Media, Performance and Digital Communication (BA Hons)
Our BA Media, Performance and Digital Communication programme offers a unique opportunity to study practically and develop your creative skills using digital media, communication and performing arts through the medium of Welsh.
This is a unique degree in West Wales which will provide relevant industry experiences with the input of practitioners in the sector.
You will follow modules that have successfully trained a large network of actor and producer alumni at UWTSD that have now been updated to include new innovative assessments such as podcast creation and applied acting skills in response to challenges and opportunities faced by industry professionals today.
The course combines contemporary production skills, content creation and knowledge of acting and performance techniques, with communication studies that will extend your opportunities to test and develop interdisciplinary skills.
Through creative challenge, the degree will prepare you so that you are ready for a rich and varied career in Wales’ Creative Industries. You will learn to use a wide range of skills from web-based writing and publishing to improvised performance, from digital content design and production to mainhouse theatre productions, and from digital story-telling to voice recording and sound production.
The programme has been specifically developed with input from graduates, professionals and peers across the creative industries from the outset. This means that our students will gain sector-focussed skills and knowledge, and connect with professionals throughout the degree, helping them become employment ready by graduation.
With professional placement experiences built into your degree you can hit the ground running in the fast-paced worlds of professional media, theatre and communication.
In developing our Welsh medium offer in Media, Performance and Digital Communications on the Carmarthen campus, we are working with a number of industry-related tenants based at Canolfan S4C Yr Egin, such as Telesgop, Carlam, Captain Jac, Theatr Cymru and the National Eisteddfod. In addition, we can draw on the wealth of media companies located throughout West Wales.
Course details
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This programme is subject to validation.
Why choose this course?
What you will learn
You will build a range of skills in creative production, live performance, and communication across traditional and digital formats, while also developing your existing strengths.
Each module will encourage you to create work that showcases your creative ideas and talents—whether through scripting, performing, producing, content creation, audio and visual recording and editing, or by compiling a portfolio of multidisciplinary work.
We’re still finalising the modules for this new course, so check back soon for full details.
Course Disclaimer
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The modules outlined above provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this course based on recent academic teaching. We continuously review our courses to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Where your course includes optional modules, these are to provide an element of choice within the course. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed.
You’ll typically complete 120 credits per year of study on a full-time course. For more information visit our Student Agreement.
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Staff
Our People
You will be taught and supported by a wide range of professional staff and teams here to help you get the university experience you are looking for. Our teaching staff were ranked 2nd in Wales for Teaching, Assessment and Feedback and Academic Support (NSS 2024) meaning that the support and feedback you get will help you learn and develop strong academic skills. Our students have placed us 1st in Wales for Learning Opportunities and Student Voice (NSS 2024) meaning that there are a wide range of opportunities available to enhance your studies and that students play an active role in shaping their learning experiences. Our commitment to your learning has seen our students place us as 1st in Wales and joint 3rd in the UK for student satisfaction (Times Higher Education, 2024, ‘Overall Positivity’ measure). Find out more about our academic staff who teach across our courses.
Facilities
Our book
Performance, Design & Media: Practical, Industry - Focused Training.
Further information
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88-110 UCAS Tariff Points
The UCAS tariff score is applicable to you if you have recently studied a qualification that has a UCAS tariff equivalence. UCAS provides a tariff calculator for you to work out what your qualification is worth within the UCAS tariff.
Admissions Advice and Support
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, such as your background, experiences and individual circumstances. This is known as ‘Contextual Admissions’. For specific advice and support you can contact our enquiries team for more information about entry requirements.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.0, with not less than 5.5 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
Visit the International Applications section of our website to find out more about our English Language Requirements and pre-sessional English Language Courses.
Visa and funding requirements
If you are not from the UK and you do not already have residency here, you may need to apply for a visa.
For courses of more than six months’ duration you will require a Student visa.
International students who require a Student visa should apply for our full-time courses as these qualify for Student visa sponsorship.
For full information read our visa application and guides.
Please note students receiving US Federal Aid are only able to apply for in-person, on-campus programmes which will have no elements of online study.
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This course is available only through the medium of Welsh
UWTSD prides itself on being a bilingual University and some modules in this course are available to study through the medium of Welsh either fully or partially. In all cases students will be able to submit written assessments through the medium of Welsh.
If you choose to study your course through the medium of Welsh, you may be eligible to apply for scholarships and bursaries to support you with your studies.
The availability of Welsh medium modules is reviewed regularly and may vary each year depending on staffing, research interests, timetabling, student demand, and minimum enrolment numbers, so specific modules cannot always be guaranteed, get in touch to discuss more.
Welsh Opportunities
As a leading Welsh university, we are proud to offer dedicated support services and halls of residence for Welsh-speaking students, encouraging the sense of community and the feeling of a home away from home, including joining clubs and societies for Welsh speakers and becoming a member of our vibrant Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol branch.
Opportunities to Learn Welsh
We also provide a variety of opportunities to learn and develop your Welsh language skills.
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Live performances, video and audio media products, original projects, professional portfolio, academic and creative reflection.
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You may be eligible for funding to help support your study. To find out about scholarships, bursaries and other funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Bursaries and Scholarships section.
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- All aspects of the media, digital media and marketing companies, public relations, content creators and copywriters, producers, event organisers, and web content managers.
- Careers in the independent and mainstream broadcasting and production industries, in performance staging, and in arts promotion and management.
- Acting with established companies, and creating and producing new work through research and development processes.
- Further study, such as postgraduate programmes, teacher training, and youth work.