Entry requirements: Normally a first or second-class Honours degree in a related subject or professional
experience in the area of study
Full-time: 1 year
Part-time: 2 years
Programme Leader: Greg Naughton
Telephone +44 (0) 1962 827096
Email: Greg.Naughton@winchester.ac.uk
If English is not your first language: IELTS 6.5 (including 6.5 in academic writing) or a TOEFL score of 575 (paper-based) or 232 (computer-based) or equivalent
Start dates: September
Application process: UKPASS (full-time applicants only) or Direct Entry Application Form (part-time applicants only)
Study provides students with an advanced practical and theoretical forum where social and cultural change are debated and practised. They participate in a dialogue about how the arts processes of theatre and media can support the aspirations and dreams of specific local communities. The aim is to promote understanding of the part that creative processes can play, not only in improving the quality and clarity of development communications but also in enabling communities to address barriers to their self-development.
The Major Project is a 12 to 14-week group project and it may take place anywhere in the world. In some cases, students activate connections from their own previous experiences to set up their projects.
• Integrated Workshop in Theatre and Media as Development
• Issues in Globalisation
• Major Project
An intensive taught set of modules is delivered through workshops and seminars. Students are taught by academics who are experienced in the field and specialist guest expertise from academic and development organisations.
The taught modules involve essay writing and giving presentations. The Major Project is followed by an examined presentation in Winchester and a viva voce examination. The programme culminates with the completion of a dissertation or consultancy.
Dissertation/consultancy
Students write a dissertation of 20,000 words or undertake a consultancy for a commissioning agency. For the latter case, students are expected to undertake a period of action research, which results in a professional standard report being submitted to the agency and the programme, as well as an additional annex covering the learning journey of the student.
Graduates have pursued academic careers teaching in areas of applied and community theatre and some have become freelance facilitators working both in the UK and around the world in areas such as gender training, child rights and sexual health. Others are salaried employees of large international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) or local government agencies, addressing areas such as the function of arts in development, informal education, environmental questions and youth offending.