Undergraduate study 2014 prospectus

Course information

This multi-disciplinary degree course is designed to be especially attractive to would-be undergraduates interested in a career in arts or theatre administration, or in setting up and running their own small company in the creative industries.

In Drama, the main teaching modes comprise seminar discussion and practical workshop sessions, which explore play texts, theoretical writings, performance traditions and techniques, and examine the theatre’s role and function in society throughout history.

European, American and non-Western theatre traditions are studied as well as British theatre.

Technical theatre lighting, sound, set and costume, television drama and playwriting are also available. Practical work takes place primarily in the Department’s theatre and studios.

The Sir Robert Martin Theatre seats up to 300 spectators and has a proscenium arch, which is easily adapted to accommodate other forms of production. The Leonard Dixon Studio and the Stanley Evernden Studio are flexible spaces seating up to 86 and 45 respectively.

Business Studies

In Business Studies, students study specialist Business School modules in human resource management, finance, marketing, strategic management and entrepreneurship.

Career Prospects

Graduates from the department go on to many different kinds of career. In recent years around 40% have chosen first to pursue one form or another of graduate study.

Many others graduates have entered careers in arts administration, accountancy, advertising, the civil service, local Government, the City, creative arts, journalism, marketing, marketing, management, the media (both TV and radio), personnel work, business and finance, publishing, teaching, law, social and youth work.

Course structure

Year 1

Compulsory Drama modules:

• Performance, Stage and Management
• Textual and Historical Studies
• Philosophising Performance
• Performance and Analysis
• Theoretical Approaches to Drama

Compulsory Business School modules:

• Environment of Leisure Management
• The Leisure Market
• Management of Human Resources
• Organisational Behaviour

Years 2

Optional Drama modules:

• American Adaptations
• A Revolt Against Fate
• British Renaissance Drama
• Contemporary Irish Theatre
• Devising for Performance
• Grand Guignol
• Lighting Design
• Media Performance
• Modern and Contemporary British Drama
• Movement and Text
• Performing the Absurd
• Playwriting and Dramaturgy
• Puppetry
• Set Design
• Shakespeare: Page to Stage
• Technical Theatre (Advanced)
• Theoretical Approaches
• Twentieth-Century European Theatre
• Voice and Text
• World Theatre and Performance

Compulsory Business School modules:

• The Marketing Mix
• Financial Reporting
• The Marketing Mix for Sport and Leisure
• Principles of Marketing for Sport and Leisure

Year 3

Optional Drama modules:

• Adaptation for Stage and Film
• Aphra Behn
• Applied Drama
• Bollywood! Bollywood!
• Contemporary Shakespeare
• Costume Design
• Dissertation
• El Teatro Campesino
• Eternal Drama
• Lighting Design
• Myths of America
• Playwriting and Dramaturgy
• Technical Theatre (Advanced)
• Theatre of the Fantastic
• Theatre Practice
• Unbalancing Acts: The theatre of Richard Foreman
• Women’s Drama
• Work Experience

Compulsory Business School modules:

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Fundamentals of Strategic Management
• Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

Some Drama modules are available to students in Years 2 and 3. If taken in Year 2, they cannot be studied again in Year 3.

Please note that optional modules are subject to availability and timetable permitting.

UCAS codes and entry requirements

The entry requirements for each course should be read alongside the University’s general entrance requirements, which give further details on acceptable subjects, alternative qualifications and minimum English language requirements.

SQA AHScottish Qualifications Authority Advanced Highers IBInternational Baccalaureate Diploma DPSDiploma in Professional Studies DISDiploma in Industrial Studies DIntSDiploma in International Studies