BA Education / Drama and Theatre
About this course
BA in Education and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen, a joint programme combining education studies with drama and theatre practice. Core topics include Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. BBC Wales local studios are based in the department, which maintains partnerships with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre Wales.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-CCC IB: 30-26
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What students say
Based on about 33 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university
- Teaching on my course: 91%
- Learning opportunities: 93%
- Assessment and feedback: 89%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 87%
- Learning resources: 89%
- Student voice: 86%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 40 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 85%
- Left higher education: 15%
What graduates do next
Based on about 12 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 25%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 55%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 15%
- Elementary occupations: 10%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals: 5%
- Caring personal services: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 55%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 45%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 35%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 95 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 11%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 4%
- East Midlands: 8%
- West Midlands: 22%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 6%
- South East: 10%
- South West: 7%
- Wales: 28%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- A levels: 90%
- No formal qualifications: 5%
Modules
- Theatre in Context 1
- Theatre in Context 2
- Children's Development and Learning
- Site-Specific Performance Project
- Studio Theatre Project
- Education, Sustainability and Ethical Citizenship
- Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years
- Language Development in the Early Years
- Play Matters: Understanding and Supporting Learning and Play
- Professional Practice
- Acting: Process and Performance
- Body, Voice, Perception
- Educational Blueprints: Insights into Curriculum and Assessment
- Acting for Camera
- Creative Arts at Work
- Design Project
- Devised Performance Project
- Directors' Theatre
- Discourses of Education and Childhood
- Leadership
- Literacy in Young Children
- Research Methods
- Safeguarding and Professional Practice
- Shakespeare in Performance
- Theatre Production Project
- Theatre and Contemporary Society
- Contemporary Drama
- Music Theatre Dramaturgies
- New Media Performance
- Performance and Architecture
- Performance and Disability
- Place, Space and Landscape
- Children's Rights
- Emotional and Social Development
- Major dissertation
- Mathematical Development in the Early Years
- Special Educational Needs
- Advanced Studio Practice (scenography)
- Ensemble Performance Project
- Independent Research Project
- Playwriting
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Education / Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £24,000 after 15 months, £17,000 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,500 and £27,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £1,500 less than the UK median for Education.
What do graduates of BA Education / Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Education / Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University?
91% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Education / Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 104 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Education / Drama and Theatre at Aberystwyth University?
85% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.