Modules for course P30F | BA/MSF
BA Media Studies [with Foundation Year]
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2022–23 academic year.
The list may not be complete, and the final course content may be different.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2021–22.
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Year 0 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- KAH-0001: Essential Skills for Arts& Hum (20)
- KAH-0002: Arts, Humanities & the future (20)
- KAH-0003: Intro to Research & Inquiry (20)
Semester 2
20 to 40 credits from:
- QXL-0001: Intro to English Lit & Lang (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-0001: Digital Communication (20) (Semester 2) Core
Optional Modules
0 to 20 credits from:
- CXC-0001: Ysgrifennu Hyderus (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HPS-0001: Debating the disciplines (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-0002: Transnational Cultures (10) (Semester 2)
- WXM-0002: Language of Music (20) (Semester 2)
- LXN-1001: Beginners' German (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1012: Beginners' Spanish (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1021: Beginners' French (10) (Semester 1)
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- UXS-1018: Creative Practice (20)
- UXS-1021: Intro to Studying Mass Culture (20)
- UXS-1062: Film Language (20)
Semester 2
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- UXS-2046: Media, Politics & Society (20)
- UXS-2063: Digital Advertising (20)
- UXS-2402: Media History (20)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- SXU-2002: Analys. Social & Political Deb (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-2004: Crime & the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-2008: Digital Policing and E-Crime (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2021: America on Film (20) (Semester 1)
- QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2)
- LXS-2033: The Cinema of Spain (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2052: Radio: Theory and Practice (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2053: Film Industry Development (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2064: Film Theory (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2068: Practical Film Criticism (20) (Semester 1)
- XAC-2073: Blasu Byd Athro Ysgol Cymru (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2075: Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2100: Digital Journalism & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2121: Theatre and Performance: Self (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2123: Professional Practice (20) (Semester 1)
- SXL-2130: Media Law (20) (Semester 2)
- SXL-2136: Intellectual Property Law (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXS-2412: Playable Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- ASB-2517: Marketing Communication (20) (Semester 1)
- Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
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)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- QXP-3025: Fantastic Fictions (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3033: Practical Digital Journalism (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3036: E-Publishing (20) (Semester 2)
- LXS-3041: Iberian Identities on Screen (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3052: Advanced Radio Practice (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3053: Film Industry Development (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3063: Digital Advertising 20 credits (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3074: Short Film Production (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-3093: Experimental Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3100: Digital Journalism & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)