Drama and Theatre Arts Joint Honours

Description

A Joint Honours degree programme involves the study of two subjects to Honours degree level. If you study a subject in a Joint Honours programme, you work at exactly the same level and to the same academic standard as students taking that subject in a Single Honours programme. Joint Honours students are simply required to choose fewer topics from the range of options available in each half of the programme.

Our Drama and Theatre Arts programme aims to provide you with a grounding in the arts involved in performance and theatre. We offer a combination of core courses in practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. In a Joint Honours degree you can study drama together with another subject, which has equal weighting in terms of commitment and assessment to your work in Drama and Theatre Arts.

Career opportunities

By the end of the programme you will have acquired skills that will be useful in a wide variety of fields including education, the media, public relations and arts administration, as well as enabling you to progress to professional drama and theatre arts opportunities, or further training in acting and directing for theatre and television.

Detailed Course Facts

• English

Course Content

First year

This is a foundation year and helps students acquire a common language of analysis and performance. Practical courses are offered in Theatre Practices (physical approaches and Stanislavski-based techniques), Theoretical courses include the Dramatic Medium

Second year

The second year builds on the foundation work of the first year and also provides opportunities to develop practical specialisms in areas such as:

• Directing

• Playwriting

• Physical Theatre

• Advanced Acting

• Mask and Mime

As well as choosing study options in subjects as diverse as:

• Shakespeare on Film

• Performing Objects Puppets

• Automata

• Robots

• Melodrama

• Contemporary Performance

Practical modules are taught by core staff and visiting professional practitioners; study modules are taught by academic staff who are researching and publishing in that particular field of inquiry.

Third year

A wide variety of practical options are available, such as:

• Directing

• Playwriting

• Creative Industries

• Contemporary Performance

In addition, students can opt to take part in one of a series of public performances as one of their major practical options. These productions are directed by experienced members of staff or visiting professional directors and are supported by our full-time production staff and theatre crafts students. They can range from contemporary or historical texts, to devised, site-specific pieces, to theatre in education productions. Study options are diverse and include:

• Popular Theatre

• Contemporary Theatre

• Shakespeare on Film

• Performing Objects: (Automata)

We have work familiarisation opportunities available with the BBC Drama Village for second- and third-year students. There are also work experience placements available at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Birmingham Hippodrome.

Teaching and assessment

Students are assessed through essays, seminar presentations, contributions to class discussion, performance and other assessment tasks; including an end of programme, dissertation.

English Language Requirements

CAE score : 80(Grade A)

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Requirements

Number of A levels required: 3

Typical offer: AAB-ABB

International Baccalaureate Diploma: 34-36 points

Additional information:

Typical offer grades are for guidance only, and will depend on the subjects you are combining. Please read the entries for both subjects. Where there is a disparity between the typical offer for Subject A and the typical offer for Subject B, the higher offer should be taken as the usual offer for the combination of the two
Other qualifications are considered.

International students:

Standard English language requirements apply: IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band; TOEFL IBT 93

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Want to improve your English level for admission?

Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.

• ✔️ Flexible study schedule
• ✔️ Experienced teachers
• ✔️ Certificate upon completion

📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.

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