Study Schemes

BA Film and Television Studies / Education [WX63]

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 Options

OPTIONAL MODULES (20 CREDITS). You can take up to 20 credits from the following modules.

Semester 1
ED10410

Working With Play

ED10620

Early Years Provision: Principles And Practice

ED11710

Study Skills

Semester 2
ED10810

Introduction To Working With Groups

ED11510

Play In Practice

Year 1 Options

CORE MODULES (60 CREDITS). You must take either the ED or the AD modules

Semester 1
AD10120

Polisiau A Materion Mewn Addysg

ED10120

Policies And Issues In Education

Semester 2
AD11320

Plant Ifainc Yn Dysgu

AD19220

Datblygiad Plant

ED10220

Child Development

ED11320

Young Children Learning

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

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (20 Credits)

CORE MODULE (20 CREDITS). You must take:

Semester 1
ED20120

Psychology Of Learning And Thinking

Semester 2

Year 2 Options

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years, from:

Semester 1
ED20220

Literacy In Young Children

ED20320

Research Methods

Semester 2
ED20420

Cultural Diversity In Education

ED20520

Bilingual Education

ED20820

Making Sense Of The Curriculum

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 Options

You may complete at least 20 credits from the following modules. Students may be allocated by recommendation of the Degree Scheme Co-ordinator.

Year 2 Options

Students may choose their remaining credits from any of the following sets of modules (these modules will be taught at the same time, so it is impossible for students to take more than one module from each set). The following is Set 1

Year 2 Options

The following is Set 2

Year 2 Options

The following is Set 3

Year 2 Options

The following is Set 4

Final Year Core (20 Credits)

CORE MODULE (20 CREDITS- THIS IS A MUST PASS MODULE). You must take:

Semester 1
ED30120

Critically Reflecting And Evaluating Learning And Skills

Semester 2

Final Year Options

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years, from

Semester 1
AD39200

Major Dissertation

ED30320

Mathematical Development In The Early Years

ED30500

Health And Education

ED32320

Language And Gender

ED39200

Major Dissertation

Semester 2
AD39220

Major Dissertation

ED30420

Special Educational Needs

ED30520

Health And Education

ED30620

Children's Rights

ED33020

Communicating Science: The Scientists, The Media And The Public

ED39220

Major Dissertation

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

Students may choose from the following. Please note: TF32410 and TF32820 are linked and may not be taken separately.

Final Year Options

Students may choose their remaining credits from any of the following sets of modules (these modules will be taught at the same time, so it is impossible for students to take more than one module from each set). The following is Set 1.

Final Year Options

The following is Set 2.

Final Year Options

The following is Set 3.

Final Year Options

The following is Set 4.

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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