Acting and Performance BA(Hons)

Program Overview

The Acting and Performance BA (Hons) program emphasizes performance creation and production. It nurtures students' skills in theatre, writing, stage production, and directing, preparing them for careers in contemporary theatre, stage, and film. The program offers practical workshops, performance projects, and industry collaborations, ensuring hands-on experience for students to excel in the performing arts field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This Acting and Performance BA(Hons) course is a production-based program designed for individuals who aspire to create their own performances and workshops through acting or directing. The program aims to develop students' skills and knowledge in the field of performing arts, enabling them to pursue careers in contemporary theatre, writing for theatre productions, stage production, and other related areas.

Outline:

Year 1

• Core Modules:
• Studying Performance 1: Introduces students to performance theories and vocabulary.
• Text into Performance: Explores the process of adapting a play script into a live theatre production.
• Making Performance 1: Provides foundational training in approaches to making live performance.
• Studying Performance 2: Examines historical performance practices from the late-Victorian period to the present.

Year 2

• Core Modules:
• Making Performance 2: Allows students to participate in and analyze a performance or performance-related event.
• Performance Across Media: Explores contemporary performance practices across various media.
• Specialist Practice: Provides training in a specific theatre skill area, such as directing, performing, physical theatre, technical theatre, or workshop facilitation.
• Option Modules:
• Production Management
• Global Popular Cinema: Hollywood and Beyond
• Screenwriting and Genre
• Developing Confidence in Spoken and Written English
• English for Academic and Professional Purposes
• Advanced Professional and Academic English

Year 3

• Core Modules:
• Creative Futures: Helps students plan for their future careers in the creative industries.
• Advanced Performance Projects: Contributes to the preparation of a staff-led performance.
• Practice and Research: Involves a research process culminating in a Panel Session on a chosen topic.
• Option Modules:
• Final Year Project: Provides an opportunity to demonstrate practical skills in a significant theatre or performance role.
• Research Dissertation: Allows students to conduct guided independent research in an area of media.

Assessment:

Assessment methods vary throughout the program and include presentations, performances, essays, and other creative practical processes. Most modules incorporate both written and practical work.

Teaching:

The program is taught by experienced faculty who are actively involved in research and professional practice. Teaching methods include practical workshops, performance projects, lectures, seminars, and one-to-one tutorials.

Careers:

Graduates of the Acting and Performance BA(Hons) program have pursued careers in contemporary theatre, film, television, touring theatre productions, teaching, and running their own performance companies.

Other:

• The program is ranked 27th in the world for 'Performing Arts' by QS World University Subject Rankings, 2023.
• 100% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21 data, UK domiciled graduates).
• Students have benefited from visits from practitioners and residencies from internationally known companies like Slung Low, IOU Productions, and Northern Broadsides.

Tuition Fees - full-time The full-time undergraduate tuition fee for 2024/25 entry will be £9250. Tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, tuition, supervision and examinations. Tuition Fees - part-time In 2024/25, the part-time tuition fee for UK students at the University of Huddersfield is £995 per 20 credit module (see Fees and finance for exceptions). Tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, tuition, supervision and examinations. Please note that tuition fees for subsequent years of study may rise in line with inflation (RPI-X).