Comedy BA (Hons)
Bath Spa University
Key Information
Campus location
Bath, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
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Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
Comedy BA (Hons)
The Comedy Program at Bath Spa enables you to develop and write sketch shows, monologues, comic plays and stand-up, then perform live across the stand-up club and festival circuit. You'll create videos and podcasts, enter writing competitions and collaborate on devising, writing and filming an original sitcom pilot using our state-of-the-art facilities.
Rigorous practice and contextual theory will enable you to enhance your academic writing and research skills while exploring a range of contemporary comedy genres. You'll gain valuable experience of current industry practices and record high-quality material for a showreel.
Regardless of the industry, humour is omnipotent. That's why we've devised a unique optional module that explores the link between communicating in comedy and communicating in business, using techniques taught to companies including Google, Channel 4, M&C Saatchi, UBS and Bank Paribas.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute university for more information.
Curriculum
Year one (Level 4) modules
- Introduction to Comedy Acting Processes
- Comedy Writing and Performance: Character Monologues
- Comedy Skills 1
- Comedy Acting Processes
- Comedy Writing and Performance: CharacterDuologue
- Comedy Skills 2
Year two (Level 5) modules
- High Comedy
- Comedy Skills 3
- Comedy Writing and Performance: Online Comedy
- Comedy Skills 4
- Comedy Writing and Performance: Stand Up Comedy
- Comedy Skills in Business
- Improvised Comedy
- Professional Placement Year
Year three (Level 6) modules
- Comedy Writing Project
- Comedy Independent Study
- Production Project: Acting in a Directed Comedic Play
- Production Project: Making Comedic Performance
- Production Project: Mediated Comedic Performance
- Stand Up/Sketch Comedy Circuit Show
- The Professional Comedian
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Career Opportunities
As a Comedy graduate, you'll have identified your distinctive comic voice and will have the tools to write and perform to a professional standard.
You'll be creating and presenting your work on professional platforms that reach beyond the University, and you'll have the ability to showcase yourself both online and on stage.
You'll have a clear knowledge and understanding of the live and broadcast comedy industries, and how to successfully navigate this highly competitive field and exploit the opportunities therein.
English Language Requirements
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