To see the range of classes available at St. Andrews, go to the website: http://portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/catalogue/, click on "Simple Search," and explore the subjects and classes that interest you. Plese note that, as the website indicates, there are restrictions and requirements for some classes, and not every class is offered every semester.

The UK's newest Film Studies department was recently launched at St. Andrews, immediately generating great interest among students from across disciplines. Those coming from the US in particular are truly pleased to have the chance to take film studies modules, as they get exposure to a range of cinematic works much wider and varied in scope than the traditional offerings. One of the specific features of the St. Andrews Film Studies curriculum is that it covers a wide assortment of cinematic traditions - from early and new wave cinema in Europe to masterpieces from Japan and India.

At undergraduate level Film Studies can be taken as a joint degree in combination with a range of about 20 subjects, from English and Modern/Mediaeval History, to International Relations and Philosophy. There are also exciting postgraduate opportunites: our MLitt programe welcomed its first students in 2006, while the PhD program is growing and currently enrolls students from all over the world. All students are engaged in the thriving research culture, developing around the newly established Centre for Film Studies.

Credits:

It is impossible to speak generically about standard credits per course, since credit values differ between course levels (1000-3000), and oftentimes within individual levels. St. Andrews calculates credits so that 30 (U.S. credits) is the norm given per year. Therefore, participants in Brockport's program at St. Andrews will earn an average of five credit hours for each course successfully completed, for a maximum of fifteen credits per semester.

Curriculum:

St. Andrews excellent student to faculty ratio of 1:15 ensures that participants will receive careful and close attention in their chosen courses. Participants in the Brockport program at St. Andrews will enroll in a combination of three courses. These courses will be a mixture of 1000 through 3000 level courses, however due to their intensity, it is not possible for students to take all three courses at the 3000 level. Students with some prior course work are eligible to enroll in 1000 and 2000 courses across all the faculties at St. Andrews, but 3000 level courses are available only in the participant's major discipline.

Participants will be enrolled in courses alongside degree seeking students at St. Andrews, and therefore they are examined in the same manner (and to the same standard) as their Scottish counterparts and classmates. The majority of the courses in which they will enroll are examined formally at the end of semester and in order to be awarded credit, participants must take-and pass-the examination at the end of the study period in question.