BA Media And Creative Writing
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: 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: accepted Access to Higher Education: 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 with Creative Writing and Film Studies. Core topics include research methods, communication and writing, design and creative practice, and ethics and professional practice. The programme includes a shared introductory module in creative arts alongside disciplines such as music, film and drama, and offers access to the Pontio arts and innovation centre. Students benefit from established links with BBC Wales, S4C and independent production companies.
Modules
- Language and Culture: A Toolkit
- Adventures in the Creative Arts
- Scriptwriting for TV
- Issues in Media, Journalism and Politics
- Creative Practice
- Visual Cultures
- Production Toolkit
- Cist Cynhyrchu
- Introduction to Prose: Fact and Fiction
- Introduction to Poetry
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Journalism and Risk Society
- Media, Politics and Society
- Privacy and the Media
- AI Ethics
- Factual Production
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Alternative Worlds: Sci Fi, Young Adult and Speculative Fiction
- Stanley Kubrick: Auteur
- Short Film Production
- Research and Methods
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Directing
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Radio and Podcasting
- Poetry and Short Fiction: Image, Voice and Narrative
- Creative Writing: The Novel
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Writing and Environments
- Creative Writing Dissertation Project
- Arts Project
- Writing the Fantastic
- Experimental Writing
- Creative Non-Fiction
- Short Sharp Shocks: Writing the Supernatural and the Strange
- Ystafell Awduron (Sgriptio Teledu)
- Writers' Room (Screenwriting)
- Advanced Film History: America
- Gender, Sexuality, Race, Class
- Digital Advertising
- Digital Journalism and Society
- Genre Filmmaking: Screams and Screens
- Theatre and Performance: Self
- Professional Practice