Programme Specification
BA (Hons) English and Drama (2010 and 2011 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 | English and Drama |
Programme code | EAUB06 |
Length of programme | The duration of the programme is six semesters, full-time |
UCAS code | QW34 |
Admissions criteria | http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses/departments/english-drama/englishanddrama/ |
Date at which the programme specification was published | Mon, 01 Sep 2014 14:15:00 BST |
1. Programme Aims
- to provide an intellectually stimulating environment in which students can develop the critical and practical skills of Drama, and develop an understanding of the social and cultural significance of English literature;
- to enable students to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of issues in English and Drama through specialist study and research;
- to stimulate productive reflection on the similarities and differences between modes of study in both subjects.
2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:
- The Benchmark Statement for Dance, Drama and Performance
- The English Benchmark statement
- 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:
- A knowledge of classical and contemporary Drama; a significant knowledge of a range of authors and texts from different periods of literary history, including those before 1800.
- An understanding and practical experience of a range of research and critical methods in English and Drama studies; a capability of comparing theatre institutions, structures and practices historically and geographically.
- An appreciation of social and cultural diversity.
- The ability to understand the epistemological underpinnings of different research traditions in the subject areas.
- An understanding of the distinctive characteristics of the different literary genres of fiction, poetry and drama, and of the structure and functions of the English language.
- They should also have an understanding of the power of imagination in literary creation and of the range and variety of contemporary approaches to literary and performance studies.
3.2 Skills and other attributes
a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:
On successful completion of this programme students will have acquired:
- critical skills in the close reading and analysis of texts and will have a thorough understanding of texts, concepts and theories relating to English and Drama studies;
- the ability to articulate arguments in speech, writing and other forms.
b. Subject-specific practical skills:
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- present cogent and persuasive arguments in oral, written and practical form;
- critically assess the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral, written and performed communications;
- locate and retrieve information using a variety of research methods;
- they should be able to design and perform practical projects individually and in groups.
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 using communication effectively, including dialogue, writing formats and visualisation;
- demonstrate effective organisational and time-management skills.
4. Programme structure
Part A - Introductory Modules
Candidates must choose 20 credits of optional English modules and 10 credits of optional Drama modules in Semester 2 so that 120 credit units are accumulated over the year.
Drama Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 30) |
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EAA509 |
Textual Studies 1 |
20 credits |
EAA503 |
Performance 1 |
10 credits |
Optional - NONE |
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Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 20) |
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EAA502 |
Histories of Theatre |
10 credits |
EAA506 |
Stage and Management |
10 credits |
Optional |
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EAA013 |
Non-Western Performance |
10 credits |
EAA504 |
Performance 2 |
10 credits |
EAA507 |
Introduction to Performance Studies |
10 credits |
EAA510 |
Textual Studies 2 |
10 credits |
English Component
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 30) |
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EAA101 |
Critical Studies 1 |
10 credits |
EAA102 |
An Introduction to Language |
10 credits |
EAA104 |
Introduction to Poetry 1 |
10 credits |
Optional - NONE |
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Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 10) |
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EAA201 |
Critical Studies 2 |
10 credits |
Optional (total modular weight 20) |
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EAA001 |
Introduction to Film Studies |
20 credits |
EAA003 |
Introduction to the Short Story |
20 credits |
EAA004 |
Language in Context |
20 credits |
EAA010 |
Writing Women |
20 credits |
EAA011 |
Writing in History |
20 credits |
EAA023 |
Oral Communication |
20 credits |
EAA108 |
The Search for Identity |
20 credits |
EAA002 |
Women’s Voices |
10 credits |
EAA015 |
Introduction to Short Narrative |
10 credits |
EAA016 |
The Essay |
10 credits |
EAA204 |
Introduction to Poetry 2 |
10 credits |
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.
Candidates may apply to the Head of Department for permission to undertake an approved course of study at a European University which is a member of the EU-approved Erasmus exchange programme. Candidates can only apply to take a single semester abroad not a full academic year. The exchange option would be in place of study at Loughborough for a single semester only during Part B of the degree programme.
Candidates who register for the Erasmus exchange programme must undertake the placement in place of one semester at Part B of the degree programme. Students must register for a total of 60 credits in English and Drama in addition to the 60 credit Semester Abroad module.
Drama Component
Candidates must normally choose optional modules from the following list (see table overleaf) with a total modular weight of 60 credits.
Semester 1 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB155 |
Brecht: The Critical Stage |
20 credits |
EAB910 |
Devising for Performance |
20 credits |
EAB911 |
Lighting Design (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB907 |
Set Design |
20 credits |
EAB909 |
Technical Theatre (Advanced) (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB009 |
Theatre, Nation and Trauma: Contemporary Irish Drama |
20 credits |
EAB004 |
World Theatre and Performance |
20 credits |
EAB505 |
Movement and Text |
10 credits |
EAB918 |
Revolt Against Fate: Literature and Theatre of the Absurd |
10 credits |
EAB101 |
Semester Abroad |
60 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAB156 |
Brecht in Film (Brecht: The Critical Stage pre-requisite) |
20 credits |
EAB917 |
Media Performance |
20 credits |
EAB904 |
Playwriting and Dramaturgy |
20 credits |
EAB033 |
Puppetry (also available at Part C) |
20 credits |
EAB157 |
Sound Principles |
20 credits |
EAB034 |
Voice and Text |
20 credits |
EAB920 |
Performing the Absurd |
10 credits |
EAB704 |
Modern and Contemporary British Dram a |
10 credits |
EAB101 |
Study Abroad |
60 credits |
English Component
Candidates must normally choose modules from the following list with a total modular weight of 60 credits.
*Students must take EITHER EAB001 in Semester 1 OR EAB008 in Semester 2.
Semester 1
Compulsory (total modular weight 20)
EAB001 |
British Drama 1576-1737* |
20 credits |
Optional |
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EAB154 |
Chivalry from Chaucer to Shakespeare |
20 credits |
EAB046 |
Dwelling in the Novel |
20 credits |
EAB113 |
Introduction to Linguistics |
20 credits |
EAB039 |
Nineteenth-Century American Writing |
20 credits |
EAB038 |
Satire |
20 Credits |
EAB032 |
Sensation Fiction |
20 credits |
EAB109 |
Contemporary Poetry |
10 credits |
EAB020 |
Diverse Voices |
10 credits |
EAB203 |
Renaissance Lyric Poetry** (also available to Part C students ) |
10 credits |
EAB101 |
Study Abroad |
60 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 20) |
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EAB008 |
Victorian Literature* |
20 credits |
Optional |
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EAB012 |
African American Culture |
20 credits |
EAB153 |
British Renaissance Dram a |
20 credits |
EAB114 |
Elephants and Engines : An Introduction to Creative Writing |
20 credits |
EAB110 |
Introduction to Multimodality |
20 credits |
EAB016 |
Language in Society |
20 credits |
EAB050 |
Philosophy, Literature and the Arts |
20 credits |
EAB018 |
Women’s Writing in the Seventeenth Century |
20 Credits |
EAB002 |
Writing of the 1790s: The Gothic and the Revolution |
20 credits |
EAB062 |
Moby Dick |
10 credits |
EAB040 |
New Woman Writing of the Fin de Siècle |
10 credits |
EAB026 |
Slavery and Empire 1750 – 1850 |
10credits |
EAB101 |
Study Abroad |
60 credits |
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 choose whether the compulsory Dissertation counts towards their credits for Drama or credits for English. In accordance with University Regulations, students should take at least 90 credits of C-coded modules in their final year of study.
Drama component
Candidates must normally choose modules from the following list with a total modular weight of 60.
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Compulsory (total modular weight 30) |
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EAC009
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Dissertation* |
30 credits |
Optional - NONE |
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Semester 1 |
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Optional |
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EAC500 |
Theatre Practice 1 |
30 credits |
EAC220 |
Adaptation for Stage |
20 credits |
EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
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 |
EAB909 |
Technical Theatre (Advanced)** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
20 credits |
EAC222 |
Writing for Performance (pre-requisite: EAB114 or EAB904) |
20 credits |
EAC507 |
El Teatro Campesino |
10 credits |
EAC506
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Empires on Stage: Postcolonial Drama |
10 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Optional |
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EAC502 |
Theatre Practice 2*** |
30 credits |
EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
20 credits |
EAC224 |
Applied Dram a 2 |
20 credits |
EAC225 |
Dance Theatre: Foundations and Practice |
20 credits |
EAC703 |
Myths of America: Ideology and American Drama |
20 credits |
EAB033 |
Puppetry** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
20 credits |
EAC504 |
Theatre of the Fantastic |
20 credits |
EAC516 |
Bollywood! Bollywood! |
10 credits |
EAC018 |
Women and Theatre |
10 credits |
* Students must choose whether the compulsory Dissertation counts towards their Drama or English credits, and choose a topic appropriate to that discipline.
*** 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 60 across the year.
Semesters 1 and 2 |
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Compulsory (total modular weight 30) |
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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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EAC012 |
America at War |
20 credits |
EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
20 credits |
EAC003 |
Decadence |
20 credits |
EAC042 |
Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics (EAA102 and/or EAB113 pre-requisites ) |
20 credits |
EAC023 |
Libertines and Libertinism |
20 credits |
EAC214 |
Maps and Motors : The Writing Portfolio (EAB114 pre-requisite) |
20 credits |
EAC228 |
Modern Subjects: Hardy, Conrad, Woolf |
20 credits |
EAC103 |
Modernisms |
20 credits |
EAC227 |
Myth and History: Milton’s Paradise Lost |
20 credits |
EAC222 |
Writing for Performance |
20 credits |
EAC024 |
Writings of Intimacy |
20 credits |
EAC016 |
Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on Trial in American Culture |
10 credits |
EAC035 |
Poetics and Politics of Contemporary Literature |
10 credits |
EAB203 |
Renaissance Lyric Poetry** (cannot be chosen if studied in Part B) |
10 credits |
EAC022 |
Ulysses |
10 credits |
Semester 2 |
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Compulsory - NONE |
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Optional |
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EAC900 |
Analysing Work Experience in the Creative Industries |
20 credits |
EAC014 |
Contemporary Irish Texts |
20 credits |
EAC013 |
Postmodern America |
20 credits |
EAC109 |
Romantic Writings 1815-1832 |
20 credits |
EAC214 |
Unexpected Light: Writing Afghanistan |
20 credits |
EAC026 |
The American West |
10 credits |
EAC041 |
W B Yeats |
10 credits |
* Students must choose whether the compulsory Dissertation counts towards their Drama or English credits, and choose a topic appropriate to that discipline.
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 40% in all compulsory modules.
.2 In order to progress from Part B to Part C, obtain at least 40% in all compulsory modules.
.3 To be eligible for the award of a degree, obtain at least 40% in all compulsory 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.