BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance [P302]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

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 (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

or
TC10020

Astudio Ffilm

FM17320

Writing Continuing TV Drama

TP11020

Theatre in Context 1

or
TC11020

Theatr a Chyd-Destun 1

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

or
TC12020

Astudio Teledu

TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

or
TC11420

Theatr a Chyd-Destun 2

Year 1 Options

Students may take up to 20 credits from the following options, or from modules outside the degree scheme.

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

FM20420

The Story of Television

FM22320

Youth Cultures

FM23820

Work in the Film & Television Industries

FM26520

Creative Documentary

TC20520

Hanes Teledu

TC20920

Theatr a Chymdeithas Gyfoes

TC25620

Dogfen Greadigol

TP20820

Theatre and Contemporary Society

TP21820

Directors' Theatre

Semester 2
FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM24420

Art Cinema

FM25520

Digital Culture

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
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
FM30320

Contemporary TV

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36040

Independent Research Project

TP33420

Performance and Architecture

TP39020

Music Theatre Dramaturgies