BA Drama and Philosophy
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBC (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall.
About this course
BA in Philosophy and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen, a Joint Honours degree combining drama and theatre with philosophy in equal measure. Core topics include Research Methods. Theory and practice are integrated throughout, with no barrier between the two. The philosophy component examines both the Anglo-American analytic and European traditions, and the course is interdisciplinary, drawing on staff from across the university.
Modules
- Theatre and Performance Making 1
- Theatre and Text 1
- Introduction to Modern Philosophy
- Problems of Knowledge
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Introduction to European Philosophy 1: Kant to Hegel
- Mind and World
- Theatre and Performance Making: Devising
- Theatre and Performance Making: Theatre Directing
- Theatre and Performance Making: Acting for Camera
- Theatre and Performance Making: Dance and Theatre
- Theatre and Performance Making: Scenography
- Theatre and Text: Staging the Real
- Theatre and Text: Decoding debbie tucker green
- Shakespeare, Ecology and Performance
- Theatre and Culture: Theatre for Young Audiences
- Theatre and Culture: Cultures of Memory
- Dancing Bodies, Global Culture
- Theatre and Ideas: Ideas of Gender and Sexuality
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Tragedy
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Adaptation
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of the Musical
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Acting
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Money
- Theatre and Ideas: The Idea of Casting
- Introduction to European Philosophy 2: The Critique of Idealism
- Varieties of Scepticism
- Philosophy and the Arts
- The Varieties of Scepticism
- The Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy of Religon
- Philosophy and Literature
- The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
- Contemporary Political Theory
- Modern Political Thought
- Love, Gender and Sexuality
- Race Relations in Theatre, Film and Television
- Shakespeare
- Naturalist Theatre in Context
- Creative Learning and Theatre
- Physical Theatre
- Shakespeare on Camera
- The Actor's Voice
- Actor Training in a Globalised World
- Group Project
- Final Year Project - Special Study
- Final Year Project - Dissertation
- Taught Dissertation
- Philosophy Dissertation
- Modern European Philosophy 1: Husserl to Heidegger
- Modern European Philosophy 2: Critical Theory and Hermeneutics
- Radical Political Theory I: Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche
- The Politics of Toleration
- Social Justice: From Theory to Practice
- Theories of Freedom and Democracy