Study Schemes

BA  Spanish / Drama and Theatre [RW44]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2000/2001 (Last intake year is 2024/2025)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 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

or
TC11020

Theatr a Chyd-Destun 1

Semester 2
TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

or
TC11420

Theatr a Chyd-Destun 2

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH ADVANCED: you must take:

Semester 1
SP11900

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11940

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1  Timetable Core/Student Option

SPANISH BEGINNERS: you must take:

Semester 1
SP11700

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
SP11740

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Year 1  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must choose one of the following modules

Semester 1
TP11120

Studio Theatre Project

Semester 2
TP11420

Site-Specific Performance Project

Year 1  Options

Choose an additional 20 credits of the following or other Level 1 content modules:

Semester 1
EL10000

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10500

Introduction to European Film

EL10800

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP11120

Study and Research Skills in Spanish and Latin American Studies

SP16100

Hispanic Civilization

Semester 2
EL10020

Study and Research Skills in Modern Languages

EL10520

Introduction to European Film

EL10820

Language, Culture, and Identity in Europe

SP16120

Hispanic Civilization

Year 1  Options

Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may, subject to the demands of their other scheme, choose one of the following modules:

Semester 1
TP10120

Body, Voice, Perception

Semester 2
TC11620

Actio: Proses a Pherfformiad

TP11220

Acting: Process and Performance

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP22100

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
SP22140

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

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 of the following TP modules in their second year:

Semester 1
TC20920

Theatr a Chymdeithas Gyfoes

TP20820

Theatre and Contemporary Society

TP21220

Acting: Process and Performance

TP21620

Devised Performance Project

TP21820

Directors' Theatre

TP22620

Design Project

TP25920

Acting for Camera

Semester 2
TC24940

Prosiect Cynhyrchu Theatr

TP20220

Creative Arts at Work

TP23220

Shakespeare in Performance

TP24940

Theatre Production Project

Year 2  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 1
SP26120

Spanish American Cinema

Semester 2
SP20620

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP25220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP27020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SPS0000

Year Abroad Assessment

Semester 2
SPS0060

Year Abroad Assessment

Year 3  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
DRS0000

Abroad Year Credits

Semester 2
DRS0060

Abroad Year Credits

Final Year  Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
SP33400

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
SP33440

Spanish Language (Advanced)

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

Music Theatre Dramaturgies

Final Year  Options

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

Semester 1
TC36100

Prosiect Ymchwil Creadigol

TP33300

Playwriting

TP35520

Ensemble Performance Project

TP36000

Independent Research Project

Semester 2
TC36140

Prosiect Ymchwil Creadigol

TP33340

Playwriting

TP36040

Independent Research Project

Final Year  Options

Choose 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules:

Semester 1
SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
SP35220

Spanish Cinema ii: New Tendencies

SP37020

Cuban Cinema of the Revolution: Crisis, National Identity and the Critique of Contemporary Society

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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