BA Drama
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Entry requirements
Scottish Higher: Standard: AABB, Minimum: BBBB A Level: BBB Irish Leaving Certificate: H2 H3 H3 H3 H3 International Baccalaureate: 30 points International: IELTS of 6.0 with no element lower than 5.5. Required subjects: English and Drama at Higher/A Level preferred. English required and Maths preferred at Nat 5/GCSE level at grade C/4 or above. We can also accept National 5 Application of Maths or Lifeskills at the same grade. Am I a Widening Access student?: We apply the minimum entry criteria to applicants who meet one or more contextual factor. To see if this would apply to you, please refer to the access and application page. Mature/Access: We welcome applications from mature students with relevant qualifications and/or experience. See our College Leavers and Mature Students pages for more information. Direct Entry: Year Two HNC in related subject with B in the graded unit Year Three HND with a BB in the graded units Successful completion of two years of an undergraduate performing arts degree in a relevant subject area. For details of related HNC and HND courses, see our College Leavers and Mature Students pages for more information. Other requirements A satisfactory criminal records check from the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme will be required if you select the optional module Drama in Education later in your studies.
About this course
BA (Hons) in Performance and design for theatre and screen. Core topics include Design & Creative Practice, Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Project Management, and Research Methods. Placement opportunities are available and the course concludes with a final-year Honours Project.
Modules
- Introduction to Theatre and Performance Studies
- Introduction to Theatre Production
- Studio Practices
- Stage Skills
- Origins of Theatre
- Analysing Texts and Performance
- Theatre of Ideas and the Stage
- Staging Texts
- 20th and 21st Centuries Scottish Theatre
- Ensemble Devising
- Transformations in UK Theatre
- Creative Writing for New Technolgies
- Arts Funding in its Policy Context
- Current Debates in Performance Theory
- Performance Project
- Designing a Research Project
- Creative Practice and Enterprise
- Honours Project