Programme Specification
BA (Hons) Drama with a Minor in English (2005 to 2007 entry)
Academic Year: 2014/15
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.
This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our Terms and Conditions of Study.
This specification should be read in conjunction with:
- Reg. XX (Undergraduate Awards) (see University Regulations)
- Module Specifications
- Summary
- Aims
- Learning outcomes
- Structure
- Progression & weighting
Programme summary
Awarding body/institution | Loughborough University |
Teaching institution (if different) | |
Owning school/department | Department of English and Drama - pre 2017 |
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body | |
Final award | BA (Hons) |
Programme title | Drama with a Minor in English |
Programme code | EAUB05 |
Length of programme | The duration of the programme is six semesters. |
UCAS code | W4Q3 |
Admissions criteria | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/departments/english-drama/dramawithaminorinenglish/ |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:08:04 BST |
1. Programme Aims
- to provide an intellectually stimulating environment in which students can develop the critical and practical skills of Drama, and a perspective on the social and cultural significance of English literature;
- to enable students to gain a broad knowledge and understanding of Drama, and of selected instances of English literature and language;
- to enable students to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of issues in Drama through specialist study and research;
- to stimulate productive reflection on the similarities and differences between modes of study in Drama and English;
- to enhance students’ career and employment opportunities on graduating.
2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:
- The Benchmark Statement for Dance, Drama and Performance
- The Benchmark Statement for English
- Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
3. Programme Learning Outcomes
3.1 Knowledge and Understanding
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the following areas:
- Knowledge of classical and contemporary Drama;
- Some knowledge of a range of authors and texts from different periods of literary history, including those before 1800;
- Understanding and practical experience of a range of research and critical methods in Drama and English studies;
- Capability of comparing theatre institutions, structures and practices historically and geographically;
- Appreciation of social and cultural diversity;
- Awareness of the role of culture in a changing landscape of performance and literary production;
- Grasp of the epistemological underpinnings of different research traditions in Drama;
- Some understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the different literary genres of fiction, poetry and drama;
- An appreciation of the structure and functions of the English language.
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- engage in critical reasoning;
- apply Drama, theatre studies and literary concepts and theories;
- articulate arguments in speech, writing and other forms.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- locate and retrieve information;
- use research tools;
- design and perform practical projects;
- present cogent and persuasive arguments both in oral and written form;
- critically assess the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral, written and performed communications.
c. Key transferable skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- handle complex information in a structured and systematic way;
- participate effectively in group work;
- use communication effectively, including dialogue, writing formats and visualisation;
- manage their time effectively.
4. Programme structure
4.1 Part A - Introductory Modules
Drama Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 40) |
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EAA501 |
Theatre Studies (Historical) |
10 credits |
EAA503 |
Theatre Studies (Performance) 1 |
15 credits |
EAA509 |
Theatre Studies (Textual) 1 |
15 credits |
Optional - NONE |
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Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 20) |
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EAA508 |
Theatre Studies (Theoretical) B |
20 credits |
Optional (total modular weight 20) |
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EAA504 |
Theatre Studies (Performance) 2 |
20 credits |
EAA506 |
Theatre Studies (Technical) B |
20 credits |
EAA510 |
Theatre Studies (Textual) 2 |
20 credits |
English Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 10) |
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EAA101 |
Critical Studies 1 |
10 credits |
Optional (total modular weight 10) |
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EAA001 |
Introduction to Film Studies |
10 credits |
EAA102 |
Introduction to Language |
10 credits |
EAA104 |
Introduction to Poetry 1 |
10 credits |
EAA105 |
Text and Context 1 |
10 credits |
EAA002 |
Women’s Voices |
10 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 10) |
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EAA201 |
Critical Studies 2 |
10 credits |
Optional |
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EAA007 |
American Noir |
10 credits |
EAA204 |
Introduction to Poetry 2 |
10 credits |
EAA009 |
Reading the American Novel |
10 credits |
EAA002 |
Women’s Voices |
10 credits |
4.2 Part B - Degree Modules
Candidates may choose optional modules so that as few as 50 or as many as 70 credit units are attempted in a semester, provided that 120 credit units are accumulated over the year.
Drama Component
Candidates must normally choose modules from the following list with a total modular weight of 80.
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB604 |
20th Century British Drama 1a |
20 credits |
EAB906 |
20th Century European Theatre |
20 credits |
EAB009 |
Contemporary Irish Theatre |
20 credits |
EAB910 |
Devising for Performance |
20 credits |
EAB911 |
Lighting Design (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB917 |
Stage Media |
20 credits |
EAB502 |
Theatre Practice 1* |
20 credits |
EAB004 |
World Theatre and Performance |
20 credits |
*Students may choose EITHER Theatre Practice 1 in their second year (Part B) OR Theatre Practice 2 in their third year (Part C). They cannot choose both. |
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Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB704 |
20th Century British Drama 1b |
20 credits |
EAB902 |
Theoretical Approaches |
20 credits |
EAB501 |
Group Project 1 |
20 credits |
EAB904 |
Playwriting and Dramaturgy 1 |
20 credits |
EAB033 |
Puppetry (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB909 |
Technical Theatre (Advanced) (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB034 |
Voice and Text A |
20 credits |
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB802 |
Individual Topic 1 |
20 credits |
EAB605 |
Television Drama – Realism |
20 credits |
English Component
Candidates must normally choose optional modules with a total modular weight of 40.
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB012 |
African American Culture |
20 credits |
EAB001 |
British Drama 1576-1737 |
20 credits |
EAB114 |
Creative Writing 1 |
20 credits |
EAB113 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
20 credits |
EAB028 |
Literary Marxisms |
20 credits |
EAB105 |
Narratives of Travel 1660-1800 |
20 credits |
EAB203 |
Renaissance Lyric Poetry |
10 credits |
EAB038 |
Satire |
20 credits |
EAB006 |
Verse in Britain 1700-1740 |
10 credits |
EAB002 |
Writing of the 1790s |
20 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB010 |
American Gothic |
20 credits |
EAB153 |
British Renaissance Drama |
20 credits |
EAB206 |
Clarissa |
10 credits |
EAB016 |
Language in Society |
20 credits |
EAB039 |
Nineteenth-Century American Writing |
20 credits |
EAB027 |
Shakespeare: Page to Stage |
20 credits |
EAB026 |
Slavery and Empire |
10 credits |
EAB015 |
South Asian Literature |
20 credits |
EAB115 |
The Novel in France 1830-1890 |
20 credits |
EAB035 |
The Weird Tale |
20 credits |
EAB008 |
Victorian Literature |
20 credits |
EAB018 |
Women’s Writing in the 17th Century |
20 credits |
4.3 Part C - Degree Modules
Candidates may choose optional modules so that as few as 50 or as many as 70 credit units are attempted in a semester, provided that 120 credit units are accumulated over the year. Students must take a minimum of 90 credits with an EAC code.
Drama component
Candidates must normally choose modules from the following list with a total modular weight of 80.
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC009 |
Dissertation |
30 credits |
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC500 |
Theatre Practice 1 | 30 credits |
EAC220 |
Adaptation for Stage | 20 credits |
EAC221 |
Applied Drama 1 | 20 credits |
EAC912 |
Costume Design | 20 credits |
EAB911 |
Lighting Design (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) | 20 credits |
EAC222 |
Writing for Performance | 20 credits |
EAB909 |
Technical Theatre (Advanced)** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
20 credits |
EAC507 |
El Teatro Campesino | 10 credits |
EAC506 |
Empires on Stage: Postcolonial Drama | 10 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC502 |
Theatre Practice 2* |
30 credits |
EAC224 |
Applied Drama |
20 credits |
EAC225 | Dance Theatre: Foundations and Practice | 20 credits |
EAC703 | Myths of America: Ideology and American Drama | 20 credits |
EAB033 | Puppetry | 20 credits |
EAC504 | Theatre of the Fantastic | 20 credits |
EAC018 | Women and Theatre | 10 credits |
EAC516 | Bollywood! Bollywood! | 10 credits |
*Theatre Practice 2 cannot be chosen in Part C if Theatre Practice 1 was studied at Part B.
English component
Candidates must normally choose optional modules with a total modular weight of 40.
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC009 |
Dissertation |
30 credits |
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC003 |
Decadence |
20 credits |
EAC012 |
America at War |
20 credits |
EAC024 |
The Writings of Intimacy |
20 credits |
EAC103 |
Modernisms |
20 credits |
EAC214 |
Maps and Motors: The Writing Portfolio |
20 credits |
EAC023 |
Libertines and Libertinism |
20 credits |
EAC228 |
Modern Subjects: Hardy, Conrad, Woolf |
20 credits |
EAC227 |
Myth and History: Milton's Paradise Lost |
20 credits |
EAC222 |
Writing for Performance |
20 credits |
EAC022 |
Ulysses |
20 credits |
EAC016 |
Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on Trial in American Culture |
10 credits |
EAC035 |
The Poetics and Politics of Contemporary Literature |
10 credits |
EAC042 |
Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics |
20 credits |
EAB006 |
Earlier Eighteenth-Century Verse: Finch to Pope** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
10 credits |
EAB203 |
Renaissance Lyric Poetry** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
10 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC014 |
Contemporary Irish Texts |
20 credits |
EAC013 |
Postmodern America |
20 credits |
EAC104 |
Aphra Behn and her Contemporaries |
20 credits |
EAC027 |
An Unexpected Light: Writing Afghanistan |
20 credits |
EAC109 |
Romantic Writings 1815-1832 |
20 credits |
EAC026 |
The American West |
10 credits |
EAC041 |
W B Yeats |
10 credits |
Students choosing EAC009 Dissertation will be required to specify whether this will count as part of their Drama credits or part of their English credits, and select an appropriate topic with this categorisation in mind.
5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award
In order to progress from Part A to Part B and from Part B to C and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must not only satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX but also:
.1 In order to progress from Part A to Part B, obtain at least 30% in all modules.
.2 In order to progress from Part B to Part C, obtain at least 30% in all modules.
.3 To be eligible for the award of a degree, obtain at least 30% in all modules.
Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of re-assessment in any part of the Programme to undergo re-assessment in the University’s special assessment period.
6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification
Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in Regulation XX. The average percentage marks for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the Programme Mark.