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Programme summary

1. Programme Aims

• To provide an intellectually stimulating environment in which students can develop the critical and practical skills of Drama and Business management.
• To enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme.
• To ensure that graduates are trained to think independently, to reason critically, to weigh the importance of alternative arguments and perspectives, and to analyse critically different forms of discourse.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

• The Benchmark Statement for Dance, Drama and Performance.
• The Benchmark Statement for General Business and Management.
• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ).

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

On successful completion of this programme students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas:

• Substantial knowledge of a range of classical and contemporary Drama with an awareness of the role of culture in a changing performance landscape.
• An understanding and practical experience of a range of research methods.
• The ability to compare theatre institutions, structures and practices historically and geographically.
• An ability to grasp the epistemological underpinnings of different research traditions in Drama.
• An understanding of theories, principles and practice, developed from study of core management areas of human resources, finance, marketing and organisational behaviour.
• Knowledge of the importance of policy, planning and management in business. The behaviour, management and development of people within organisations.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

On successful completion of the programme students should be able to:

• Appreciate the central role in culture of Drama and have gained rhetorical skills of effective communication and argument using speech, writing and other forms.
• Apply Drama and theatre studies concepts and theories.
• Use critical thinking, analysis and syntheses to evaluate and apply concepts and insights from business disciplines, including comprehension of complex scenarios.
• Relate theory to practice.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Locate and retrieve information using a range of resources.
• Design and perform practical projects.
• Present cogent and persuasive arguments both in oral and written form.
• Create, evaluate and/or assess a range of options in a business situation, applying ideas and knowledge from a variety of sources.

c. Key transferable skills:

On successful completion of this programme, students should have acquired the following skills:

• Effective communication
• Effective organisational and time-management skills
• Effective use of information technology
• Numeracy skills
• Effective team-working skills

4. Programme structure

Part A - Introductory Modules

Part B - Degree Modules

Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

• Performance and Theatre Practice

• Theoretical, Technical and Historical Drama

   

In the 2020-2021 academic year the available modules will be:

Candidates may choose to take a module in the following list in place of a module in their main subject areas.

 Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

•  History of Art, Architecture and Design
•  Visual Culture
• Arts Management
• Language, Literature, and Culture
• Publishing

In the 2020-2021 academic year the available modules will be:

Part I

DPS route

Candidates will undertake an approved placement leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies. 

OR

DIntS Route

Candidates will undertake an approved study placement at a partner institution outside the United Kingdom leading to the Diploma in International Studies.

Participation in either a work or study placement is subject to School approval and satisfactory academic performance during Parts A and B.

Part C - Degree Modules

Candidates normally attempt 60 credits in each semester, accumulating 120 credit units over the year. In accordance with University Regulations, students should take at least 90 credits of C-coded modules in their final year of study.

Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

• Performance and Theatre Practice

• Theoretical, Technical and Historical Drama

   

In the 2020-2021 academic year the available modules will be:

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

5.1 In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX.

5.2 Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any part of the Programme to undergo re-assessment in the University’s special assessment period.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in Regulation XX. The average percentage marks for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the Programme Mark.