Drama with History
| Award Name | Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | |
| Awarding Body | Ulster University |
| NFQ Level |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree - Honours Bachelor at UK Level 6 | Ulster University |
Duration
Attendance
The course normally lasts for three years (four years if you choose to do a placement).
During this time, there will be a number of different teaching and learning experiences for you to enjoy. You will be introduced to key topics in lectures, and you will get the chance to share your views with other students in small group seminars and to explore approaches through a range of practical workshops and projects. One-to-one tutorials, video and email consultations are also offered so that you can ask your lecturer the questions that really matter to you.
Timetabled sessions usually amount to about 9 hours per week, but you'll spend much more time than reading, rehearsing and making performances.
Entry Requirements
Irish Leaving Certificate
Overall Irish Leaving Certificate profile 96 UCAS tariff points to include a minimum of five subjects (four of which must be at higher level) to include English at H6 if studied at Higher level or O4 if studied at Ordinary Level.
Careers / Further progression
Graduate employers
Graduates from this course are now working for:
BBC
Big Telly Theatre
Education Authorities
The Lyric
Belfast
Civil Service
Job roles
With this degree you could become:
actor
director
teachers
facilitator
writer
broadcaster
manager
Career options
Studying Drama with History will leave you well-placed to secure employment in a wide-range of fields since this course develops talents which are transferrable across a variety of professions and industries.
Our recent History graduates are working in media, education, civil service, retail, banking and finance, the heritage sector, in law, and many more.
Our Drama graduates work in the professional theatre as actors, directors, writers and stage managers.
Our graduates also work as teachers, college and university lecturers, drama therapists or community artists. They have set up their own businesses, founded theatre companies, been employed in various media posts, management, theatre management, arts administration, and the civil service.
Combining these two subjects will provide you with both specialist creative skills in performance and the key transferable skills in critical thinking, analysis and communication, project management and collaboration that are highly valued by employers.
Further information
Start date: September 2024
Deadlines for on-time applications
2024 entry application deadlines
For courses starting in 2024 (and for deferred applications), your application should be with us at UCAS by one of these dates – depending on what courses you apply for. If your completed application – including all your personal details and your academic reference – is submitted by the deadline, it is guaranteed to be considered.
16 October 2023 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – any course at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry. You can add choices with a different deadline later, but don’t forget you can only have five choices in total.
31 January 2024 for 2024 entry at 18:00 (UK time) – for the majority of courses.
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Overview
Explore contemporary performance practice and the study of history to develop your creativity, critical thinking and practical skills.
Summary
Drama provides an exciting and challenging programme with an emphasis on contemporary performance practices. Our approach to teaching and learning integrates theories and practices of performance in order to extend our understanding of Drama as an art form in its social, political and cultural contexts.
Our expert lecturing staff are internationally-recognised researchers with a range of industry-related experience. You will be able to take advantage of our nationally-acknowledged teaching expertise and will have opportunities to extend your experience of contemporary performance practices through contact with expert part-time staff and key visiting lecturers. The Drama programmes benefit from extensive links with theatre practitioners and key Irish theatre companies, who use our spaces for performances and delivering practice-based workshops.
History will help you to develop a wide range of written, verbal, and analytical skills through the study of the historical processes that have shaped modern society. You will explore topics such as Film and the Vietnam War, Witchcraft and Magic, the Russian Revolution, United States’ Foreign Policy and many more.
We are the highest ranked History course in Northern Ireland and amongst the highest ranked in the UK for student satisfaction meaning you will study with leading historians who are nationally recognised for the quality of their teaching.
We present History in unique and exciting ways. You will learn mainly in interactive workshops rather than in lectures and seminars. You will create podcasts and digital presentations, design websites, organise conferences and produce research portfolios.
About
The degree in Drama with History allows you to develop a broad base of knowledge of Drama practices and systematic approaches to the analysis of works in performance; alongside developing a wide range of written, verbal, and analytical skills through the study of the events and processes that have shaped modern society.
There are particular areas of specialist practice in Drama that you can develop as you progress through each level of the degree. If you wish to pursue a creative career, although we do not provide full-time conservatoire training for actors, you can take modules that introduce you to the principles of acting, writing, directing, design, stage management, arts education and working with community groups. These can prepare you for further specialist professional training at post-graduate level.
Across the degree, you will develop a core set of academic skills in research, analysis and communication in written and oral formats. Alongside these, you will also develop transferable skills in group work, project management, problem solving and the use of key technologies.
The programme is designed specifically to facilitate the development of your ability to work independently. We will offer you extensive support and guidance throughout your studies, as you develop the skills necessary to carry out rigorous and sustained independent research and practice. In this way, you will develop key skills alongside foundational professional competencies you can draw on in your future career.
Here is a guide to the subjects studied on this course.
Courses are continually reviewed to take advantage of new teaching approaches and developments in research, industry and the professions. Please be aware that modules may change for your year of entry. The exact modules available and their order may vary depending on course updates, staff availability, timetabling and student demand. Please contact the course team for the most up to date module list.
Year 1
Dramatic Structures on Stage and Screen
Acting 2: Studio Practice
Space and Performance
Acting 1: Text and Performance
Irish Government and Politics since 1922 - Optional
Making History: Skills for Historians - Optional
Defining America: Themes in American History, C17th -C20th - Optional
The Making of Modern Britain and Ireland, 1800-1945 - Optional
The Ages of Extremes: International History 1914-2020 - Optional
Disenchanted Land? Culture and Society in Early Modern Europe - Optional
Revolutionary Russia, 1894-1939 - Optional
Year 2
Arts Administration
The Form and Function of Performance
Political Theatre from Expressionism to Brecht
Introduction to Directing - Optional
Acting 4: Acting and Screen - Optional
Theatre and Community - Optional
Educational Arts - Optional
Writing for Stage and Screen - Optional
Acting 3: Commedia dell'Arte - Optional
Placement - Optional
Exchange programme 1 - History Abroad - Optional
Family, Sexuality and the State 1850-1925 - Optional
Politics and Society in early modern Britain and Ireland - Optional
War and Peace: the Ying and Yang of human history - Optional
The Great Powers and the Middle East since 1880 - Optional
Film and the Vietnam Conflict - Optional
The Myth and Reality of Imperial Spain, 1492-1700 - Optional
Death, Disease, and Medicine in Britain, 1800-1914 - Optional
'Good Trouble': Struggle, Resistance and the African American Experience - Optional
Beyond Belief: The Global Supernatural, c.1700-2000 - Optional
The Fighting Irish: The Irishman at War since 1534 - Optional
The Irish Outlaw: The Making of a Nationalist - Optional
History in the Workplace: Work-Based Learning - Optional
Year 3
Independent Project
Liveness and Documentation in Performance
Hollywood Histories
Workers and radicalism in Ireland, 1700-1939
Creative Business - Optional
Advanced Playwriting - Optional
Representing Violence - Optional
Performance and Disability - Optional
Advanced Directing - Optional
Storytelling and Performance - Optional
Acting 5: Advanced Acting - Optional
Performing Ireland on Stage and Screen - Optional
Arts Entrepreneurship - Optional
Performing Community - Optional
Performance and Conflict Transformation - Optional
Performance and Health - Optional
Theatre and Ritual - Optional
Theatre for Young Audiences - Optional
International Academic Studies - English - Optional
Industrial Placement - Diploma in Professional Practice (DPP) - Optional
The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923 - Optional
Late Soviet Communism, 1953-1991 - Optional
United States Foreign Policy Since 1945 - Optional
Saints and Sinners: Women in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Ireland - Optional
Imperial Retreat: The Decline and Fall of the European Overseas Empires - Optional
America in the Depression, 1929-1941 - Optional
The Post-War Body: Medicine and Society in Britain and America, c.1945-90 - Optional
Witchcraft and magic in early modern Europe and Colonial New England, c.1550-1780 - Optional
Assessment methods vary and are defined explicitly in each module. Assessment can be a combination of examination and coursework but may also be only one of these methods. Assessment is designed to assess your achievement of the module’s stated learning outcomes. You can expect to receive timely feedback on all coursework assessments. This feedback may be issued individually and/or issued to the group and you will be encouraged to act on this feedback for your own development.
Coursework can take many forms, for example: essay, report, seminar paper, test, presentation, dissertation, design, artefacts, portfolio, journal, group work. The precise form and combination of assessment will depend on the course you apply for and the module. Details will be made available in advance through induction, the course handbook, the module specification, the assessment timetable and the assessment brief. The details are subject to change from year to year for quality or enhancement reasons. You will be consulted about any significant changes.
Normally, a module will have 4 learning outcomes, and no more than 2 items of assessment. An item of assessment can comprise more than one task. The notional workload and the equivalence across types of assessment is standardised. The module pass mark for undergraduate courses is 40%. The module pass mark for postgraduate courses is 50%.
Associate awards
Diploma in International Academic Studies DIAS
Work placement / study abroad
Formal arrangements for placement are provided for within the designated module in Year 2. We have relationships with many exchange partners in Europe, overseas and across the globe – and we extend our network every year. There are currently formal subject-specific arrangements for study abroad, at the University of Malta.
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