BA Drama and English
About this course
The BA (Hons) Drama and English is a joint honours degree combining the academic study of literature with practical theatre-making and performance. Core topics include Research Methods, Historical Research, Critical & Analytical Thinking, and Design & Creative Practice. Students can optionally undertake an industry placement year to gain real-world experience in the creative sector. The first year establishes fundamental performance techniques and historical reading methods through compulsory modules such as Devising and Making, Ensemble Show, Texts in Time: Medieval to Romantic, and Texts in Time: Victorian to Contemporary. The second year investigates radical social changes and literary theory via modules including Dis-Locations: the Literature of Late Capitalism and Theory Wars. Optional modules across the course allow students to explore specialist areas such as Acting the Song, Stage Combat, Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen, and Gothic in Literature and Film. In the final year, students can complete advanced projects such as the Festival Showcase Project.
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Entry requirements
A level: BCC to BBC IB: 29 points overall.
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What students say
Based on about 13 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 91%
- Assessment and feedback: 90%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 94%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 75%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 8 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Further study: 10%
Most common jobs
- Teaching Professionals: 25%
- Elementary occupations: 15%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 10%
- Sales occupations: 10%
- Secretarial and related occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 90%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 70%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 75%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 175 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 3%
- North West: 4%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 25%
- East Midlands: 35%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 15%
- London: 9%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 1%
- Wales: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Devising and Making
- Ensemble Show
- Texts in Time: Medieval to Romantic
- Texts in Time: Victorian to Contemporary
- Dis-Locations: the Literature of Late Capitalism
- Theory Wars
- Acting the Song
- American Literature I
- American Literature II
- Arts and Health
- Contemporary Performance Technologies
- Contemporary Production Practices
- Creative Audio Technologies
- Digital Performance
- Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Industry Placement
- Lincoln School of Creative Arts Industry Placement Year
- Literature of the Fin de Siècle
- LSCA Study Abroad
- Medieval Literature
- Musical Theatre Futures
- Reading the 'Global'
- Renaissance Literature
- Romanticism: Literature 1780-1830
- Specialist Elective
- Stage Combat
- Staging Shakespeare & Co
- Study Period Abroad - English and Drama
- Teaching Practices
- The Arthurian Myth
- The Craft of Creative Non-Fiction
- The Craft of Fiction
- Theatre and Adaptation
- Theatres of Experiment: the Avant-Garde
- Victorian Worlds: Literature 1830-1914
- The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
- A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature
- Advanced Acting for Stage
- Arts and Cultural Industries
- Cabaret, Satire & Song
- Contemporary American Fiction
- Directing
- Exploring 3: Investigating Creative Practice
- Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Festival Showcase Project
- Global Literatures and Health
- Gothic in Literature and Film
- Growing Up and Growing Old: Youth and Age across the Nineteenth Century
- Independent Study: English
- Literature and the Visual, 1770–1900
- Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing
- Production Design and Realisation
- Professional Production
- Scriptwriting for Stage and Screen
- Shakespeare I
- Shakespeare II
- Single Author Study A
- Single Author Study B
- The Literature of Childhood
- Theatre for Young Audiences
- Twenty-First Century British Fiction
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £18,000 after 3 years, £22,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £17,000 and £26,500. The £22,500 median after five years is £5,500 less than the UK median for Literature in English.
What do graduates of BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln do next?
100% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln?
95% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln?
The typical offer is BCC at A level, or 29 points in the IB. The average entrant had 110 UCAS points.
Does BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year.
How many students continue on BA Drama and English at University of Lincoln?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.