Programme Specification
BA (Hons) Drama with a Minor in English (2015 entry)
Academic Year: 2015/16
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.
This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our .
This specification should be read in conjunction with:
- Reg. XX (Undergraduate Awards) (see
- Module Specifications
- Summary
- Aims
- Learning outcomes
- Structure
- Progression & weighting
Programme summary
Awarding body/institution | 天堂视频 |
Teaching institution (if different) | |
Owning school/department | Department of English and Drama - pre 2017 |
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body | |
Final award | BA (Hons) / BA (Hons) + DPS |
Programme title | Drama with a Minor in English |
Programme code | EAUB05 |
Length of programme | The duration of the programme is 6 or 8 semesters. Candidates following the four year programme are required to spend an approved placement in professional industry leading to the award of Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). The sandwich year (Part I) must be taken after satisfactory completion of Part B and before commencement of Part C. |
UCAS code | W4Q3 / WQ43 |
Admissions criteria | |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:41:57 GMT |
1. Programme Aims
- to provide an intellectually stimulating environment in which students can develop the critical and practical skills of Drama, and a perspective on the social and cultural significance of English literature;
- to enable students to gain a broad knowledge and understanding of Drama, and of selected instances of English literature and language;
- to enable students to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of issues in Drama through specialist study and research;
- to stimulate productive reflection on the similarities and differences between modes of study in Drama and English;
- to enhance students’ career and employment opportunities on graduating.
2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:
- The Benchmark Statement for Dance, Drama and Performance
- The Benchmark Statement for English
- Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
3. Programme Learning Outcomes
3.1 Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
- Knowledge of classical and contemporary Drama;
- Some knowledge of a range of authors and texts from different periods of literary history, including those before 1800;
- Understanding and practical experience of a range of research and critical methods in Drama and English studies;
- Capability of comparing theatre institutions, structures and practices historically and geographically;
- Appreciation of social and cultural diversity;
- Awareness of the role of culture in a changing landscape of performance and literary production;
- Grasp of the epistemological underpinnings of different research traditions in Drama;
- Some understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the different literary genres of fiction, poetry and drama;
- An appreciation of the structure and functions of the English language.
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- engage in critical reasoning;
- apply Drama, theatre studies and literary concepts and theories;
- articulate arguments in speech, writing and other forms.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- locate and retrieve information;
- use research tools;
- design and perform practical projects;
- critically assess the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral, written and performed communications.
c. Key transferable skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- handle complex information in a structured and systematic way;
- participate effectively in group work;
- use communication effectively, including dialogue, writing formats and visualisation;
- manage their time effectively.
4. Programme structure
Part A - Introductory Modules
Drama Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 40) |
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EAA911 |
Acting and the Classics |
20 credits |
EAA915 |
Performance Practices |
20 credits |
Optional - NONE |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 40) |
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EAA912 |
The Theatre and its Histories |
20 credits |
EAA914 |
From Analysis to Performance |
20 credits |
Optional - NONE |
English Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 20) |
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EAA700 |
Narrative Forms and Fiction |
20 credits |
Optional - NONE |
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Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAA001 |
Introduction to Film Studies |
20 credits |
EAA006 |
Introduction to American Literature |
20 credits |
EAA701 |
Literary and Critical Theories |
20 credits |
Part B - Degree Modules
Candidates normally attempt 60 credits in each semester, accumulating 120 credit units over the year.
Candidates may apply to the Programme Director for permission to undertake an approved course of study at a European University which is a member of the EU-approved Erasmus exchange programme. Candidates can only apply to take a single semester abroad not a full academic year. The exchange option would be in place of study at 天堂视频 for a single semester only during Part B of the degree programme.
Candidates who register for the Erasmus exchange programme must undertake the placement in place of one semester at Part B of the degree programme. Students must register for a total of 60 credits in English and Drama in addition to the 60-credit Semester Abroad module.
Drama Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - (total modular weight 20) |
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EAB931 |
Production 1 |
20 credits |
Optional |
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EAB004 |
World Theatres |
20 credits |
EAB009 |
Theatre, Nation and Trauma: Contemporary Irish Drama |
20 credits |
EAB505 |
Movement in Performance |
20 credits |
EAB918 |
Revolt Against Fate: Literature and Theatre of the Absurd |
20 credits |
EAB101 |
Study Abroad |
60 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 20) |
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EAB930 |
Performance Philosophy |
20 credits |
Optional |
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EAB917 |
Media Performance |
20 credits |
EAB904 |
Playwriting and Dramaturgy |
20 credits |
EAB033 |
Puppetry (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB034 |
Voice and Text |
20 credits |
EAB704 |
Modern and Contemporary British Theatre |
20 credits |
EAB101 |
Study Abroad |
60 credits |
English Component
Candidates must normally choose optional modules with a total modular weight of 40 across the year.
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB710 |
Renaissance Writings |
20 credits |
EAB008 |
Victorian Literature |
20 credits |
EAB154 |
Chivalry from Chaucer to Shakespeare |
20 credits |
EAB113 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
20 credits |
EAB039 |
Nineteenth-Century American Writing |
20 credits |
EAB020 |
Diverse Voices |
20 credits |
EAB102 |
American Adaptations |
20 credits |
EAB040 |
New Woman Writing of the Fin de Siecle |
20 credits |
EAB713 |
A Certain Glory: How to Write Poetry Now |
20 credits |
EAB715 |
Modern Irish Literature |
20 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB712 |
Modernisms |
20 credits |
EAB711 |
Eighteenth-Century Literature |
20 credits |
EAB012 |
African American Culture |
20 credits |
EAB035 |
The Weird Tale |
20 credits |
EAB060 |
American Nightmare |
20 credits |
EAB714 |
One True Sentence: Writing Fiction |
20 credits |
EAB110 |
Introduction to Multimodality |
20 credits |
EAB016 |
Language in Society (pre-requisite EAB113) |
20 credits |
EAB018 |
Women’s Writing in the 17th Century |
20 credits |
EAB050 |
Philosophy, Literature, and the Visual Arts |
20 credits |
Part I
Four year Sandwich Programme (DPS) route
Candidates will undertake an approved placement leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies.
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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EAI001 |
Industrial Training Placement |
120 credits |
Part C - Degree Modules
Candidates normally attempt 60 credits in each semester, accumulating 120 credit units over the year.
There are no compulsory modules in Part C.
Drama component
Candidates must normally choose modules from the following list with a total modular weight of 80.
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC950 |
Research Project |
40 credits |
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC500 |
Theatre Practice |
40 credits |
EAC953 |
Adaptation: Page to Screen |
20 credits |
EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
20 credits |
EAC221 |
The Applied Drama Toolkit |
20 credits |
EAC912 |
Costume Design |
20 credits |
EAB504 |
Theatre of the Fantastic |
20 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries (if not taken in semester 1) |
20 credits |
EAB033 |
Puppetry (cannot be taken if completed at Part B) |
20 credits |
EAC008 |
Putting Women Centre Stage |
20 credits |
English component
Candidates must normally choose optional modules with a total modular weight of 40 across the year.
Optional |
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EAC009 |
Dissertation |
40 credits |
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC012 |
America at War |
20 credits |
EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
20 credits |
EAC042 |
Dimensions of Texts: An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics |
20 credits |
EAC214 |
Maps and Motors: The Writing Portfolio (pre-requisite EAB713 or EAB714) |
20 credits |
EAC229 |
Neo-Victorianism |
20 credits |
EAC227 |
Myth and History: Milton’s Paradise Lost |
20 credits |
EAC034 |
Narratives of American Sport |
20 credits |
EAC022 |
Ulysses |
20 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries (is not taken in semester 1) |
20 credits |
EAC109 |
Romantic Writings: 1815-1832 |
20 credits |
EAC701 |
Global America |
20 credits |
EAC104 |
Aphra Behn and her Contemporaries |
20 credits |
EAC300 |
Rare Shakespeare |
20 credits |
EAC016 |
Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on trial in American Culture |
20 credits |
EAC301 |
T. S. Eliot |
20 credits |
EAC024 |
The Writings of Intimacy |
20 credits |
5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award
In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX but also:
- in order to progress from Part A to Part B, obtain at least 40% in all compulsory modules and pass the 10% assessment components in Academic Guidance and Professional Development in the modules EAA700 and EAA912.
Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any part of the Programme to undergo re-assessment in the University’s special assessment period.
6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification
Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in Regulation XX. The average percentage marks for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the Programme Mark.