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BA Drama with Philosophy

Royal Holloway, University of London

Institution
Royal Holloway, University of London
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Drama with Philosophy
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
W4V5
Typical offer
A-level ABB, IB 32

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, combining drama with philosophy. Core topics include research methods. The course offers modules in theatre directing, acting for camera, devising, and scenography, alongside philosophy modules in epistemology, logic, and aesthetics. Drama accounts for 75% of the degree and philosophy 25%.

Modules

  • Theatre and Performance Making 1
  • Theatre and Text 1
  • Problems of Knowledge
  • Theatre and Culture 1
  • Theatre and Ideas 1
  • Introduction to Logic
  • Mind and Consciousness
  • Introduction to Aesthetics and Morals
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Varieties of Scepticism
  • The Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy and Literature
  • The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy