Course contact details
DMU Admissions
Email:admissions@dmu.ac.uk
Phone:0116 2078443
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
Course summary
IThis course is ideal for those seeking a career in a range of arts-related areas.
Our curriculum will enable you to learn about drama in a rich variety of ways, including contemporary methods of performance making, current scholarly thinking and historical theatrical traditions. We champion individualism and you’ll be encourages to personalise your learning to your areas of interest through a choice of routes.
Throughout your learning, you’ll have the opportunity to work with professional researchers, research-active academics and visiting practitioners. You’ll benefit from opportunities to collaborate on professional performances throughout the course, allowing you to grow in confidence, develop wider professional skills and showcase your own work to a variety of audiences.
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This course can help launch your career. Recent graduates have gone onto enjoy impressive careers, such as acting for the National Theatre, Associate Director at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre and Drama coach at Berzerk Productions.
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Benefit from a paid placement in year three of this course. Students have enjoyed working at Leicester’s Curve theatre, as well as other professional arts organisations and theatre companies.
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DMU is recognised as a Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts, with great facilities providing specialist studios and rehearsal spaces designed specifically for drama and performance learning activities.
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Customise your learning and broaden your careers paths upon graduation by selecting a route through this degree. You can choose from: Creative Writing, Education, English Literature, Film, History, Journalism or Media.
Modules
Course Modules
First year
Block 1: Theatre Company: Ensemble
Block 2: Body, Text, Voice
Block 3: Shifting Stages OR you can select to study one route from the list below:
Creative Writing route – Writers Salon
Education route – Childhood, Social Justice and Education
English Language route - Evolving Language
English Literature route – Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare
Film Studies route – Disney, Warner Bros and the Business of the Film Studio
History route – Global Cities
Journalism route – Understanding Journalism
Media route - Media, Culture and Society
Block 4: Participations
Second year
Block 1: Engaging Audiences
Block 2: Making Theatre and Performance
Block 3: Theatre Revolutions OR continue with the route selected in the first year:
Creative Writing route – Story Craft
Education route – Preparing for Professional Practice and Cultural and Educational Transformations
English Language route - Sociolinguistics
English Literature route - Text Technologies
Film Studies route – Screen Archives - Preservation, Conservation and Usage
History route – Humans and the Natural World
Journalism route – Beyond News: Peace journalism and Opinion Writing
Media route – Public Relations and Strategic Communication
Block 4: Theatre Company: Collaboration OR Curve Company 1
Third year
Blocks 1 and 2: Select two from the list below:
Live Art
Staging Texts
Theatre Company: Production
Education and Performing Arts
Block 3: Performance, Identity and Activism OR continue with the route selected in the first year:
Creative Writing route – Uncreative Writing, Creative Misbehavior
Education route – Adult Learners and Lifelong Learning OR Gender and Education
English Language route – Language and Identity
English Literature route – World Englishes: On the page and Beyond
Film Studies route – British Cinema - Creativity, Independents and Interdependence
History route – The World on Display
Journalism route – Music, Film and Entertainment Journalism
Media route – Gender and TV Fictions
Block 4: Final Project OR Curve Company 2
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Leicester Campus
Study options
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
Start dates
Application codes
- Institution code:
- D26
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
De Montfort University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Application codes
- Institution code:
- D26
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsEntry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
A levelBBC
T LevelM
UCAS TariffOffer: 112
From a minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent
Access to HE DiplomaMerit: 30
Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammeOffer: 26
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DMM
Additional entry requirements
- Audition
- Interview
- At interview we will be assessing you on the following criteria; * The ability to work creatively and collaboratively * Demonstrate an understand of the importance of drama in contemporary society * Demonstrate a knowledge of theatre through reading and viewing plays and performances
Contextual admissions
Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.
Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).
Historical entry grades data
This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).
It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.
Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsHistorical entry grades report
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £10050 | |
| EU & International | £16800* |
* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.
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