Study Schemes

BA  Media and Education [P3X3]

Academic Year: 2023/2024Joint Honours scheme - available from 2019/2020 (Last intake year is 2023/2024)

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
FM10620

Studying Media

Semester 2
FM10720

Studying Communication

Year 1  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
ED14520

Children's Development and Learning

or
AD14520

Datblygiad a Dysgu Plant

Semester 2
ED13820

The Learner and the Learning Environment

or
AD13820

Y Dysgwr a'r Amgylchedd Dysgu

Year 1  Options

Choose one of the following

Semester 2
FM10220

Studying Television

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

Year 1  Options

Choose one module (20 credits)

Semester 1
AD10120

Polisiau a Materion Mewn Addysg

AD13620

Sgiliau Allweddol i Brifysgol

ED10120

Policies and Issues in Education

ED13620

Key Skills for University

ED14620

Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years

Semester 2
AD14320

Datblygiad Iaith

ED11820

Inclusive Learning Practices

ED13720

Play and Learning:Theory and Practice

ED14320

Language Development

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
ED20120

Psychology of Learning and Thinking

or
AD20120

Seicoleg Dysgu a Meddwl

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

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years, from:

Semester 1
AD20220

Llythrennedd Mewn Plant Ifanc

AD20600

Gweithio Gyda Phlant

AD24320

Diogelu ac Ymarfer Proffesiynol

ED20220

Literacy in Young Children

ED20420

Education, Diversity and Equality

ED20600

Working with Children

ED24320

Safeguarding and Professional Practice

Semester 2
AD20320

Dulliau Ymchwil

AD20620

Gweithio Gyda Phlant

ED20320

Research Methods

ED20620

Working with Children

ED20820

Making Sense of the Curriculum

ED22420

Discourses Language and Education

Final Year  Core (20 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
ED30120

Assessment and Education

or
AD30120

Asesu ac Addysg

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

OPTIONAL MODULES : You must take 20/40-60 credits, ensuring a total of 100-140 credits over the 2nd and final years. You must only take either the AD or the ED module

Semester 1
AD30620

Hawliau Plant

AD33600

Traethawd Hir

ED30420

Special Educational Needs

ED30620

Children's Rights

ED33600

Major dissertation

Semester 2
AD30320

Datblygiad Mathemategol yn y Blynyddoedd Cynnar

AD33640

Traethawd Hir

AD34720

Cyfathrebu

AD34820

Datblygiad Emosiynol a Chymdeithasol

ED30320

Mathematical Development in the Early Years

ED33640

Major dissertation

ED34720

Communication

ED34820

Emotional and Social Development

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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