Modules for course 3HPQ | BA/MEN
BA Media Studies and English Literature
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Year 1 Modules
English Literature
The student must take 60 credits
from the modules in English Literature.
QXE-1013
Reading, Thinking, Writing
(20)
(Semester 1)
Optional The student must take between 20 and 40 credits from the modules in Optional. The student may not take more than 2 of the modules in Optional.
QXE-1014
The Gothic in Literature/Film
(20)
(Semester 1)
QXE-1016
Children's Fiction
(20)
(Semester 2)
QXE-1003
Intro. to Medieval Literature
(20)
(Semester 2)
QXE-1004
The Literature of Laughter
(20)
(Semester 2)
Other options Students must take at least 20 credits from the main list of English literature options but can choose up to 20 credits from these 'other options' if they wish. The student must take a maximum of 20 credits from the modules in Other options.
LXE-1700
Creating National Histories
(20)
(Semester 1)
LXE-1600
Transnational Cultures
(20)
(Semester 2)
Media Studies The student must take 3 modules from
Media Studies.
UXS-1000
Issues in Media and Journalism
(20)
(Semester 2)
Visual Culture The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Visual Culture.
Introduction to Studying Mass Culture. The student must take 20 credits from the modules in Introduction to Studying Mass Culture.. The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Introduction to Studying Mass Culture..
UXS-1021
Intro to Studying Mass Culture
(20)
(Semester 1)
Introduction to Media Practice The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Introduction to Media Practice.
UXC-1038
Cyf. i Ymarfer y Cyfryngau
Cymraeg
(20)
(Semester 2)
UXS-1038
Intro' to Media Practice
(20)
(Semester 2)
Film Language The student may not take more than 1 of the modules in Film Language.
Creative Practice The student must take a maximum of 1 credits from the modules in Creative Practice.
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- UXS-2099: Research and Methods (20) or
UXC-2099: Dulliau Ymchwil (20)
60 credits from:
- QXE-2003: Jonson to Johnson (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-2005: Victorian Literature (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2) or
QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 2) - QXE-2020: The Romantic Period in Britain (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2101: Beowulf to Malory (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- UXS-2033: Practical Digital Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2033: Newyddiaduraeth Ddigidol Ymarf (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2046: Media, Politics & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2063: Digital Advertising (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2068: Practical Film Criticism (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2075: Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-2075: Cynhyrchu'r Ffilm Fer (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-2402: Media History (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2402: Hanes y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 1) - Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check the module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
60 credits from:
- QXE-3022: Shakespeare and EM Literature (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3031: Modern Welsh Writing in Englis (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3099: The English Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- QXE-3107: EM Lit: Sex, Sects and Scandal (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-3109: Victorian Networks (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-3110: Neo-Victorian Fiction (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-3113: The Monstrous Middle Ages (20) (Semester 2)
- Students may not take a dissertation in both English Literature and the other discipline of the Joint Honours program
Optional Modules
20 to 60 credits from:
- UXS-3019: America on Film (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3033: Practical Digital Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3033: Newyddiaduraeth Ddigidol Ymarf (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-3052: Advanced Radio Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-3052: Ymarfer Radio Pellach (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-3063: Digital Advertising (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3074: Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-3074: Cynhyrchu'r ffilm fer (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-3402: Media History (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3402: Hanes y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 1) - Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check the module page for further information.
0 to 40 credits from:
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)