SINGLE AND COMBINED HONOURS
UCAS codes: W400 BA/DRA
Typical offer: 280-320 points
International Baccalaureate: 26 points
For Combined Honours UCAS codes and entry requirements
Degree duration:
3 years full-time
6 years part-time
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.0 (including 6.0 in writing) or a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) or equivalent
Selection process:
Suitable Single Honours applicants are required to attend a workshop and group interview
There is an emphasis on text-based approaches to staging and devising theatre, alongside approaches to applied and community drama. Each approach is explored in relation to various theories including theatre histories, social and cultural perspectives, major movements and theatre practitioners.
Year 1 offers insights into the history of drama, the context in which dramatic production has taken place, how we make theatre, the political underpinning of texts and practices and the ways in which texts and performances are interpreted.
In Year 2, students undertake a Production Project or experience drama in applied and educational contexts. The theories and practices that have underpinned the development of drama are explored, alongside aspects of performance. Students ay also elect to take Open Project – which allows students to accredit activity outside of their main studies. This may take the form of a negotiated project or work placement.
In Year 3, there is the Final Year Project (dissertation), the Group Project (where students create small companies to make a major performance/applied/community project) and Performance Now (which explores contemporary and emerging theories and practices).
Facilities
The University is equipped with a stateof-the-art performance space called the Performance Gymnasium, dance studios and the new Performing Arts Studios building. There is also a TV studio, a Multimedia Centre, rehearsal studios and music practice rooms.
Year 1
• Histories and Contexts
• Making Theatre
• Politics of Performance
• Contemporary Theatre
Year 2
• Theatre and Identities
• Production Project
• Popular Performance
• Applied Drama
Year 3
• Enterprise
• Specialism (a range of modules based on staff research interests)
Graduates have gone on to start their own theatre companies or work as practitioners, perform in theatre, work in TIE (Theatre in Education), community drama and other applied contexts. Others work in arts development, teaching and the media. The programme also provides a firm foundation for postgraduate study or further training.