BA English Literature and Drama
Entry requirements
Offers are tariff based, 104 - 128 tariff points from a Level 3 qualification* e.g.: A Levels: English Literature/English Language/English preferred but not required. General Studies and Key Skills not normally accepted. BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM - DDM Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: DMM- DDM City & Guilds Advanced Technical Extended Diploma (1080): considered on a case-by-case basis International Baccalaureate Diploma: including grade H5 in English Literature/Language Access: pass required Welsh Baccalaureate: We will accept this qualification in conjunction with other level 3 qualifications T Levels: T Levels in a relevant subject considered on a case-by-case basis Extended Project Qualification: Points can include a relevant Extended Project (EPQ) but must include a minimum 2 full A-levels, or equivalent.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Performance and design for theatre and screen, combining literary and textual study with practical production work. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, Project Management, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The course includes a community arts placement of at least 40 hours, and public performances take place at venues including Pontio.
Modules
- Language and Culture: A Toolkit
- Adventures in the Creative Arts
- Reading, Thinking, Writing
- Modern European Theatre
- Creative Practice
- Cist Cynhyrchu
- Production Toolkit
- Heroes and Villains: Introduction to Medieval Literature
- Comedy
- Gothic
- Children's Fictions
- Introduction to Theatre Making
- Devised Theatre
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Scriptwriting for TV
- Short Film Production
- Factual Production
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Screenwriting for the Industry
- Community Arts Placement
- Modern Theatre
- Adapting for the Stage
- Radio and Podcasting
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature
- Realms of Magic: Medieval Romance and Its Afterlives
- Sex, Sin, and Death: Medieval Women’s Writing
- Alternative Worlds: Sci Fi, Young Adult and Speculative Fiction
- Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature
- Nineteenth-Century Networks: Writing Global Connections
- Directing and Dramaturgy
- Directing
- Contemporary Theatre Practice
- Final Year Project: English Literature
- Arts Project
- Performing Germany
- Scriptwriting
- The Small Screen
- Ystafell Awduron (Sgriptio Teledu)
- Writers' Room (Screenwriting)
- Exploring Modern and Contemporary Literature
- Writing Wales, Writing Ireland
- Legends and Super Heroes: King Arthur And His Peers
- Reading Myth
- The Monstrous Middle Ages
- Exploring Nineteenth-Century Literature: Romantics and Victorians
- Exploring Early Modern Literature
- Exploring Medieval Literature
- Revolution! Dreams of Other Worlds in Nineteenth-Century Literature
- Climate Change in Contemporary Culture
- Professional Practice
- Theatre and Performance: Self