Drama, Theatre and Performance (with a study abroad year) BA (Hons)

at University of Sussex

Year 1 at Sussex

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Theories and Contexts of Drama
• Thinking Through Theatre

Spring teaching

• Reading and Staging Theatre Texts
• Theatre and Performance Analysis

Year 2 at Sussex

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Approaches to Contemporary Performance
• Critical Theory and Performance

Study abroad or Placement

• Study abroad (optional)
  Apply to study abroad – you’ll develop an international perspective and gain an edge when it comes to your career.
• Placement (optional)
  To help you gain experience and increase your employability, you can apply for an optional placement as part of your course. You’ll be responsible for applying for and securing your placement. Our dedicated careers team can provide you with information and advice. If you’re successful in obtaining a placement, this will form part of your course.

Year 3 at Sussex

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching
 

• Final Year Performance Project
• Issues and Perspectives in Contemporary Performance

A-level

Typical offer    
ABB

Contextual offer    

• BBC-BCC
• Not everyone has the same support to get to higher education – we help you reach your potential. When we receive applications through UCAS, we consider all factors and will sometimes make contextual offers as part of our Access and Participation Plan

GCSEs    
You should also have a broad range of GCSEs 9-4 (A*-C), including good grades in relevant subjects.   

Extended Project Qualification    
We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer.  We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. 

International Baccalaureate

Typical offer    
32 points overall from the full IB Diploma.

European Baccalaureate

Typical offer    
Overall result of at least 77%

• Home students: £9,250 per year
• Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £9,250 per year
• International students: £18,500 per year

Note that your fees may be subject to an increase on an annual basis as the Government reviews the fee levels.

Through regular theatre trips and workshops with specialist faculty and professional artists, you study the cutting edge of contemporary theatre practice. Recent workshops have been conducted by, among others, Complicite, Reckless Sleepers, and Michael Attenborough.

You’ll develop practical careers skills in critical assessment, written communication, independent thinking and problem-solving. Our graduates have set up their own theatre companies and established themselves as professional directors and performers.

You can also go on to further study, or pursue a career in:

• media, film and journalism
• publishing, libraries and education.

Graduate destinations

Recent graduates have found jobs as:

• freelance theatre director, The Gate (JMK award winner)
• poet and playwright, The Roundhouse (Live Canon Poetry prize winner)
• media and project co-ordinator, Young Start-up Talent.