📖Program Curriculum
Your early studies will introduce you to Media and Communication and English literature, before you choose your own pathway with modules to suit your own interests.
BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Introduction to Media Communication September-January 20 MS-100
Optional Modules
Media Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select 2 x20 credit modules. Note: Students can select either MS-103 or MSW108, but not both. Student must not select more than three modules in total per semester.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Introduction to Film Studies September-January 20 MS-103
Delivering and Decoding the News September-January 20 MS-114
Cysylltiadau Cyhoeddus: Cyfathrebu Strategol September-January 20 MSW106
Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Ffilm September-January 20 MSW108
Introduction to Media History January-June 20 MS-120
Public Relations: Strategic Communications January-June 20 MSP100R
Sgiliau Cyfryngau Allweddol January-June 20 MSW123
AND
Compulsory Selective - English Literature
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Students must select at least two modules and may select three modules and not select from the optional box below. In total, students must not exceed THREE modules (60 credits) in any one teaching block
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Monsters, Theories, Transformations September-January 20 EN-100
English Essentials September-January 20 EN-120
The Stage Play World January-June 20 EN-119
AND
Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one module if required to make up 60 credits (three modules) of English Literature. Students must not exceed three modules in any one teaching block
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The sound system of English September-January 20 ALE121
Approaches to Gender in English Literature September-January 20 EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres September-January 20 EN-117
Introduction to American Literature and Culture January-June 20 AM-113
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe. January-June 20 EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction January-June 20 EN-118
Cinema in a World Context January-June 20 ML-106
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Theorising the Media September-January 20 MS-200
Optional Modules
Optional Modules - Media
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select two modules to make up 60 credits in Media. Students must select 60 credits (three modules) per joint honors subject and three modules in each semester.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Studying Digital Media September-January 20 MS-219
Introduction to Film Production September-January 20 MS-228
Professional Development: Preparing for Work September-January 20 MS-229
Misinformation, Fake News and Fact-Checking September-January 20 MS-241
PR Theory in Action. September-January 20 MSP200
Approaches to Film Analysis September-January 20 MSS217
Sgiliau Cyfryngau Ymarferol September-January 20 MSW200
Datblygiad Proffesiynol: Paratoi ar gyfer Gwaith September-January 20 MSW229
Stori America Ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1607–1867 January-June 20 HIH283W
Creative Media Practice January-June 20 MS-221
Social Media Cultures January-June 20 MS-232
Investigating Text, Process and Audiences January-June 20 MS-233
Media Law January-June 20 MS-235
Pop Culture and Alternative News Genres January-June 20 MS-237
The History of Screen Animation January-June 20 MSS202
Testunau Trawsgyfryngol January-June 20 MSW204
Cyfathrebu Digidol January-June 20 MSW207
AND
Compulsory Selective - English Literature
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Choose a minimum of two modules. Students may select three modules and not make a selection from the optional below. Students must not exceed three modules in any one teaching block and must select three modules in each joint honours subject.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature September-January 20 EN-206
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern September-January 20 EN-237
Medieval Encounters September-January 20 EN-266
Revolution of the Word: Modernism January-June 20 EN-207
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain January-June 20 EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare January-June 20 EN-242
AND
Optional Modules - English Literature
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select one module if required to fulfill 60 credits of English Literature. Students must not exceed three modules in any one semester and must select three modules per joint honours subject. To select ALE218 or ALE250 students must have passed ALE121 in year 1
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Language Teaching in Context September-January 20 ALE200
History of the English Language September-January 20 ALE229
Child Language and Literacy September-January 20 ALE250 ALE121 must have been completed in Year 1
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives September-January 20 AM-204
The Roman Comic Novel: Excrement and Sacrament September-January 20 CLC204
Introduction to Writing Poetry September-January 20 EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction September-January 20 EN-234
Discourse Analysis January-June 20 ALE218 ALE121 must have been completed in year 1
World Englishes January-June 20 ALE231
American Word/American Image January-June 20 AM-215
Introduction to Writing Drama January-June 20 EN-236
Writing a Short Film January-June 20 EN-270
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:
Compulsory Modules
None found.
Optional Modules
Media Module Options
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select 3 x 20 credit modules across teaching block 1 and teaching block 2. These should balance with your other modules. If you choose MS-311 (Dissertation) you MUST also choose MS-310 Dissertation Preparation. You can only choose a dissertation in ONE of your joint honours subjects.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Stori yr Unol Daleithiau ar Ffilm a Theledu, 1865–2008 September-January 20 HIH3378W
Media and Identities: Gender and Race September-January 20 MS-302
Dissertation Preparation September-January 20 MS-310
Documentary Filmmaking and Broadcasting September-January 20 MS-323
Drama and Documentary on Screen September-January 20 MS-332
Reporting the 21st Century September-January 20 MS-336
Sports Public Relations September-January 20 MS-344
Game Over – Press Start to Continue: Critical Game Studies. September-January 20 MS-346
Strategy, Marketing and Branding September-January 20 MSP300R
Cyfathrebu Corfforaethol September-January 20 MSW308
Cynllunio Cynhyrchiad Aml-blatfform September-January 20 MSW312
Paratoi ar gyfer y Traethawd Hir September-January 20 MSW313
Digital Futures January-June 20 MS-306
Practical Web Technologies January-June 20 MS-307
Doing Digital Journalism January-June 20 MS-309
Dissertation January-June 20 MS-311
Science Fiction and Media January-June 20 MS-345
Contemporary Film and Television January-June 20 MSS311
Interniaeth y Cyfryngau a Chyfathrebu January-June 20 MSSW312
Testunau Trawsgyfryngol January-June 20 MSW301
Creu Cynhyrchiad Aml-Blatfform January-June 20 MSW309
Traethawd hir January-June 20 MSW311
AND
Optional Modules - English Literature
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : Select a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 60 credits if you do not wish to select a Creative Writing module from the box below. ** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2. To select ALE308 students must have completed ALE200 in Year 2. To select ALE316 students must have completed ALE218 in Year 2.
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Issues in current ELT September-January 20 ALE308 ALE200 must have been completed in Year 2
Language in the Media September-January 20 ALE316 ALE218 must have been completed in Year 2
Language Policy and Planning September-January 20 ALE322
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance September-January 20 AM-333
Dissertation - English Literature September-June 40 EN-3031
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales September-January 20 EN-3040
Poetry in the Twentieth Century September-January 20 EN-3043
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire September-January 20 EN-3050
Graphic Novel September-January 20 EN-3055
Beyond Shakespeare September-January 20 EN-3058
Reading/Writing Trauma September-January 20 EN-394
Contemporary American Fiction January-June 20 AM-316
Roman Satire: Ranting and Bantering January-June 20 CLC316
Crime Fiction since 1920 January-June 20 EN-3045
Professional Development: Preparing for Work January-June 20 EN-3048
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes January-June 20 EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module January-June 20 EN-3053
Haunted Spaces/Haunting Texts: ghost stories and contemporary women's writing January-June 20 EN-3059
Philosophy and Literature January-June 20 EN-3060
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Optional Modules (Creative Writing)
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:
NOTE : You may take a maximum of 20 credits (one module) to make up 60 credits on English Literature. Students must not select more than 60 credits per semester
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Further Fiction Writing September-January 20 EN-3014
Writing for Radio and Screen September-January 20 EN-306
Further Creative Non Fiction January-June 20 EN-309
Further Poetry Writing January-June 20 EN-319
