BA Media and Communication Studies [P300]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2002/2003

Duration 3 years

Award Eligiblity
Standard Awards

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
FM10620

Studying Media

FM11420

Making Short Films 1

or
TC11120

Creu Ffilmiau Byrion 1

Semester 2
FM10720

Studying Communication

Year 1 Options

Students may choose options from the following Film & TV modules, or from other another scheme or department:

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

GW12620

Y Tu ol i'r Penawdau

IP12620

Behind the Headlines

TC10020

Astudio Ffilm

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

FM11120

Movements in Film History

FM11240

Making Short Films 2

IL10520

Effective Communication

TC12020

Astudio Teledu

TC12240

Creu Ffilmiau Byrion 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students must take at least 40 credits from the following Media and Communication Studies modules:

Semester 1
FM20420

The Story of Television

FM22320

Youth Cultures

TC20520

Hanes Teledu

Semester 2
FM22620

Media, Politics and Power

FM25520

Digital Culture

Year 2 Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students may take up to 40 credits from the following creative practice modules:

Semester 1
FM26520

Creative Documentary

TC25620

Dogfen Greadigol

Semester 2
FM25420

Creative Television Studio

TC25420

Stiwdio Deledu Greadigol

Year 2 Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students may also take up to 40 credits of Film and Television Studies modules:

Semester 1
FM20120

LGBT Film & Television

FM23820

Work in the Film & Television Industries

Semester 2
FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM24420

Art Cinema

Final Year Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students must take at least 40 credits and may take up to 120 credits from the following Critical Theory modules (NB the Independent Research Project is worth 40 credits: 20 in each semester):

Semester 1
FM32320

Media and Society in Wales

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38320

Gender and the Media

FM38420

Videogame Theories

TC30020

Y Cyfryngau a Chymdeithas yng Nghymru

Semester 2
FM36040

Independent Research Project

FM36720

Media Law and Regulation

Final Year Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students may take up to 80 credits from the following Creative Practice modules:

Semester 1
FM33500

Experimental Media Production

FM33700

Documentary Production

TC33700

Cynhyrchu Ffilm Ddogfen

Semester 2
FM33540

Experimental Media Production

FM33740

Documentary Production

TC33740

Cynhyrchu Ffilm Ddogfen

Final Year Options

Single Honours Media and Communication Studies students may take up to 40 credits of these Film and TV options:

Semester 1
FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

Semester 2
FM30020

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

FM30320

Contemporary TV

FM34520

Experimental Cinema