Undergraduate courses

The undergraduate curriculum offers a wide range of opportunities to work with leading academics in areas of both theory and practice in live performance and on screen.The BA course is academic and is not designed to teach vocational skills, but enables students to develop practical capabilities alongside critical and theoretical awareness, and many graduates go on to distinguished careers in areas such as acting and directing, scenic design, lighting and stage management,  as well as producing, editing and sound design for the screen.

The Wickham Theatre  provides a teaching, rehearsal and performance space for realising the union of theory and practice. Facilities include a design studio, model-making, carpentry and costume workshops - facilities that service productions and are themselves specialised teaching areas.

Film and television production resources are also extensive, and enable the practical exploration of the medium at an advanced level. .

Joint School students spend half their time in the Department. While they do not undertake the more specialised areas of activity,  the currculum  is designed so that all students follow a common conceptual core. Joint Drama and a Modern Language students spend their third year abroad and return for the final year in their fourth year of study.

Study Abroad students are welcome in the Department but should note that only a restricted range of units are likely to be available. Enrolment should be negotiated with the Director of Study Abroad.