Universities United Kingdom Queen Mary University of London Courses BA (Hons) Drama

BA (Hons) Drama
at Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 20,000
Country Rank#14
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 7 TOEFL: 100

Program Overview

Study drama in the cultural heart of London, one of the world’s greatest performance cities.

Our BA in Drama is an exciting opportunity to study theatre and performance in a variety of cultures and historical periods, and across a range of forms including plays, site-specific performance, live art, and socially engaged and applied performance.

We teach Drama as an active and dynamic subject involving seminars, practical workshops, theatre and performance trips and field work. This approach supports the development of your knowledge and expertise, communication, research and performance-making skills, and capacity to work collaboratively with others.

The course offers both practical and theoretical investigation into how theatre and performance can be used in different settings – theatres, art galleries, schools, prisons, warehouses, museums and the street, for example – in the UK and internationally.

Our staff – leading academics and artists – will work with you to make learning challenging and engaging, and help you to develop as an informed critic and performance maker.

Course Content
Structure
You can complete your Drama degree in three or four years. If you choose to do a year abroad this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

YEAR 1

Your first year includes a combination of practice-based and seminar-based modules:
- London/Culture/Performance
- Power Plays
- Making Theatre and Performance
- Beyond Acting
- Interventions
- Spectatorship: Time, Place, Performance
You can find out more about our modules from Queen Mary’s module directory.

YEAR 2

Compulsory
- Culture, Power and Performance (seminar)
- Group Practical Project (practice-based)
You select the rest of your modules from a range of seminar and practice-based options that changes each year.

Modules may include

Practice-based:
- Action Design
- Adaptations
- Making Contemporary Theatre
- Performing Personae
- Performing Shakespeare
- Theatre Writings
Seminar-based:
- Acting Theory
- Costume Dramas
- Dance Theatre
- Illness and Disability in Performance
- London Performance Now
- Naturalism
- Places of Performance
- Race and Racism in Performance
- The Senses in Performance
- Theatre for the People
- Voice, Gender and Performance
You can find out more about our modules from Queen Mary’s module directory.

YEAR 3

Select from
- Practice-Based Research Project
- Written Research Project
You select the rest of your modules from a range of seminar and practice-based options that changes each year

Modules may include

Practice-based:
- Applied Performance
- Choreographic Performance
- Making Site-Specific Performance
- Performance Composition
- Performance in the Gallery
- Verbatim, Testimonial, Tribunal
Seminar-based:
- Culture, Performance and Globalisation
- Feeling It: Emotion and Sensation in the Theatre
- Live Art: Then and Now
- Offstage London
- Performance and Community
- Shakespeare After Shakespeare
- Show Business: Theatre and Capitalism
You can find out more about our modules from Queen Mary’s module directory.
Entry Requirement
Non-UK students
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications.

Student Visa Regulations

If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations. The minimum IELTS requirement is 5.5 in all four skills (Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening). However, many of our courses require higher grades.

Pre-sessional English Language Courses

If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses. Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Thirteen week pre-sessional courses. Currently, only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International ESOL SELT and Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) are accepted. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administere
Fees & Scholarships
Home fees £9,250

Overseas fees £20,000

Loans and grants
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.

Scholarships and bursaries
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.

Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.
Career Prospect
Our Drama graduates go on to work in a variety of roles – including performing, programming and producing – across many different sectors, such as the arts, media, publishing and teaching.

Recent Drama graduates have been hired by:
- BBC
- Electric Cinema
- London Film Museum
- National Theatre
- Odeon
- Shakespeare’s Globe.

Cost Of Studying At Queen Mary University of London

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

Loans Sanctioned

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BA (Hons) Drama at Queen Mary University of London