Study Schemes

BA  Media and Theatre Studies [P3W4]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
TP11020

Theatre in Context 1

Semester 2
TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
FM10620

Studying Media

Semester 2
FM10720

Studying Communication

Year 1  Options

Choose one of the following

Semester 1
TP11120

Studio Theatre Project

Semester 2
TP11420

Site-Specific Performance Project

Year 1  Options

Choose one of the following

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

Year 1  Options

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

Semester 1
TP10120

Body, Voice, Perception

Semester 2
TP10220

Body, Voice, Expression.

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Options

Joint Honours Media and Communication Studies students must take at least 40 credits and, subject to the demands of their scheme, may take up to 80 credits of the following FM modules in their second year.

Semester 1
FM20620

Television Genre

FM22320

Youth Cultures

FM22620

Media, Politics and Power

FM26520

Creative Documentary

Semester 2
FM20120

LGBT Screens

FM21520

Stardom and Celebrity

FM21920

Advertising

FM25420

Creative Studio

FM25520

Digital Culture

Year 2  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 40 credits and, subject to the demands of their other scheme, may take up to 80 credits from the following:

Semester 1
TP21220

Acting: Process and Performance

TP21620

Devised Performance Project

TP21820

Directors' Theatre

TP22620

Theatre Design Project

TP25920

Acting for Camera

Semester 2
TP23220

Shakespeare in Performance

TP23820

New Media Performance

TP24940

Theatre Production Project

Final Year  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP30020

Contemporary Drama

TP30320

Performance and Disability

TP32820

Place, Space and Landscape

Semester 2
TP33420

Performance and Architecture

TP39020

Musical Theatre Dramaturgies

Final Year  Options

Joint Honours Media and Communication Studies students must take at least 40 credits and, subject to the deamds of their scheme, may take up to 80 credits of the following FM modules in their third year.

Semester 1
FM33500

Experimental Media Production

FM34520

Experimental Cinema

FM36000

Independent Research Project

FM38320

Gender and the Media

FM38420

Videogame Theories

Semester 2
FM30320

Contemporary TV Drama

FM33540

Experimental Media Production

FM34120

Media Semiotics

FM36040

Independent Research Project

FM36720

Media Law

Final Year  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP33300

Playwriting

TP35520

Ensemble Performance Project

TP36000

Independent Research Project

Semester 2
TP33340

Playwriting

TP36040

Independent Research Project

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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