Performance and Media - BA (Hons) at University of South Wales

Programme overview

A degree covering film, TV, theatre and online media, developing skills as a content creator and producer for live performance and recorded media. Students build a portfolio and showreel through practical projects, festivals and industry placements in Cardiff.

Duration: 3 years full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One: Thinking Through Practice, Acting and Direction, Analysing Studio Production, Professional Practice: Toolkit. Year Two: New Media Performance, Performance Analysis and Critical Theory, Create: Specialist Studies 1, Professional Practice: Collaborate. Year Three: Research Project, Graduate Project, Create: Specialist Studies 2, Professional Practice and Employability. Some modules can be studied 100% in Welsh. Assessed by performances, media content, essays, blogs, pitches and presentations rather than exams.

Career pathways

Graduates work as researchers, producers, videographers, writers, performers, film actors and artistic directors, or go into teaching and youth theatre, with employers including TV studios and theatres.

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Application information

Entry requirements

UCAS points 96 or above. A-level CCC including a relevant art and design subject; Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate with grade C in the Skills Challenge Certificate plus CC at A-level; BTEC Extended Diploma MMM in a relevant subject; Access to HE Diploma with at least 96 UCAS points; T Level Pass (C and above). Minimum 5 GCSEs including Mathematics/Numeracy and English at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent), with individual circumstances considered. Applicants not meeting the criteria may be asked for a portfolio.

International applicants: GBP 17,600 a year (2027/28). International full-time fee per year Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

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