Drama MPhil/PhD including Practice-Based in the Arts/PhD by Published works

Program Overview

This MPhil/PhD/PhD by Published Works program in Drama advances knowledge and research abilities in the field. Students develop expertise through discipline-based and project-specific training and supervision from University of Northampton Drama Academics. The program prepares graduates for research, academic, and managerial career paths.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This Drama MPhil/PhD/PhD by Published Works curriculum offers a great way to advance your knowledge and research abilities if you have a degree in drama or a related field. You will be awarded a Level 8 qualification, which is the highest formal certification you may obtain in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, upon successfully defending the final thesis. This will provide you with a fantastic chance to advance into higher management roles within your area of expertise. We accept a range of projects and provide supervision in many different disciplines. Learn more about the Art and Design Research Centre and the Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies.

Teaching:

To broaden your expertise and strengthen your research, writing, presenting, and practising abilities, you will first get general, discipline-based, and project-specific training while creating and establishing research projects so that you may perform your research work successfully and autonomously. Throughout your project, you will be overseen by University of Northampton Drama Academics who are experts in their fields and will lead you through the process with frequent in-person or online seminars.

Careers:

After completing this course, you will be able to obtain research and development positions in the industry, advance into an academic career, or enter business at a managerial level.

Other:

This course is unique to the University of Northampton. We can supervise topics including: Gender and Sexuality in Performance, Queer Theatre and Performance Practices, Applied and Socially Engaged Theatre, Historiography, The Archive, and Marginalised Identities, Cultural Politics and Contemporary Performance Practices. We offer opportunities to develop interdisciplinary study and Practice as Research projects.