MA (Honours) Liberal Arts with Theatre Studies

This programme offers a new approach to the traditional academic skills developed in the Arts and Humanities through a broad, flexible, and interdisciplinary degree structure. It allows students to develop a comprehensive understanding of key issues of global concern, including in the areas of the environment and social justice, while also highlighting the importance of civic engagement. A distinctive feature of the programme is the opportunity to specialize in an area of additional interest through a subsidiary pathway in Theatre Studies. During the pre-Honours years, students take core Liberal Arts courses that introduce fundamental concepts of humanistic inquiry in the twenty-first century. These courses focus on critical thinking, active learning, and reflective practice. Core courses in Theatre Studies also provide a grounding in that subject in the pre-Honours years. In the Honours years, students continue to benefit from a wide range of course and subject choices and gain experience of independent research, while concluding their study of the Liberal Arts core and of Theatre Studies specialist options.

This programme aims to:
• Give students the opportunity to become proficient in a variety of approaches to the study of theatre, including the techniques of historical, sociological and theoretical analysis of the theatrical process, past and present.
• Engage students in collaborative learning with peers and staff from a wide range of subject areas and disciplines, fostering teamwork and interdisciplinary communication.
• Practise skills of analysis, close reading, and effective communication in both oral and written forms, across the subjects which form part of the degree.
• Conduct independent research through the production of an extended piece of writing.
• Develop essential skills of presentation and communication as well as IT skills and qualities of initiative through the assessed study of a broad range of Arts and Humanities courses.
• Benefit from the comparison of approaches across a range of different subject areas and reflect interdisciplinary perspectives in written and spoken forms.
• Equip students with the knowledge and skills for undergraduate and postgraduate life, including employability.