Study Schemes

BA  French / Drama and Theatre [RW14]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
TP11020

Theatre in Context 1

Semester 2
TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
FR19900

French Language Advanced

Semester 2
FR12910

Images of France: The French Family

FR19930

French Language Advanced

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
FR10920

Beginners French 1

Semester 2
FR11020

Beginners French 2

Year 1  Options

Choose one of the following

Semester 1
TP11120

Studio Theatre Project

Semester 2
TP11420

Site-Specific Performance Project

Year 1  Options

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Year 1  Options

Students may, subject to the demands of their other scheme, choose one of the following modules:

Semester 1
TP10120

Body, Voice, Perception

Semester 2
TP10220

Body, Voice, Expression.

Year 1  Options

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2
EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR20100

French Language

Semester 2
FR20130

French Language

Year 2  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 40 credits and, subject to the demands of their other scheme, may take up to 80 credits of TP modules in their 2nd year:

Semester 1
TP21220

Acting: Process and Performance

TP21620

Devised Performance Project

TP21820

Directors' Theatre

TP22620

Theatre Design Project

TP25920

Acting for Camera

Semester 2
TP23220

Shakespeare in Performance

TP23820

New Media Performance

TP24940

Theatre Production Project

Year 2  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL20500

Extended Essay Module

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR28020

Narrating and Visualising French Colonialism

FR29110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL20510

Extended Essay Module

FR20310

Language of Business 1

FR23320

L'Art Du Récit (19e - 20e Siècles)

FR27820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FRS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
FRS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
DRS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
DRS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Final Year  Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FR30100

French Language

Semester 2
FR30130

French Language

Final Year  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP30020

Contemporary Drama

TP30320

Performance and Disability

TP32820

Place, Space and Landscape

Semester 2
TP33420

Performance and Architecture

TP39020

Musical Theatre Dramaturgies

Final Year  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP33300

Playwriting

TP35520

Ensemble Performance Project

TP36000

Independent Research Project

Semester 2
TP33340

Playwriting

TP36040

Independent Research Project

Final Year  Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1
EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

FR30310

The Language of Business and Current Affairs

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR38020

Narrating and Visualising French Colonialism

FR39110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2
EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

FR33320

L'Art Du Rêcit (19e - 20e Siècles)

FR37820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

  • Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
  • Sports Bursary
  • Music Bursary
  • International Excellence Scholarship
  • Residential Bursary
  • Aberystwyth Bursary
  • Care Leaver Bursary