BA English Literature and Media (3 year)

Master

In Singleton Park

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  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Singleton park (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

The BA English Literature and Media will not only analyse a range of literary texts from various contexts but offer broad vocational and theoretical study.

The Department of English Language and Literature is ranked 7th in the UK within the recent Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF 2014), gaining a score of 100% for the social impact of its research activities.

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Singleton Park (Swansea)
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University Of Wales Swansea, SA2 8PP

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Subjects

  • English Language
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Radio
  • Writing
  • Media

Course programme

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameMS-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Media Communication

Optional Modules

Media Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 2 of the following modules. You must ensure you select a balance of 60 credits per teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLC103Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Ancient Philosophy and RhetoricHUP101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Ethics, Justice, and SocietyML-102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern European Film: Themes and PerspectivesMS-103Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Film StudiesMS-120Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Media HistoryMSP100RSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Public Relations: Strategic CommunicationsMSS106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Hollywood: A History of American FilmPO-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Politics and the People

AND

Compulsory Selective - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : SELECT 40 OR 60 CREDITS (TWO OR THREE MODULES)

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play WorldEN-120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20English Essentials

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Optional Module Choices - English Literature

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may select a maximum 1 x 20cr module, if required to meet the 60 credits required for English Literature

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying the English LanguageAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureEN-112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Approaches to Gender in English LiteratureEN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.EN-117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Writing: Fiction GenresEN-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing: Styles of FictionHIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introductionML-102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern European Film: Themes and PerspectivesMLE100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Modern European Fiction: Texts and Contexts

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameMS-200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising the Media

Optional Modules

Optional Module Choices Media Studies

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Instructions: Select 2 x 20 credit modules. These can be from either teaching block 1 or teaching block 2 (depending on your other module selections). A total of 60 credits must be selected in each teaching block.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE218Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discourse AnalysisAM-213Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Topics in American Studies II:EN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipHUP201Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fundamental Issues in Moral and Political PhilosophyML-227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20War and Conflict in European Film (Modern Languages route)MS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMS-221Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Media PracticeMS-228Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Video ProductionMS-229Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkMS-231Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to JournalismMS-232Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Social Media CulturesMS-235Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Media LawMSP201RSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Digital Public Relations PracticeMSS202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The History of Screen AnimationMSS217Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Approaches to Film Analysis

AND

Compulsory Selective - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Choose a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 60 credits from the below.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Debating Texts: Theory in LiteratureEN-207Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolution of the Word: ModernismEN-226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Conflict and the Gothic in the long nineteenth centuryEN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernEN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarEN-241Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of BritainEN-242Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contentious ShakespeareEN-266Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Medieval Encounters

AND

Optional Module Choices - English Literature

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 1 module if required to fulfill 60 credits of English Literature

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE200Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Teaching English as a Foreign Language: Theory and PracticeALE218Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discourse AnalysisALE224Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Vocabulary StudiesALE250Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20First Language AcquisitionAM-204Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Race and Ethnicity: American PerspectivesAM-215Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20American Word/American ImageAM-250Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ghettos, Streets, Suburbs: Cultural Representations of the American City, 1890 - presentEN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-232Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing PoetryEN-234Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Writing FictionEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaEN-260Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying DialectHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & EntrepreneurshipMS-219Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying Digital MediaMSS202Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The History of Screen Animation

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules

None found.

Optional Modules

Media Modules

Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 3 x 20 credit modules across teaching blocks 1 and 2. These should balance with other module choices. If you choose MS-311 (Dissertation) you MUST also choose MS-310 Dissertation Preparation. You can only choose a disseration in ONE of your joint honours subjects. You may NOT choose MS-323 Video Production and MS-327 Radio Production (you may only choose one of these options).

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceALE316Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Language in the MediaEN-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing for Radio and ScreenEN-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Creative Non FictionHUA308Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Real War, Imagined War: War in Literature, Art, Cinema and MusicHUP301Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Religion, Science, and SuperstitionHUP304Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Philosophy and the Social SciencesML-322Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20From Page to Screen: Adapting the European ClassicsMLF305Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intersectional Identities in Contemporary French CinemaMS-302Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Media, Gender and SexualityMS-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Digital FuturesMS-307Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Practical Web TechnologiesMS-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Online JournalismMS-310Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Dissertation PreparationMS-311Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20DissertationMS-323Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Video ProductionMS-327Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Radio ProductionMS-332Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Drama and Documentary on ScreenMS-336Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Mediating the 21st CenturyMSP300RSemester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Strategy, Marketing and BrandingMSS302Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Signing the Screen: Film and Television AuthorshipMSS312Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Media & Communication Internship

AND

Optional Module Choices - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : you must take a minimum of 40 credits and you may take a maximum of 60 credits

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-316Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Contemporary American FictionAM-333Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem RenaissanceEN-3011Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-3027Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20William Blake: Poetry and DesignsEN-3029Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Postmodernist and Post-war FictionEN-3031Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Dissertation - English LiteratureEN-3037Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Exodus: Moses and Minority LiteratureEN-3040Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Gothic / Gothic WalesEN-3042Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Postcolonial LiteratureEN-3043Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyEN-3046Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Stuff: Victorian Literature and Material CultureEN-3047Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Other Tongues: Multilingualism in English Language LiteratureEN-3048Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkEN-3050Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Written in Blood: Reading the VampireEN-3051Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to GenomesEN-3052Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sex and Death: Jacobean Drama EN-314Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20ChaucerEN-374Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising Texts: Shakespeare, Bronte, JamesEN-376Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prehistory, History and LanguageEN-394Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading/Writing TraumaEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle Ages

AND

Optional Module Choices - Creative Writing

Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : You may take a maximum of 20 credits. Students must have a completed Creative Writing module if they wish to take EN-3026. Students maky not take both EN-3031 and EN-3026

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-3014Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Fiction WritingEN-3026Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing Personal ProjectEN-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing for Radio and ScreenEN-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Creative Non FictionEN-319Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Poetry Writing

BA English Literature and Media (3 year)

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