BA Film and Television Studies / French [RW16]

Academic Year 2025/2026 September 2025 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

Last intake year is 2023/2024

Duration 4 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards Excellence Scholarship;

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FM10120

Studying Film

or
TC10020

Astudio Ffilm

Semester 2

FM10220

Studying Television

or
TC12020

Astudio Teledu

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FR19900

French Language Advanced

Semester 2

FR12910

Images of France: The French Family

FR19930

French Language Advanced

Year 1 Timetable Core/Student Option

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FR10920

Beginners French 1

Semester 2

FR11020

Beginners French 2

Year 1 Options

Students may, subject to the demands of their other scheme, take one of the following:

Semester 1

FM10620

Studying Media

Semester 2

FM10720

Studying Communication

FM11120

Movements in Film History

Year 1 Options

FRENCH ADVANCED: you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Year 1 Options

FRENCH BEGINNERS: you must choose 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10700

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

Semester 2

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10720

Brazilian Portuguese (Basic)

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FR20100

French Language

Semester 2

FR20130

French Language

Year 2 Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies Students must take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 40 credits from the following critical theory modules:

Semester 1

FM20120

LGBT Film & Television

FM20420

The Story of Television

Semester 2

FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM22620

Media, Politics and Power

FM24420

Art Cinema

FM25520

Digital Culture

Year 2 Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students must take a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum 40 credits (20 in each semester) from the following creative practice modules:

Semester 1

FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

FM23820

Work in the Film & Television Industries

FM26520

Creative Documentary

Semester 2

FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

FM25420

Creative Studio

Year 2 Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1

EL20500

Extended Essay Module

EL20700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR27820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

FR29110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2

EL20510

Extended Essay Module

EL20720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language II

FR20310

Language of Business 1

FR21020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR26120

Humour and Literature

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

During your Year Abroad you must take the following:

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FRS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2

FRS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3 Core (60 Credits)

Your compulsory year Abroad modules for Theatre Film and TV

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

TFS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2

TFS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Final Year Core (30 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

FR30100

French Language

Semester 2

FR30130

French Language

Final Year Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies Students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules (please note that the Independent Research Project is worth 40 credits: 20 per semester):

Semester 1

FM31020

Screening the Brave New World: film and television in post-war Britain

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

FM38420

Videogame Theories

Semester 2

FM30020

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

FM30320

Contemporary TV

FM36040

Independent Research Project

FM36720

Media Law and Regulation

Final Year Options

Choose 30 credits of the following FR or EL modules:

Semester 1

EL30100

Dissertation

EL30500

Extended Essay Module

EL30700

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

FR30310

The Language of Business and Current Affairs

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

FR37820

History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema

FR39110

"...ISMES" Cultural and Artistic Movements in 20th c. France

Semester 2

EL30120

Dissertation

EL30510

Extended Essay Module

EL30720

Brazilian / Portuguese Language III

FR31020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR36120

Humour and Literature

Final Year Options

Joint Honours Film and TV Studies students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1

FM33500

Experimental Media Production

FM33700

Documentary Production

FM34200

Fiction Film Production

FM37020

Scriptwriting 1

Semester 2

FM33540

Experimental Media Production

FM33740

Documentary Production

FM34240

Fiction Film Production

FM37120

Scriptwriting 2