Modules for course P3W8 | BA/FSCW
BA Film Studies and Creative Writing
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2020–21 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the years: 2019–20.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- QXP-1001: Creative Writing: Prose (20)
- QXP-1003: Creative Writing: Poetry (20)
- QXE-1013: Reading, Thinking, Writing (20)
- UXS-1062: Film Language (20) Core or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20) Core
Semester 2
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- QXP-2004: Creative Writing: The Novel (20)
- UXS-2099: Research and Methods (20) or
UXC-2099: Dulliau Ymchwil (20)
Semester 2
20 to credits from:
- UXS-2053: Film Industry Development (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2068: Practical Film Criticism (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules
20 credits from:
- QXP-2005: Transformative Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- LXG-2008: The German Film (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) or
QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) - 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-2222: Screenwriting:Theory&Practice (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2800: Game Design Level & Mechanics (20) (Semester 1)
- Some optional modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
20 credits from:
- UXS-3053: Film Industry Development (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3064: Practical Film Criticism (20) (Semester 1)
40 credits from:
- QXP-3099: Creative Writing Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- 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
0 to 40 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) - LXS-3041: Iberian Identities on Screen (20) (Semester 2)
- 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-3100: Digital Journalism & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3216: Politics of the Media (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3216: Gwleidyddiaeth y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 1)
20 to 60 credits from:
- QXP-3008: Cross-Cultural Writing (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-3012: Writing and Environments (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-3025: Fantastic Fictions (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-3093: Experimental Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3222: Screenwriting:Theory&Practice (20) (Semester 2)
- Some optional modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check modules pages for further information.