BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance
About this course
BA in Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance, a media and performance studies degree centred on creative scriptwriting for television, radio, film, and theatre alongside critical media analysis. Core topics include Research Methods. The course is taught by staff with professional writing experience in continuing television drama, radio, adaptations, and plays. The first year covers foundational critical and creative skills through Studying Film, Studying Television, Theatre in Context 1, Theatre in Context 2, and Writing Continuing TV Drama, with optional modules such as Making Short Films 1 and Movements in Film History. The second year moves into specialised forms with compulsory modules Writing Audio Drama and Writing for Film and Television, alongside options like Creative Documentary and Digital Culture. The final year focuses on advanced script creation through compulsory modules Playwriting, Scriptwriting 1, and Scriptwriting 2. Optional modules across the degree span topics such as Art Cinema, Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences, Videogame Theories, and Gender and the Media, with students also able to undertake an Independent Research Project.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26
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What students say
Based on about 45 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 88%
- Learning opportunities: 86%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 93%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 85%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 5%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 15%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 20%
- Administrative occupations: 10%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 5%
- West Midlands: 20%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 10%
- South East: 5%
- Wales: 55%
Who gets in
Based on about 40 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Modules
- Studying Film
- Studying Television
- Theatre in Context 1
- Theatre in Context 2
- Writing Continuing TV Drama
- Making Short Films 1
- Movements in Film History
- Site-Specific Performance Project
- Writing Audio Drama
- Writing for Film and Television
- Art Cinema
- Creative Documentary
- Creative Fiction: Horror
- Digital Culture
- Directors' Theatre
- Film Stardom and Celebrity
- LGBT Film & Television
- Shakespeare in Performance
- The Story of Television
- Theatre and Contemporary Society
- Work in the Film & Television Industries
- Youth Cultures
- Playwriting
- Scriptwriting 1
- Scriptwriting 2
- Contemporary Drama
- Contemporary TV
- Cult Cinema: Texts, Histories and Audiences
- Experimental Cinema
- Gender and the Media
- Independent Research Project
- Music Theatre Dramaturgies
- Performance and Architecture
- Performance and Disability
- Videogame Theories
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £18,500 after 3 years, £24,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,000 and £29,500. The £24,000 median after five years is £2,000 less than the UK median for Media studies.
What do graduates of BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance at Aberystwyth University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance at Aberystwyth University?
88% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 106 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Writing for Broadcasting, Media and Performance at Aberystwyth University?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.