Study Schemes

BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance [P302]

Academic Year: 2025/2026Single Honours scheme - available from 2017/2018

Duration (studying Full-Time): 3 years

Award Eligibility:Standard Awards;

Part 1 Rules

Year 1 Core (100 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

Studying Film

Writing Continuing TV Drama

Theatre in Context 1

Semester 2

Studying Television

Theatre in Context 2

Year 1 Options

Students may take up to 20 credits from options outside the degree scheme including the following modules. Students wishing to facilitate an alternative pathway at the end of Part One must take FM10520 Introduction to Media Production in order to be considered for transfer to W620 BA Film and Television Studies or TP11420 Site-Specific Performance Project in order to be considered for transfer to W400 BA Drama and Theatre Studies.

Semester 2

Movements in Film History

Making Short Films 1

Site-Specific Performance Project

Part 2 Rules

Year 2 Core (40 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

Writing for Film and Television

Semester 2

Writing Audio Drama

Year 2 Options

Student may choose 80 credits from the following

Semester 1

LGBT Film & Television

The Story of Television

Creative Documentary

Directors' Theatre

New Media Performance

Semester 2

Creative Fiction: Horror

Film Stardom and Celebrity

Art Cinema

Digital Culture

Theatre and Contemporary Society

Shakespeare in Performance

Final Year Core (80 Credits)

Compulsory module(s).

Semester 1

Scriptwriting 1

Playwriting

Semester 2

Scriptwriting 2

Playwriting

Final Year Options

Single Honours Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance students may take up to 40 credits from the following modules:

Semester 1

Experimental Cinema

Independent Research Project

Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences

Gender and the Media

Videogame Theories

Contemporary Drama

Performance and Disability

Semester 2

Contemporary Film and the Break-Up of Britain

Contemporary TV

Independent Research Project

Performance and Architecture

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