BA Drama and Creative Writing with a Year Abroad
About this course
BA (Hons) Creative Writing and Performance and Design for Theatre and Screen, combining dramatic writing with theatrical practice. Core topics include research methods. The course is taught across two departments and includes a semester abroad at a partner institution. Students work in a professional Drama Studio and gain experience through a student-run theatre company.
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Entry requirements
A level: AAB
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What students say
Based on about 15 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 95%
- Learning opportunities: 84%
- Assessment and feedback: 80%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 90%
- Student voice: 84%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 15%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
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%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 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 25 students who started, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 80%
- Baccalaureate: 5%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Silver for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES YEAR ABROAD MODULE
- CREATIVE WRITING: EXPERIMENTS IN GENRE
- WORKING IN THE THEATRE 1: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL THEATRE
- CREATIVE WRITING: BEGINNINGS
- THE ACTOR'S CRAFT
- GLOBAL THEATRES
- COLLABORATIVE THEATRE-MAKING
- APPLIED DRAMA AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
- LITERATURE STUDIES SEMESTER ABROAD (SPRING)
- THE ACTOR'S WORK
- SCENOGRAPHY, DESIGN AND TECHNICAL THEATRE
- THEATRE DIRECTING
- DEVISED THEATRE
- POPULAR THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE
- FILMMAKING AND MULTIMEDIA PERFORMANCE
- CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY (AUT)
- SCRIPTWRITING: STAGE/AUDIO
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (SPR)
- CREATIVE WRITING: PROSE FICTION (AUT)
- THE WRITING OF JOURNALISM (AUT)
- SCRIPTWRITING: SCREEN AND STAGE
- WRITING IN THE WORLD: PLACEMENTS, PODCASTS, CREATIVE NON FICTION
- SCRIPTWRITING: TV/FILM
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I (SPRING START) - A1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH I - A1 CEFR
- MAKING IT PUBLIC: PUBLISHING, AUDIENCE, & CREATIVE ENTERPRISE
- ADVANCED ENGLISH II
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR (SPRING START)
- LGBT AND BEYOND: SEXUAL CULTURES, QUEER IDENTITIES, AND THE POLITICS OF DESIRE
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC II
- ARTS AND HUMANITIES PLACEMENT MODULE
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH II B1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' RUSSIAN II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH II - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' SPANISH I - A1 CEFR
- ADVANCED ENGLISH I
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I
- BEGINNERS RUSSIAN I (SPRING START)
- SHAKESPEARE (PRE-1789)
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE GERMAN I - A2 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' ARABIC I (SPRING START)
- INTERMEDIATE SPANISH I - A2+ CEFR
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN II - A1.2 CEFR
- INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE II
- BEGINNERS' JAPANESE II
- BEGINNERS' GERMAN I - A1.1 CEFR
- BEGINNERS' FRENCH II - A2 CEFR
- INTERMEDIATE FRENCH II - B1 CEFR
- ADAPTATION: CROSS-MEDIA TRANSFORMATIONS
- PRODUCTION
- THE ACTOR'S ART
- RADICAL PERFORMANCE
- SELVES, IDENTITIES AND PERFORMANCE
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (SPR)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED POETRY (AUT)
- WRITING TELEVISION DRAMA
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED SCRIPTWRITING
- LITERATURE DISSERTATION: POST-1789 (AUT)
- PITCH, PUBLISH, PERFORM
- CREATIVE WRITING DISSERTATION (AUT)
- CREATIVE WRITING: ADVANCED PROSE
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama and Creative Writing with a Year Abroad 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 with a Year Abroad 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 with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
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 Creative Writing with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
The typical offer is AAB at A level. The average entrant had 133 UCAS points.
Does BA Drama and Creative Writing with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Drama and Creative Writing with a Year Abroad at University of East Anglia?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 15% left higher education.