Modules for course P3W9 | BA/PWM
BA Professional Writing and Media
This is a provisional list of modules to be offered on this course in the 2021–22 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 years: 2019–20; 2020–21; 2022–23.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- UXS-1000: Issues in Media and Journalism (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-1001: Creative Writing: Prose (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXS-1001: Intro to Practical Journalism (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1001: Cyfl. i Newyddiaduraeth Ymarf. (20) (Semester 1) - UXB-1018: Ymarfer Creadigol (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-1038: Intro' to Media Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-1038: Cyf. i Ymarfer y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 2)
20 credits from:
- UXS-1018: Creative Practice (20) (Semester 1) or
UXB-1018: Ymarfer Creadigol (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1038: Intro' to Media Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-1038: Cyf. i Ymarfer y Cyfryngau (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-1062: Film Language (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1066: Visual Cultures (20) (Semester 2) or
UXB-1066: Diwylliant Gweledol (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- UXS-2099: Research and Methods (20) or
UXC-2099: Dulliau Ymchwil (20)
Optional Modules
60 credits from:
- QXP-2005: Transformative Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-2009: Creative Non-Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) or
QXE-2019: Modern & Contemporary Writing (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2401: Newyddiaduraeth Ymarferol: MCD (20) (Semester 1) - Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information
40 credits from:
- UXS-2046: Media, Politics & Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2057: Documentary Filmmaking (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-2057: Cynhyrchu'r Ffilm Ddogfen (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-2059: Understanding Documentary (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2046: Y Ffilm ddogfen:Theori (20) (Semester 1) - Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check the module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
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
20 to 40 credits from:
- UXS-3038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3401: Newyddiaduraeth Ymarferol: MCD (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-3800: Game Design 3 (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3801: Game Production (20) (Semester 2)
40 credits from:
- UXS-3038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3052: Advanced Radio Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-3052: Ymarfer Radio Pellach (20) (Semester 2) - some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information