Study Schemes
BA Modern Languages / Drama and Theatre [RW90]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Joint Honours scheme - available from 2025/2026
Duration (studying Full-Time): 4 years
Award Eligibility:Standard Awards; Excellence Scholarship;
Part 1 Rules
Year 1 Core (40 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1 Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must choose one of the following modules
Year 1 Options
PATHWAY A: Students taking a language at NON-BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of NON-BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
PATHWAY B: Students taking a language at BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of BEGINNERS language modules:
Year 1 Options
All students MUST choose an additional 20 credits of the following language pathway specific, EL or other Level 1 content modules:
Year 1 Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may, subject to the demands of their other scheme, choose one of the following modules:
Part 2 Rules
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:
Year 2 Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 1.
Year 2 Options
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture
Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Year 2 Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Year 2 Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Year 2 Options
SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules
Final Year Options
PATHWAY A and B: Choose 40 credits of the following language pathway specific modules. Students must continue with the language pathway followed in Level 2.
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students must take at least 20 credits from the following modules:
Final Year Options
FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules
Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture
Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries
History, Film and Memory: Representing World Wars in French cinema
Final Year Options
GERMAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following GR or EL modules
Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film
German-speaking Refugees from National Socialism in the UK
Final Year Options
Joint Honours Drama and Theatre students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:
Final Year Options
ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules
Rethinking late 20th Century Italy
Final Year Options
SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules
Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Parry-Williams Building, Aberystwyth, SY23 3AJ
Tel: Department: +44 (0) 1970 621537 Admissions: +44 (0)1970 622021 Email: tfts@aber.ac.uk
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary