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).

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  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

PATHWAY A: Students taking a language at NON-BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of NON-BEGINNERS language modules:

Semester 1
FR11900

French Language (Non-Beginners)

GE11900

German Language (Non-Beginners)

SP11900

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11940

French Language (Non-Beginners)

GE11940

German Language (Non-Beginners)

SP11940

Spanish Language (Non-Beginners)

Year 1  Options

PATHWAY B: Students taking a language at BEGINNERS level MUST choose 40 credits of BEGINNERS language modules:

Semester 1
FR11700

French Language (Beginners)

GE11700

German Language (Beginners)

IT11700

Italian Language (Beginners)

SP11700

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Semester 2
FR11740

French Language (Beginners)

GE11740

German Language (Beginners)

IT11740

Italian Language (Beginners)

SP11740

Spanish Language (Beginners)

Year 1  Options

All students MUST choose an additional 20 credits of the following language pathway specific, EL 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

FR11100

Introduction to French Studies

GE10920

Exploring German Cultural Identity

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

FR11120

Introduction to French Studies

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  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

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.

Semester 1
FR22100

French Language (Intermediate)

GE22100

German Language (Intermediate)

IT22100

Italian Language (Intermediate)

SP22100

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Semester 2
FR22140

French Language (Intermediate)

GE22140

German Language (Intermediate)

IT22140

Italian Language (Intermediate)

SP22140

Spanish Language (Intermediate)

Year 2  Options

FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules

Semester 1
FR21020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR27020

Self-Writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR27820

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

Semester 1
GE26020

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE27220

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

Semester 2
IT21020

Rethinking late 20th Century Italy

Year 2  Options

SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 2
SP20620

The Spanish Avant-Garde

SP27020

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

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.

Semester 1
FR33400

French Language (Advanced)

GE33400

German Language (Advanced)

IT33400

Italian Language (Advanced)

SP33400

Spanish Language (Advanced)

Semester 2
FR33440

French Language (Advanced)

GE33440

German Language (Advanced)

IT33440

Italian Language (Advanced)

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

FRENCH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following FR or EL modules

Semester 1
FR31020

Gender in Modern and Contemporary French Culture

FR37020

Self-writing, 18th-21st Centuries

Semester 2
FR37820

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

Semester 1
GE36120

Die Wende: Representations of Division and Unification in German Film

Semester 2
GE37220

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:

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

ITALIAN you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following IT or EL modules

Semester 2
IT31020

Rethinking late 20th Century Italy

Final Year  Options

SPANISH you must choose an additional 20 credits of the following SP or EL modules

Semester 1
SP35120

Reading Late 19th Century Literature

Semester 2
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