BA
Media and Communication Studies
[P300]
Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2002/2003
Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years
Part 1 Rules
Year 1
Core (60 Credits)
Compulsory module(s).
Year 1
Options
Students may choose options from the following Film & TV modules, or from other departments:
Part 2 Rules
Year 2
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students must take at least 40 credits and may take up to 80 credits from the following Critical Theory modules:
Year 2
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students may take up to 40 credits from the following creative practice modules:
Year 2
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students may also take up to 40 credits of Film and Television Studies modules:
Semester 1
FM23820Work in the Film & Television Industries
Final Year
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students must take at least 40 credits and may take up to 120 credits from the following Critical Theory modules (NB the Independent Research Project is worth 40 credits: 20 in each semester):
Semester 1
FM36000Independent Research Project
Semester 2
FM36040Independent Research Project
Final Year
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students may take up to 80 credits from the following Creative Practice modules:
Semester 1
FM33500Experimental Media Production
Semester 2
FM33540Experimental Media Production
Final Year
Options
Single Honours Media and Communication Studies Students may take up to 40 credits of these Film and TV options:
Semester 1
FM31020Screening the Brave New World: television in 20th-century Britain
FM38220Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences
Semester 2
FM30020Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain
Aberystwyth University Standard Awards
- Entrance Scholarship / Merit Award
- Sports Bursary
- Music Bursary
- International Excellence Scholarship
- Residential Bursary
- Aberystwyth Bursary
- Care Leaver Bursary
