BA Drama
About this course
BA (Hons) Drama is a part-time undergraduate degree that explores dramatic performance through historical and contemporary practices. Core topics include Research Methods, Entrepreneurship, and Design & Creative Practice. The course culminates in an independent final-year project where students pursue a specific research question through a dissertation, workshop, or work-based learning. The first year introduces fundamental performance structures, theatrical technologies, and spatial practices through compulsory modules like Dramatic Structures on Stage and Screen, Performance Technologies, and Space and Performance. The second year focuses on ensemble acting and critical practice with modules such as Acting 2: Studio Practice, Acting 1: Text and Performance, and Critical Practice. Year 3 examines arts administration, social identities, and political theatre through modules including Arts Administration, The Form and Function of Performance, and Political Theatre from Expressionism to Brecht. Subsequent years offer various optional modules covering areas such as directing, community theatre, advanced acting, playwriting, and arts entrepreneurship, alongside compulsory study in liveness and documentation.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC Applicants may satisfy the requirement for the final A level grade (C) by substituting a combination of alternative qualifications to the same standard as defined by the University.
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What students say
Based on about 8 final-year students who answered, across similar courses at this university (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 94%
- Assessment and feedback: 94%
- Academic support: 95%
- Organisation and management: 90%
- Learning resources: 93%
- Student voice: 90%
Modules
- Dramatic Structures on Stage and Screen
- Performance Technologies
- Space and Performance
- Acting 2: Studio Practice
- Acting 1: Text and Performance
- Critical Practice
- Arts Administration
- The Form and Function of Performance
- Political Theatre from Expressionism to Brecht
- Acting 4: Acting and Screen
- Introduction to Directing
- Theatre and Community
- Acting 3: Commedia dell'Arte
- Placement
- Liveness and Documentation in Performance
- Creative Business
- Advanced Playwriting
- Performance and Disability
- Advanced Directing
- Storytelling and Performance
- Arts Entrepreneurship
- Performing Community
- Theatre for Young Audiences
- Independent Project
- Representing Violence
- Acting 5: Advanced Acting
- Performing Ireland on Stage and Screen
- Performance and Conflict Transformation
- Performance and Health
- Theatre and Ritual
Questions about this course
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Drama at Ulster University?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Drama at Ulster University?
The typical offer is CCC at A level.