This course encompasses
every area of drama and
performance and enables
students to latterly tailor
modules to their particular
interest. Modules teach
performers, stage-
managers, technical,
directors and everything
inbetween the skills
necessary to advance in that
field .
BA/BA (Hons)
Drama
From the investigation of the
many processes involved in
creating and staging plays to the
exploration of key performance
practices, this course offers a
theoretical and practical learning
approach to the craft of theatre,
its techniques and historical
context.
Through a progressive historical and
theoretical underpinning of creative
processes and practical work, this
course provides a unique opportunity to
experiment with a diverse range of
working practices, preparing the ground
and offering the tools for a successful
career in the performing arts. Our cross
disciplinary and collaborative teaching
approach aims at challenging
conventional assumptions of learning
experiences and outcomes within
performing arts studies. We aim to
encourage critical thinking and creative
prowess through interaction and
dialogue between core practice,
historical genealogies and current
theoretical frameworks, which support
the development of text-based as well as
devised performance practices.
Collaborations and exchange with the
other performing arts courses enables
Drama and Performance students to
gain a deeper understanding of how
diverse creative strategies can be
integrated in the process of producing
original work.
On graduation, students will have
acquired a rounded experience of how
live performance functions, and of the
many ways in which drama can be
understood and made relevant to
contemporary audiences.
The first two years offer the opportunity
to work in collaborative, creative
experimental workshops, in which
students will work to find solutions to the
creative staging and performance of
classic and contemporary genres and
texts. Bringing a range of interests and
skills (eg acting, directing, dramaturgy,
scenography and playwriting), students
will share their different perspectives and
insights. Classes will also cover theatre
history and theory, which will inform the
decisions students make in their creative
work.
In Years Three and Four, you will study
core modules plus optional modules
allowing you to focus interests in specific
areas. In Year Four, you will complete a
personal final project, which can be
performance based or a written
dissertation.
Structure
You can opt to study for an honours
degree over four years or an ordinary
degree over three years. You will
complete a range of modules each year
as outlined.
Teaching, learning and assessment
Please see the course entry on our
website (see URL on opposite page) for
full details of the learning, teaching and
assessment activities for this course.
Also check out the ‘How we teach and
how you’ll learn’ section on pages 8-11.
Year One modules
Introduction to Studying Drama and
122
Performance/ Text and Performance 1
and 2/ The Origins of Theatre/ Play and
Performance/ Performance and
Production Practices
Year Two modules
Theatre of Ideas and the Stage/ Space,
Performance and The Spectator/ Theory,
Drama and Audiences/ Practitioner
Researchers/ British Theatre Since 1945/
Collaborations in Performance and
Production
Year Three modules
Performance project/ Contemporary
Scottish Theatre in Debate/ Critical
Theory, Performance and Text/
Independent research project/ Arts
Funding in its Policy Context/ plus two
options from: Playwriting 1/
Contemporary Performance 1/
Community Theatre 1/ Experiential
Learning/ plus film and media options
Year Four modules
Creative Entrepreneurship/ Professional
Practice and Development/ Honours
project/ plus two options from: The Only
Way is Ethics — Art Participation and
Ethics/ Contemporary Performance 2/
Community Theatre 2 / Playwriting 2/
Page to Stage/ plus film and media
options
The modules listed here are correct at
time of print (Feb 2018) but may differ
slightly to those offered in 2019 following
the next revalidation. Please check the
website for any updates.