BA Media and English Literature
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: English Literature/English Language/English preferred but not required; General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: including grade H5 in English Literature/Language Access: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Film Studies. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Historical Research, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. First-year modules include collaborative group projects involving fieldwork and peer presentation. Industry links include BBC Wales, S4C, and BAFTA Cymru.
Modules
- Language and Culture: A Toolkit
- Adventures in the Creative Arts
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
- Issues in Media, Journalism and Politics
- Visual Cultures
- Cist Cynhyrchu
- Production Toolkit
- Creative Practice
- Scriptwriting for TV
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Heroes and Villains: Introduction to Medieval Literature
- Comedy
- Gothic
- Children's Fictions
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Media, Politics and Society
- Privacy and the Media
- AI Ethics
- Factual Production
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature
- Realms of Magic: Medieval Romance and Its Afterlives
- Sex, Sin, and Death: Medieval Women’s Writing
- Alternative Worlds: Sci Fi, Young Adult and Speculative Fiction
- Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature
- Nineteenth-Century Networks: Writing Global Connections
- Stanley Kubrick: Auteur
- Short Film Production
- Research and Methods
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Directing
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Radio and Podcasting
- Final Year Project: English Literature
- Creative Writing Dissertation Project
- Arts Project
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Sex, Sin, and Death: Medieval Women’s Writing
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature
- Advanced Film History: America
- Gender, Sexuality, Race, Class
- Digital Advertising
- Digital Journalism and Society
- Genre Filmmaking: Screams and Screens
- Professional Practice
- Ystafell Awduron (Sgriptio Teledu)
- Writers' Room (Screenwriting)
- Theatre and Performance: Self