Study Schemes
BA Performance Studies / Education [XW34]
Academic Year: 2013/2014Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2013/2014)
Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Options
OPTIONAL MODULES (20 CREDITS). You can take up to 20 credits from the following modules.
Semester 1 ED10620 Early Years Provision: Principles And Practice
Semester 2 ED10810 Introduction To Working With Groups
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
Part 2 Rules
Year 1 Core (60 Credits)
Joint Honours Performance Studies students must take and must pass the following 3 modules:
Year 1 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students registered for schemes within the Theatre Curriculum Group may take the following (this module is not open to students registered for joint schemes outside the Theatre Curriculum Group):
Year 1 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may take 1 of the following modules:
Year 2 Core (20 Credits)
CORE MODULE (20 CREDITS). You must take:
Semester 1 ED20120 Psychology Of Learning And Thinking
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 2 ED20420 Cultural Diversity In Education
ED20820 Making Sense Of The Curriculum
Year 2 Core (40 Credits)
Joint Honours Performance Studies Students must take the following 2 core modules and must pass at least one of them:
Year 2 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students must take a minimum of one critical practice module. The following is a list of recommended modules for this scheme:
Semester 1 TP20920 The Body In 20th Century Dance And Theatre
Semester 2 TP20720 Making Theatre Making History
Year 2 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may also select from the following critical practice modules:
Semester 1 TP20620 Contemporary American Voices
Year 2 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may take one of the following recommended creative practice modules (Joint Honours students within the Department of TFTS may not take more than 40 credits of creative practice modules during their Year 2 studies)
Semester 1 TP21620 Physical Theatre Vocabularies
Year 2 Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may alternatively select from the following creative practice modules (Joint Honours students within the Department of TFTS may not take more than 40 credits of creative practice modules during their Year 2 studies)
Semester 1 TP21220 Performing Dramatic Texts (semester 1)
TP21520 Theatre Management, Administration And Marketing
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
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 ED30320 Mathematical Development In The Early Years
Semester 2 ED33020 Communicating Science: The Scientists, The Media And The Public
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may take the following module:
Semester 1 TP33940 Advanced Production Project
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students may take the following recommended modules:
Semester 2 TP33120 Theatre, Gender And Sexuality
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Performance Studies students within the Department of TFTS may also choose from the following modules (provided they have successfully completed TP33940):
Semester 2 TP34040 Independent Production Project
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary