shall normally take 8 semesters of sixteen weeks each.

Admission Requirements
To be admitted into the degree programme, the applicant must fulfill the academic requirements as prescribed by
Moi University.
In addition the applicant should fulfill the requirements for the following joint admissions board’s clusters:
English, Kiswahili, Maths or any group ii; group iii, and French or Music, or Art and Design.

Applicants in possession of a Moi University Senate recognized diploma in the relevant areas such as Journalism,
Literature, Performing Arts and Communication Studies may be admitted to the programme.