English Literature / Drama and - Aberystwyth Uni

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Start Date

Medium of studying

Duration

36 months

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Program Details

Degree

Bachelors

Major

Acting | Theater Arts | Creative Writing

Area of study

Arts

Timing

Full time

Course Language

English

About Program

Program Overview

The English Literature/Drama and Theatre BA at Aberystwyth University offers students a thorough study of literature and drama, equipping them with creative problem-solving, analysis, and expression skills. The program emphasizes transferable skills, such as independent work, communication, and teamwork, preparing graduates for careers in various fields, including broadcasting, publishing, and education. The curriculum also incorporates collaborations with Aberystwyth Arts Centre and the renowned National Library of Wales.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This degree program aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of literary texts and cultures, while developing their skills as theatre-makers and creative thinkers. The program emphasizes the development of expression, critical thinking, specialist knowledge, and research skills, all grounded in a detailed and broad understanding of literary and theatrical history and an applied knowledge of literary and dramatic theory. The program prepares students for a variety of career destinations.

Outline:

Year 1:

Core Modules:
Ancestral Voices (EN10220):
Critical Practice (EN11320):
Theatre in Context 1 (TP11020):
Theatre in Context 2 (TP11320):
Option Modules:
Academic Writing: Planning, Process and Product (IC17720):
American Literature 1819-1925 (EN11220):
Contemporary Writing (EN10520):
Greek and Roman Epic and Drama (CL10120):
Introduction to Poetry (WL10420):
Language Awareness for TESOL (IC13420):
Literature And The Sea (WL11420):
Peering into Possibility: Speculative Fiction and the Now (WL11920):
Re-imagining Nineteenth-Century Literature (WL10120):
Site-Specific Performance Project (TP11420):
Studio Theatre Project (TP11120):
Body, Voice, Expression (TP10220):
Body, Voice, Perception (TP10120):

Year 2:

Core Modules:
Literary Theory: Debates and Dialogues (EN20120):
Option Modules:
Acting for Camera (TP25920):
Acting: Process and Performance (TP21220):
Devised Performance Project (TP21620):
Directors' Theatre (TP21820):
New Media Performance (TP23820):
Shakespeare in Performance (TP23220):
Theatre Design Project (TP22620):
Theatre Production Project (TP24940):
Theatre and Contemporary Society (TP20820):
A Century in Crisis: 1790s to 1890s (WL20720):
Classical Drama and Myth (CL20320):
Contemporary Queer Fiction (EN21620):
Contemporary Writing and Climate Crisis (EN21120):
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 1 (IC27720):
In the Olde Dayes: Medieval Texts and Their World (EN23120):
Literary Geographies (EN21020):
Literary Modernisms (EN20920):
Literature and Climate in the Nineteenth Century (EN21220):
Literature since the '60s (EN22920):
Place and Self (EN22120):
TESOL Approaches, Methods and Teaching Techniques (IC23420):
Writing Women for the Public Stage, 1670-1780 (EN28720):

Year 3:

Core Modules:
Option Modules:
Contemporary Drama (TP30020):
Musical Theatre Dramaturgies (TP39020):
Performance and Architecture (TP33420):
Performance and Disability (TP30320):
Place, Space and Landscape (TP32820):
Ali Smith and 21st Century fiction(s) (EN33620):
Effective Academic and Professional Communication 2 (IC37820):
Haunting Texts (EN30820):
Literatures of Surveillance (WL35320):
Reading Theory / Reading Text (EN30120):
Remix: Chaucer In The Then and Now (WL30620):
Romantic Eroticism (EN30520):
TESOL Materials Development and Application of Technologies (IC33420):
The Mark of the Beast: Animals in Literature from the 1780s to the 1920s (EN31320):
Undergraduate Dissertation (EN30040):
Victorian Childhoods (EN30320):
Writing in the Margins: Twentieth-Century Welsh Poetry in English (EN30420):
Ensemble Performance Project (TP35520):
Independent Research Project (TP36040):
Playwriting (TP33340):
School Shakespeare Project (TP30140):

Assessment:

The program utilizes a combination of essays, exams, and oral presentations for assessment. Students are also required to complete additional, non-assessed assignments and work collaboratively on specific tasks.

Teaching:

The program is taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, and one-to-one tutorials. The university encourages self-directed learning to stimulate academic interest and nurture personal and intellectual development. Students are assigned personal tutors to provide academic and pastoral support, and to deliver tutorials that help develop key skills. The university also offers a Personal Development Plan (PDP) to help students chart their personal, academic, and professional development.

Careers:

Graduates of this program are well-equipped for a wide range of career destinations, including:

Broadcasting
Journalism
Advertising
Publishing
Education
Civil Service
Business
Finance
New Media
Clear and structured communication (written and oral)
Effective problem-solving and creative thinking
Independent work
Time management and organizational skills
Meeting deadlines
Self-motivation and self-reliance
Teamwork
Discussion and negotiation
Students have unlimited access to the National Library of Wales, one of the UK's five copyright libraries.
The program offers a writing retreat at a country house in mid-Wales, providing an opportunity for students to develop their final year projects and dissertations in a rural setting.
The program is available partially or entirely through the medium of Welsh.

English Literature / Drama and Theatre BA