Study Schemes

BA International Politics / Film and Television Studies [LW26]

Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; The Coleg Lead Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (60 Credits)

Students must take and must pass the following three core modules:

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

FM10520

Media Production Workshop (semester 2)

Year 1 Options

Students may take the following modules to complete their studies in Year 1:

Semester 1
FM10620

Studying Media

Semester 2
FM10720

Studying Communication

Year 1 Options

Part One students MUST TAKE and PASS 40 credits worth of Part One modules from the Department of International Politics

Semester 1
GW10420

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol

GW11220

Defnyddio Syniadau Gwleidyddol

GW12320

Gwleidyddiaeth Y Byd Yng Nghyfnod Y Ddau Ryfel Byd

IP10420

Introduction To International Politics

IP12220

Revolution And Continuity In Political Philosophy

IP12320

World Politics In The Age Of The Two World Wars

Semester 2
GW10320

Rhyfel Strategaeth A Chuddwybodaeth

GW10620

Cyflwyniad I Wleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Y Trydydd Byd

GW11120

Cymru Yn Ewrop

IP10320

War, Strategy And Intelligence

IP10620

Power And Inequality In The Third World

IP12120

Politics In Europe

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies Students must take the following 2 core modules and must pass at least one of them:

Semester 1
FM30120

Analysing Film, Television And Media

Semester 2
FM30220

Key Film And Media Practices

Year 2 Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies Students may take 1 critical practice module from the following list:

Semester 1
FM20420

Classical Hollywood Cinema

FM20620

Television Genre

FM20720

The Documentary Tradition

FM20920

Film Genre

FM21720

Media History

Semester 2
FM20820

British Cinema

FM21020

Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

FM21220

Contemporary Television Drama

FM22120

Digital Journalism

Year 2 Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students may take 1 creative practice module from the following list:

Semester 1
FM21400

Television Production

FM21520

Imagining The Short

Semester 2
FM21420

Television Production

FM21620

Writing For Film And Television

Final Year Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students may take up to 3 critical practice modules from the following list:

Semester 1
FM31320

Cinema And Stardom

FM32320

Bent Screens

FM32520

Children And The Media

FM33220

Media In Wales

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

Semester 2
FM32420

The Surveillance Society

FM32720

Soundscapes

FM32820

Factual Television

FM32920

Film Authorship

Final Year Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students may take 1 of the following creative practice modules from the following list (A Fiction Production module will also be available, code to follow):

Semester 1
FM33500

Advanced Experimental Media Production

FM33600

Advanced Television Production

FM33700

Advanced Documentary Film And Television Production

FM33800

Advanced Scriptwriting

FM34200

Advanced Fiction Film Production

Semester 2
FM33540

Advanced Experimental Media Production

FM33640

Advanced Television Production

FM33740

Advanced Documentary Film And Television Production

FM33840

Advanced Scriptwriting

FM34240

Advanced Fiction Film Production

Final Year Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students Students may take the following research practice module:

Semester 1
FM36000

Dissertation (film And Media)

Semester 2
FM36040

Dissertation (film And Media)

Available both years Options

Students must TAKE and PASS one of the following degree scheme core modules before being eligible for graduation (please note that a choice of seven modules is offered over Part Two of the degree) -please see below for those offered this year:

Semester 1
GW35320

Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918

IP35320

Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918

Semester 2
GW30120

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw

IP30120

International Political Theory Today

IP39220

The Third World In International Politics

Available both years Options

Students must take 120 of their 240 credits in Part Two (year 2 & final year) in International Politics dept; and should also take 120 credits in their `home' department (usually 60 credits from each per year) -including core module credits

Semester 1
GW35320

Rhyfela Wedi Waterloo: Hanes Milwrol 1815-1918

GW37720

Damcaniaethau Amlddiwylliannedd

IP31420

Twenty-first Century Warfare

IP33720

The Making Of National Security Policy

IP34520

Responding To Terror

IP35320

Warfare After Waterloo: Military History 1815 - 1918

IP36620

Democracy Promotion In World Politics

IP36920

America At War: A Military History Of The United States

IP37020

Social Movements And World Politics

IP37720

Theories Of Multiculturalism

IP38220

The Evolution Of American Foreign Policy

IP39520

Islam, Foreign Policy And The Developing World

IP39620

Women In The Third World

Semester 2
GW30120

Damcaniaethau Gwleidyddiaeth Ryngwladol Heddiw

IP30120

International Political Theory Today

IP30420

International Politics And The Nuclear Age

IP30620

Famine

IP34320

The Ethics Of War In Theory And Practice

IP35720

De Gaulle's France (1919 - 1970)

IP36220

Global Crime And Transnational Policing: Emerging Practices

IP36420

The Second World War In Europe

IP37120

International Peacekeeping And Ethnic Warfare

IP37520

Us And Uk Special Relations

IP39220

The Third World In International Politics

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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