BA Drama and Creative Writing
About this course
BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen. Core topics include research methods. The programme offers a semester abroad option and provides practical training in a professional drama studio, with opportunities to participate in the student-run Minotaur Theatre Company.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB
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What students say
Based on about 6 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 96%
- Learning opportunities: 85%
- Assessment and feedback: 77%
- Academic support: 92%
- Organisation and management: 75%
- Learning resources: 86%
- Student voice: 86%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 90%
- Left higher education: 10%
What graduates do next
Based on about 10 graduates who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 15%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Elementary occupations: 20%
- Teaching Professionals: 15%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 15%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation: 10%
- Skilled trades occupations: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 80%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 50%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 35 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 10%
- East of England: 20%
- London: 45%
- South East: 20%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- WORKING IN THE THEATRE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL THEATRE
- THE ACTOR'S CRAFT
- CREATIVE WRITING: BEGINNINGS
- GLOBAL THEATRES
- COLLABORATIVE THEATRE-MAKING
- CREATIVE WRITING: EXPERIMENTS IN GENRE
- APPLIED DRAMA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- LITERATURE STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD (SPRING)
- FILMMAKING AND MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
- SCENOGRAPHY, DESIGN AND TECHNICAL THEATRE
- POPULAR THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
- DEVISED THEATRE
- THE ACTOR'S WORK
- THEATRE DIRECTING
- SCRIPTWRITING: SCREEN AND STAGE
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- WRITING IN THE WORLD: PLACEMENTS, PODCASTS, CREATIVE NON FICTION
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (SPR)
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (AUT)
- SCRIPTWRITING: TV/FILM
- SCRIPTWRITING: STAGE/AUDIO
- CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY (AUT)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- ADAPTATION: CROSS-MEDIA TRANSFORMATIONS
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II - B2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ITALIAN I - A1 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- BEGINNERS' CHINESE II
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- SELVES, IDENTITIES AND PERFORMANCE
- THE ACTOR'S ART
- PRODUCTION
- RADICAL PERFORMANCE
- PITCH, PUBLISH, PERFORM
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (SPR)
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (AUT)
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED POETRY (AUT)
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia earn?
The median salary is £26,000 after 15 months, £20,000 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £21,000 and £37,000. The £27,000 median after five years is £3,500 more than the UK median for Creative writing.
What do graduates of BA Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia 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 Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia?
96% 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 Creative Writing at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 134 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia?
90% of students continued into their second year, and 10% left higher education.