Study Schemes

BA  Theatre and Performance Design [064W]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2022/2023 (Last intake year is 2023/2024)

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Part 1 Rules

Year 1  Core (60 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
TP10020

Design in Context

TP19820

Theatre Technologies

Semester 2
TP19920

Theatre Technologies 2

Year 1  Options

Single Honours Theatre and Performance Design students may take ONE of the following modules.

Semester 2
TP11420

Site-Specific Performance Project

TP11720

Scenography Site Project

Year 1  Options

Single Honours Theatre and Performance Design students may take 20 credits from the following recommended modules or from from any Level 1 modules from other departments.

Semester 1
FM10120

Studying Film

FM11420

Making Short Films 1

TP11020

Theatre in Context 1

Year 1  Options

Single Honours Theatre and Performance Design students may take their remaining credits from these options:

Semester 2
FM11120

Movements in Film History

FM11520

Making Short Films 1

TP11320

Theatre in Context 2

Part 2 Rules

Year 2  Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
TP22320

Principles of Scenography

TP22520

Scenographic Composition

Semester 2
TP24740

Scenography Production Project

Year 2  Options

Single Honours Theatre and Performance Design students may take their remaining credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP21820

Directors' Theatre

TP22620

Design Project

TP23820

New Media Performance

Semester 2
FM20920

Creative Fiction: Horror

TP20820

Theatre and Contemporary Society

TP23220

Shakespeare in Performance

Final Year  Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1
TP31240

Advanced Studio Practice (scenography)

Semester 2
TP35940

Advanced Scenographic Project

Final Year  Options

Single Honours Theatre and Performance Design students may choose their remaining credits from the following modules:

Semester 1
TP30020

Contemporary Drama

TP32820

Place, Space and Landscape

TP36000

Independent Research Project

Semester 2
TP33420

Performance and Architecture

TP36040

Independent Research Project

TP39020

Musical Theatre Dramaturgies

Aberystwyth University Standard Awards

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