Modules for course W839 | BA/PWGD
BA Professional Writing with Game Design
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2020–21; 2021–22; 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- UXS-1800: Game Studies (20) Core
Semester 2
- UXS-1801: Game Design 1 (20) Core
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
- UXS-1000: Issues in Media and Journalism (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-1001: Intro to Practical Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1001: Cyfl. i Newyddiaduraeth Ymarf. (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1017: Writing Across Media (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-1024: Introduction to Screenwriting (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-1038: Intro' to Media Practice (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1038: Cyf. i Ymarfer y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1055: Digital Communication (20) (Semester 1) or
UXB-1055: Cyfathrebu Digidol (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1062: Film Language (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-1063: Film History (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-1065: Film Criticism (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-1066: American Television Drama (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-1126: Animation Principles & Practic (20) (Semester 1)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
80 credits from:
- UXS-2025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2038: Journalism and Risk (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2048: Transmedia Storytelling (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2052: Radio: Theory and Practice (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2052: Radio Theori ac Ymarfer (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2058: Writing for Film & Television (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2059: Understanding Documentary (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2046: Y Ffilm ddogfen:Theori (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2076: Global News Agenda (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2126: Animation & motion graphics (20) (Semester 1)
- Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
80 credits from:
- UXS-3800: Game Design 3 (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3801: Game Production (20) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- UXS-3038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3049: Advanced Screenwriting (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3076: Global News Agenda (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3401: Newyddiaduraeth Ymarferol: MCD (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-3412: Playable Fiction (20) (Semester 2)