Study Schemes

BA  Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance [P302]

Academic Year: 2024/2025Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

FM17320

Writing Continuing TV Drama

TP11020

Theatre in Context 1

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

Year 1  Options

Students may take up to 20 credits from options outside the degree scheme including the following modules. Students wishing to facilitate an alternative pathway at the end of Part One must take FM10520 Introduction to Media Production in order to be considered for transfer to W620 BA Film and Television Studies or TP11420 Site-Specific Performance Project in order to be considered for transfer to W400 BA Drama and Theatre Studies.

Semester 2
FM11120

Movements in Film History

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

TP11420

Site-Specific Performance Project

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

Semester 2
FM27120

Writing Audio Drama

Year 2  Options

Student may choose 80 credits from the following

Semester 1
FM20120

LGBT Film & Television

FM20620

Television Genre

FM26520

Creative Documentary

TP21820

Directors' Theatre

TP23820

New Media Performance

Semester 2
FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM24420

Art Cinema

FM25520

Digital Culture

TP20820

Theatre and Contemporary Society

TP23220

Shakespeare in Performance

Final Year  Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM37020

Scriptwriting 1

TP33300

Playwriting

Semester 2
FM37120

Scriptwriting 2

TP33340

Playwriting

Final Year  Options

Single Honours Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

FM38320

Gender and the Media

FM38420

Videogame Theories

TP30020

Contemporary Drama

TP30320

Performance and Disability

Semester 2
FM30020

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

FM30320

Contemporary TV

FM36040

Independent Research Project

TP33420

Performance and Architecture

TP39020

Musical Theatre Dramaturgies

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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