BA Drama

A-levels: 300 points, including BB at A-level with one A-level in a humanities subject
BTEC National Diploma: DDM
Scottish Highers: AABB
IB: 29 points

First Year

• Introduction to Drama
• Introduction to Theatre
• Making
• Introduction to Literature
• Close Reading half-module
• Writing skills half-module

Second Year

• Three Drama options
• Plus one Humanities option

Third Year

• Three Drama options
• One Literature, Film or
• Theatre Studies option

Drama Options

• From Shakespeare to Churchill (second year)
• Comedy (second year)
• Tragedy (second year)
• Models of Misrule (second year)
• Gender in Performance (second year)
• Twentieth-Century Political Theatre (third year)
• Writing for the Theatre (third year)
• European Naturalism and After (third year)
• Contemporary Theatre Texts: 1990 to the present (third year)
• Contemporary Performance (third year)
• Creative Performance (third year)
• Independent Practical Project (third year)

Bachelor of Arts in Drama

Course Fees 2009/10

Fee for home and EU students: £3225
Fee for overseas students: £9750

The University of Essex

The University of Essex was founded in 1964 and is today one of the UK's leading academic institutions, with worldwide reputation for top-quality teaching and research.

Students come from over 130 countries, and there are more than 9,000 full-time students at the University. The University of Essex hosts 18 academic departments for example within the humanities, social sciences, science and engineering, and law and business management.

The University of Essex has three campuses all within an hour of London:

• Colchester Campus
• Southend Campus
• East 15 - Loughton Campus

Colchester is the original University campus, and is based at Wivenhoe Park. Set in 200 acres of parkland the campus boasts beautiful lakes and views and is only two miles from Colchester in north Essex. The Colchester Campus offers a range of amenities on it's friendly campus, such as accommodation, a sports centre, teaching and research facilities, the Albert Sloman Library, shops, banks, restaurants, and entertainment venues.

In 2007, the Southend Campus opened and offers courses in Business and Entrepreneurship, Nursing and Oral Health sciences, and courses from East 15 Acting School. Located in the heart of the high street, students benefit from having a new state-of-the-art building with modern and high-tech facilities, but also being right in a busy town right by the seaside.There is new student accommodation being built at the moment ready for 2010 entry - which is a few minutes walk away.

East 15 Acting School - One of the UK's most innovative acting schools is part of The University of Essex. It has it's own campus (although some courses are run at Southend) located east of London in Loughton, and offers a dynamic portfolio of degrees that span many areas of training and study of performance for actors, directors and technical theatre specialists. East 15 draws on its long and successful traditions, and combines this with a keen sense of the changing world of theatre today.

The University of Essex train and educate students who want to go and work successfully when they graduate, whether it be in the UK or overseas - offering many opportunities along side their academic study.