Modules for course W620 | BA/FLM
BA Film Studies
These were the modules for this course in the 2019–20 academic year.
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Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
- UXS-1062: Film Language (20) or
UXC-1062: Iaith y Ffilm (20) - UXS-1066: American Television Drama (20)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- 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) - UXB-1120: Dyfeisio Theatr (20) (Semester 2) or
UXS-1120: Theatre Making (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-1126: Animation Principles & Practic (20) (Semester 1)
- UXB-1403: Perf. ar gyfer y Llwyfan & Sg. (20) (Semester 1) or
UXS-1403: Performing for Stage & Screen (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-1800: Game Studies (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-1801: Game Design 1 (20) (Semester 2)
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 2
60 credits from:
- LXG-2008: The German Film (20) (Semester 2)
- QXE-2024: Alfred Hitchcock (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- LXS-2033: The Cinema of Spain (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2050: Race & Gender (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)
- LXF-2104: French Cinema 1895-1950 (20) (Semester 1)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- UXS-2048: Transmedia Storytelling (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2052: Radio: Theory and Practice (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-2052: Radio Theori ac Ymarfer (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-2057: Documentary Filmmaking (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-2057: Cynhyrchu'r Ffilm Ddogfen (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-2058: Writing for Film & Television (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2099: Research and Methods (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2800: Game Design Level & Mechanics (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2801: Game Development (20) (Semester 2)
- Some optional modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
40 credits from:
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
20 to 80 credits from:
- LXI-3011: Adaptations in European Cinema (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- LXS-3041: Iberian Identities on Screen (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 1)
- LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)
Optional Modules
0 to 60 credits from:
- UXS-3016: The Politics of Media (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3049: Advanced Screenwriting (20) (Semester 1)
- UXC-3052: Ymarfer Radio Pellach (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3052: Advanced Radio Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-3052: Ymarfer Radio Pellach (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-3055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3074: Short film production (20) (Semester 2) or
UXC-3074: Cynhyrchu'r ffilm fer (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-3076: Global News Agenda (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3400: Contemporary Theatre Practice (20) (Semester 2) or
UXB-3400: Ymarfer Theatr Cyfoes (20) (Semester 2) - UXS-3401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1) or
UXC-3401: Newyddiaduraeth Ymarferol: MCD (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-3408: Site-Specific Performance (20) (Semester 1) or
UXB-3408: Perfformio Safle Benodol (20) (Semester 1) - UXS-3412: Playable Fiction (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3800: Game Design 3 (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3801: Game Production (20) (Semester 2)
- Some optional modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information.