BA Film and Television / Fine Art [WW16]

Academic Year 2026/2027 September 2026 Start

Campus Aberystwyth

Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001

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
FM10120

Studying Film

or
TC10020

Astudio Ffilm

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

or
TC12020

Astudio Teledu

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

Year 1 Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AR11720

Studio Practice

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

Choose 40 credits

Semester 1
AH10020

Art in Wales

AH11320

Pleasure, Power, and Profit: Art in the Long Eighteenth Century

AH11520

Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding

AR12020

Media Exploration

Semester 2
AH11220

Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums

AH11420

Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century

AH11720

Representing the Body

AR10020

Life Studies Begins

AR10320

Printmaking: Material Transformations

AR10420

Contemporary Painting

AR14020

Photography: Introduction to Darkroom and Digital Practice

AR14420

Illustration: Foundations to Storytelling

Part 2 Rules

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

FM22320

Youth Cultures

TC20520

Hanes Teledu

Semester 2
FM21520

Film Stardom and Celebrity

FM22620

Media, Politics and Power

FM24420

Art Cinema

FM25520

Digital Culture

TC22620

Y Cyfryngau, Gwleidyddiaeth a Grym

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 modules:

Semester 1
FM21620

Writing for Film and Television

FM23820

Work in the Film & Television Industries

FM26520

Creative Documentary

TC25620

Dogfen Greadigol

Semester 2
FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

FM25420

Creative Television Studio

TC25420

Stiwdio Deledu Greadigol

Year 2 Options

Joint honours Fine Art students should select a minimum of 40 credits of art practice from the following:

Semester 1
AR20020

Painting: Studio Practice

AR20340

Painting: Studio Practice

AR20720

Photography 1

AR21220

Life Studies 1

AR22320

Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (A)

AR23340

Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (B)

AR24520

Illustration: Worlds and Characters (1)

AR24640

Illustration: Worlds and Characters (2)

AR25320

Site Specific Practice

AR25620

Digital Skills

AR27040

Photography 2

Semester 2
AR20420

Painting: Practice Development (1)

AR20540

Painting: Practice Development (2)

AR22520

Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (A)

AR22720

Life Studies 2

AR24720

Illustration: Binding Stories (1)

AR24840

Illustration: Binding Stories (2)

AR25120

Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (1)

AR25240

Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (2)

AR25420

Site Specific Exhibition

AR25540

Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (B)

Final Year Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
AR30320

Exhibition Preparation (1)

Semester 2
AR32540

Exhibition: Graduation Show

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
FM32320

Media and Society in Wales

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38220

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

FM38420

Videogame Theories

TC30020

Y Cyfryngau a Chymdeithas yng Nghymru

Semester 2
FM30320

Contemporary TV

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36040

Independent Research Project

FM36720

Media Law and Regulation

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

TC33700

Cynhyrchu Ffilm Ddogfen

Semester 2
FM33540

Experimental Media Production

FM33740

Documentary Production

FM34240

Fiction Film Production

FM37120

Scriptwriting 2

TC33740

Cynhyrchu Ffilm Ddogfen