Study Schemes

BA Film and Television Studies / Fine Art [WW16]

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

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards;

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 Core (60 Credits)

Semester 1
AR10120

Art Practice 1: Graphic Representation

Semester 2
AR10220

Art Practice 2: Painting And Colour-based Representation

Year 1 Options

Semester 1
AR10520

Drawing Topics

MG10100

Collecting And Collections Since 1450

Semester 2
AR10620

Painting Topics

MG10120

Collecting And Collections Since 1450

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

Year 2 Core ( Credits)

Must take either / or

Semester 1
AH20400

Professional Practice For Students Of Art History

AR22000

Professional Practice For Students Of Art

Semester 2
AH20410

Professional Practice For Students Of Art History

AR22010

Professional Practice For Students Of Art

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)

Final Year Options

Choose either AR30130 or AR32540 in Semester 2.

Final Year Options

Must choose one of

Semester 1
AR31730

Painting 5 - Paint Directed Practice

AR31930

Printmaking 5 - Print Directed Practice

AR32130

Photography 5 - Photo Directed Practice

AR32330

Book Illustration 3

AR32630

Interdisciplinary Studio Practice 5

Semester 2

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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