MA Theatre Studies
Entry requirements
A level: ABB or BBB (Additional requirements: A-level English or another Humanities subject.) IB: 34 (6,5,5) (Additional requirements: English HL6 or Humanities HL6 with English SL6.) Scottish Higher: BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5 Typically offers will be made at AAAAB by end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA. (AB or BA may be considered). Scottish Higher (widening access): MD20 : BBBB (also other target groups*) MD40 : AABB* Additional requirements: Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject. Successful completion of Top-Up or one of our Summer Schools.
About this course
MA in Theatre Studies, a drama degree centred on the theatrical event and theatre culture from critical, historical and practical perspectives. Core topics include Research Methods. Industry practitioners of national and international standing contribute to teaching through close connections with the theatre industry. The first year covers the foundations through Theatre Studies 1: Reading The Stage and Theatre Studies 1: Theatre And Society. The second year progresses with Theatre Studies 2A: Thinking Through Theatre Histories and Theatre Studies 2B: Thinking Through Theatre Making. Later stages offer optional modules such as Devising, Performance Theory and Analysis, and Applied Theatre and Social Arts, alongside a Theatre Studies Dissertation.
Modules
- Theatre Studies 1: Reading The Stage
- Theatre Studies 1: Theatre And Society
- Theatre Studies 2A: Thinking Through Theatre Histories
- Theatre Studies 2B: Thinking Through Theatre Making
- Devising
- Performance Theory and Analysis
- Theatre Studies Single Honours Group Project
- Theatre Studies Work Placement
- Practising Location: Space, Place and Landscape
- Queer Exceptions
- Interwar Cultures
- Applied Theatre and Social Arts
- Advanced Theatre Making
- 21st Century Theatre in Britain: New Writing in Context
- Digital Art and Performance (30 Credits)
- Issues in Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
- Theatre Studies Dissertation