Film & Visual Culture and Global Philosophy & Worldviews

Film and visual culture with global philosophy and worldviews is a combination that brings together two powerful ways of analysing how meaning is made and how human beings understand themselves and their place in the world. Film and visual culture examines the moving image as an artistic, cultural and ideological form, asking how cinema and screen media construct narratives, represent identities and participate in public life. Global philosophy and worldviews moves beyond the Western philosophical canon to engage with African, Chinese, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, Buddhist and other intellectual and spiritual traditions.

At Liverpool Hope University you will develop the analytical skills to read films and visual media critically, alongside the philosophical breadth to engage seriously with radically different accounts of truth, ethics, the self and the good life. The combination is particularly productive for exploring questions of representation, cultural identity and the ways in which media both reflects and shapes philosophical and religious worldviews. The programme runs over three years full time and includes a sandwich year in industry, a year abroad and work placement opportunities, giving you professional and international experience alongside your academic development.

Graduates of this combination are well placed for careers in broadcasting, journalism, arts administration, education, cultural institutions, interfaith dialogue, international development, the creative industries and the voluntary sector. The ability to engage analytically with diverse cultural and philosophical traditions, and to connect that engagement with an understanding of how visual media operates, is valued in any role that requires cross-cultural sensitivity and critical communication skills. Postgraduate study in film studies, philosophy, cultural studies or religious studies is a natural further route.