Theatre Studies (Joint Honours)

Start date: September

Course length: full time: three years, part time by arrangement.

Campus: Derby Theatre

This course is available to international students

A joint honours degree is the perfect choice for you if you want to study more than one subject. You can combine Theatre Studies with other subjects that are offered at our Derby Campus, such as Creative Writing, English, Music, Film and Television studies, to create your joint honours degree.

This course is taught by practising professional artists and active researchers with expertise in their own specialist fields. We will encourage you to explore the relationship between drama, theatre and performance and consider Theatre Studies from many different perspectives. You will encounter a wide variety of performance practice, as well as the theoretical concerns related to that practice. And you will connect to the practices at Derby Theatre and have the opportunity to engage in projects and extra-curricular activities at the Theatre.

We are at an exciting time when there continues to be extensive work in the fields of theory and theatre. You will explore a range of theories during your theatre modules. We encourage and support as wide an interest in world theatre as possible and relate theatre to the field of performance in its widest sense engaging in areas such as the non-verbal and non-narrative. During the course you will study a range of topics which will include theatre as text, theatre as embodied, theatre as an institution and issues related to social and historical forces that connect to theatre. You will also be able to develop your own creative work if you choose the writing for performance modules.

• BA (Hons) in American Studies and Theatre Studies
• BSc (Hons) in Architectural Design and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Business Management and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Dance & Movement Studies and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Education Studies and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in English and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Film & Television Studies and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Geography and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Law and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Marketing and Theatre Studies
• BSc (Hons) in Mathematics and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Media Studies and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Popular Music Production and Theatre Studies
• BSc (Hons) in Psychology and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Theatre Studies and Applied Criminology

You'll study a total of 120 credits per year. This will be made up of single or double modules.

Depending on whether you take this subject as a major or minor, you could take the following modules:

Stage one

You'll study modules such as:

• Modern Drama
• Performance Analysis
• Script Analysis for Production
• Performance in Context 1

Stage two

You'll study modules such as:

• Applied Drama 2
• Research Methodologies
• Theatricality and Madness
• Writing and Performance 2

Stage three

You'll study modules such as: 

• Work Based Learning or Independent Study
• Shakespeare Today
• Riots and Rebels
• Writing for Performance 3
• Applied Drama 3

Our entry requirements are usually 220-300 UCAS points, of which at least 200-240 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 60 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £7,700 (each year)
• £965 per module (you usually take 18 of these modules in total)

International students

• Full time: £9,945 (per year)

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

Our graduates are now working in a wide variety of areas, both in the theatre sector and beyond, including teaching, acting, creating new theatre companies, producing, directing, marketing, arts administration, BBC radio and education advisory work.

We create many opportunities for you to showcase your work to a wide audience. By the time you finish your course we will have introduced you to many important agencies and support networks relevant to working in the arts industry and helped you structure your CV and reflect on your employability.

We will do our best to equip you to be able to successfully plan your career development. You will develop the diverse range of skills and interests that employers are looking for and investigate other options, such as the potential of becoming self-employed or working on a freelance basis.