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Programme code | 1DRAM017U |
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Programme type | Joint Honours (UG) |
Programme director(s) |
Jan Wozniak
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Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
School/department | Department of Theatre |
Teaching institution | University of Bristol |
Awarding institution | University of Bristol |
Relevant QAA subject benchmark groups |
Dance, drama and performance (2019) (benchmark statement)
Communication, media, film and cultural studies (2019) (benchmark statement) |
Mode of study | Full Time |
Programme length | 3 years (full time) |
This programme is a consequence of the new departmental grouping of Music, Film, Theatre, which for the first time acknowledges the distinct disciplinary areas of Film and Television, and Theatre and Performance Studies. The new programme builds on the best features of the highly successful and well respected Single Honours in Drama, which for decades has been held up nationally and internationally as a model of best practice and provision in undergraduate programmes, including the introduction of Film Studies to the UK HE sector. It will continue to integrate the best research-informed critical, historical and theoretical teaching with high-quality creative and production experience, both through teaching in discipline-specific and equipped facilities in the departments and placement in a professional context. It also provides us with the opportunity to continue to respond to student and external-examiner feedback, as well as advice from the Faculty and ESU, in that we have slightly modified our assessment profile across the units as well as increased optionality by making some units available across levels 5 and 6.
The programme is designed to provide students with a deep understanding of film/television and performance/theatre, and to equip them to use the critical, theoretical and practical skills central to the disciplines. Through historical and conceptual study, the programme enables students to analyse, research, interpret and understand film/television and performance/theatre from a critically and contextually informed perspective, and in key units, such as Criticism in the Arts and certain options such as Melodrama, make comparative and cross-disciplinary connections. In addition to detailed and rigorous critical, historical and theoretical enquiry, the students also explore practical and creative approaches: the programme combines an understanding of the diversity and complexity of film/ television and performance/theatre with the acquisition and application of film-making and theatre-making skills. A set of options that focus on some of the most significant historical, cultural and artistic forms of both disciplines promote a more detailed exploration of these media and their creative realisation. Final-year students will select independent study options, in which they can gain experience working in the creative industries, develop a practical project of their own devising, or produce an extended piece of scholarly writing. Having gained a combination of specialised and transferable skills, students are well-equipped to pursue a range of careers relating to the contemporary creative industries and arts-related professions, and within academic, professional and managerial sectors.
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Film component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1-10, 12) Set and directed viewings, and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1-10, 12) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1-12, 13, 14) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (1-4, 11-14) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1-4, 11-14) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-5, 9, 10) Theatre component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures and seminars (1-7, 10) Set and directed viewings and visits to performances, and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1-8, 10, 12) Seminars and small-group tutorials to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1-12) Seminars and workshops to develop student creative and practical production skills acquisition (5, 6, 8-12) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (5, 6, 8-12) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-7, 10, 12) |
Methods of Assessment | |
Film component Coursework analytical and research essays (1-10) Individual and group presentations (1-10) Practice-based productions (1-4, 11-14) Reflective dossiers (1-4, 11-14) Theatre component Coursework analytical and research essays (1-7, 10) Individual and group presentations (1-8, 10, 12) Practice-based presentations and performances (1-12) Workfiles, journals and vivas (1-12) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Film component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1-4, 6, 7, 11) Set and directed viewings (including student work), and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1-3, 7-9, 13) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1-9, 13) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (2, 5, 6, 8-13) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1, 3, 5-13) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-7, 13) Theatre component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures and seminars (1, 2, 4-6, 9) Set and directed viewings and visits to performances, and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (1, 2, 4-6)' Seminars and small-group tutorials to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1, 2, 4-10) Seminars and workshops to develop student creative and practical production skills acquisition (1-3, 5, 6, 10-16) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (3, 9-14, 16) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1, 2, 4-9) |
Methods of Assessment | |
Film component Coursework analytical and research essays (1-7) Individual and group presentations (1-7) Practice-based productions (2, 3, 5, 7-13) Reflective dossiers (3-5, 7-13) Theatre component Coursework analytical and research essays (1, 2, 4-9) Individual and group presentations (1-10,13,14,16) Practice-based presentations and performances (1-15) Workfiles, journals and vivas (1-16) |
Programme Intended Learning Outcomes | Learning and Teaching Methods |
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Film component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures, seminars and tutorials (1, 5) Tutorials and seminars to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (1, 5) Lectures, seminars, workshops and demonstrations to develop student practical skills acquisition (1, 5, 6) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1-6) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (1-4) Theatre component Acquisition of knowledge and understanding through lectures and seminars (3, 7, 9) Set and directed viewings and visits to performances, and directed reading, with a strong emphasis on primary materials (3, 4) Seminars and small-group tutorials to encourage student participation and advance understanding of difficult materials (2-7, 9) Seminars and workshops to develop student creative and practical production skills acquisition (1-9) Production meetings and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in practical project realisation (1-9) Tutorials and supervisions to provide formative feedback and develop student skills in presentation and essay writing (3-9) |
Methods of Assessment | |
Film component Coursework analytical and research essays (1-4) Individual and group presentations ( 1-5) Practice-based productions (1-6) Reflective dossiers (1-4, 6) Theatre component Coursework analytical and research essays (2-5, 8) Individual and group presentations (1-9) Practice-based presentations and performances (1-9) Workfiles, journals and vivas (1-9) |
Statement of expectations from the students at each level of the programme as it/they develop year on year.
Level C/4 - Certificate |
The first year is introductory, providing a foundation for second and final year work. Students gain familiarity with the forms and aesthetics of film/television and theatre/performance, and acquire practical skills in film-making and theatre-making, including editing and cinematography, stage design and lighting, bringing these to appropriate forms of public performance and screening. In addition, students expand their understanding of film/television and theatre/performance in a broader cultural context by examining both in dialogue with music on the Criticism in the Arts unit. |
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Level I/5 - Intermediate |
In the second year, students deepen their contextual knowledge of film/television and theatre/performance, as well as developing their appreciation of the variety and diversity of these media, on two mandatory historical units. Students also consolidate their understanding of forms, genres and contexts in film/television and theatre/performance, and develop creative and practical skills, through optional units. Second-year optional units typically draw upon research-led teaching and offer some opportunity for comparative work across disciplines. |
Level H/6 - Honours |
Students choose supervised independent project options from each discipline, through which they develop their particular areas of interest and gain further experience in researching and formulating academic arguments, conceptually-informed creative practice, and related transferable skills for future employment. Students also deepen their critical and analytical expertise, and extend their creative and practical skills at more complex levels, through further optional units. In Film, optional units are more specialized than in the first and second years, focused around specific case studies. These units make further use of research-led teaching. In Theatre, optional units are offered to Levels I and H jointly, but with intellectual development through the programme ensured by differentiated Intended Learning Outcomes and assessment at the two levels. |
The intended learning outcome mapping document shows which mandatory units contribute towards each programme intended learning outcome.
For information on the admissions requirements for this programme please see details in the undergraduate prospectus at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/prospectus/undergraduate/ or contact the relevant academic department.
UG Workload Statement
Success as an undergraduate student depends on you being able to make the transition to self-motivated, independent learning. Programmes are designed to assist you in this development, in many cases by starting with units in which timetabled teaching, such as lectures and practical classes, provides the foundations of knowledge and skills in a subject, moving on to individual research-based work. Over time you will be expected to take increasing responsibility for your own learning, guided by the feedback on your work that you will receive. At the heart of your studies at every level there must be regular and disciplined individual reading, reflection and writing and it is this skill of independent studies, above all others, that will serve you best when you leave the University.
Most programmes use credits and a 20 credit unit broadly equates to about 200 hours of student input. This includes all activities related to the teaching, learning and assessment of taught units.
A component of this is the time that you spend in class, in contact with the teaching staff, which includes activities such as lectures, laboratories, tutorials and fieldwork. Some of this activity may be online and could consist of activity that is synchronous (using real-time environments such as Blackboard Collaborate) or asynchronous (using tools such as tutor moderated discussion forums, blogs or wikis).
In some programmes there are field courses and/or placements that will take place in concentrated periods of time.
Outside scheduled activities you are expected to pursue your own independent learning to build your knowledge and understanding of the subjects you are studying. Such independent activities include, reviewing lecture material, reading textbooks, working on examples sheets, completing coursework, writing up laboratory notes, preparing for in-class progress tests and revising for examinations.
We recognise that many students undertake paid employment. To achieve a sensible balance between work and study, you are advised to undertake paid work for no more than 15 hours per week in term-time.
Professional Programmes
Many undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Sciences will be following the professional programmes of:
For these professional programmes, full time attendance is compulsory unless absence is formally approved. Academic activities are timetabled throughout the 5-day week and student workload is around 40 hours per week on average. Where possible, students in the early years are permitted Wednesday afternoons for sport and extra-curriculum activities. This may not be available in later years of professional programmes as when a student progresses through the curricula there is an increasing exposure to clinical and professional activities. Students in clinic or on placements may need to stay later than core times of 08.00 – 18.00 or even overnight to observe out-of-hours activities. This increasing exposure to clinical activities means that students on these professional programmes often have longer term dates than the University standard. Individual years within programmes are likely to vary in length (for example because of the timings of placements) and further information on this will be found in individual programme regulations. Another important point to note is that many of the assessments sit outside of the standard University examination timetable and are likely to be more frequent meaning that students will more oftentimes be engaged in revision activities and self-directed learning.
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty Assessment and Feedback Statement for Undergraduate Students. University of Bristol access only.
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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List A | |||||
Introduction to Performance Practices | THTR10011 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
Filmmaking Fundamentals | FATV10001 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-1 | |
List B | |||||
Introduction to Performance Studies | THTR10008 | 20 | Mandatory | A,B | TB-1 |
List D - Take FATV10002 and one 20 CP Theatre option | |||||
Close-Up on Film | FATV10002 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
List E | |||||
Close-Up on Television | FATV10004 | 20 | Mandatory | TB-2 | |
Certificate of Higher Education | 120 |
You must take at least 40 CP from each subject
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students must take 40 CP Film units and 40 CP Theatre units | |||||
List A - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Film History to 1960 | FATV20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
British Cinema and Television | FATV20001 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Performance Histories | THTR20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Film Genre | FATV20002 | 20 | Optional | B | TB-1 |
The Film Director's Vision | FATV20006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Film Adaptation Across Borders | FATV20025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Melodrama | THTR20008 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Interpreting Plays | THTR20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Popular Performance | THTR20018 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose FATV20004 unless you choose FATV20011 in list A | |||||
Film and TV Comedy | FATV20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Short Fiction Film | FATV20022 | 20 | Optional | C | TB-2 |
Screen Performance | FATV20003 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Fantasy Film | FATV20017 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Applied Theatre | THTR20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Choreography for Theatre | THTR20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Interpreting Plays | THTR20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Performing the Archive: Re-use, Re-enactment and Adaptation | THTR20012 | 20 | Optional | C,E | TB-2 |
Early Modern Theatre Practice | THTR20013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Clowning Through History | THTR20014 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Decolonising Performance | THTR20019 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Select from: | |||||
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Film and Television History, 1960 to the present | FATV20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Hollywood Cinema History | FATV20007 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Politics of Performance | THTR20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List E - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Documentary Histories and Practices | FATV20009 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Animated Film | FATV20010 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Creative Technologies | FATV20021 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Film Adaptation Across Borders | FATV20025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Film History to 1960 | FATV20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Choreography for Theatre | THTR20004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Politics of Performance | THTR20005 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Early Modern Theatre Practice | THTR20013 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Interpreting Plays | THTR20011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Performing the Archive: Re-use, Re-enactment and Adaptation | THTR20012 | 20 | Optional | C,E | TB-2 |
Applied Theatre | THTR20002 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
List F | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-E above. However, you may not take THTR30017 in any combination with THTR30018. | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Diploma of Higher Education | 120 |
Unit Name | Unit Code | Credit Points | Status | ||
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Students must take 40 CP Film units and 40 CP Theatre units | |||||
List A - Choose between 20 CP and 60 CP from this list to a maximum of 1 unit for Theatre and 1 unit for Film | |||||
Independent Study: Performance Project | THTR30015 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Independent Study: Dissertation | THTR30018 | 40 | Optional | TB-4 | |
Television: Ideas and Industry | FATV30020 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Contemporary World Cinemas | FATV30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Film Festivals | FATV30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List B - Choose 1 unit, 20 CP, from this list | |||||
Translation and Adaptation | THTR30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Shakespearean Tragedy: Textual and Literary Criticism | ENGL39027 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Independent Study: Extended Essay | THTR30017 | 20 | Optional | B,E | TB-1,TB-2 |
Contemporary British Theatre | THTR30019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Contemporary World Cinemas | FATV30010 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Film Criticism | FATV30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Contemporary Hollywood Cinema | FATV30011 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List C - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Global Cinemas / Local Stories | FATV30005 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Political Film | FATV30018 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Character Animation | FATV30021 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Industrial Placement | FATV30008 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Contemporary Television Drama | FATV30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Devised Performance | THTR30003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Site-Specific and Immersive Performance | THTR30006 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Contemporary British Theatre | THTR30019 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
The Age of the Actress: Eighteenth-Century Performance Practices | THTR30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List D - Choose 20 CP from this list | |||||
Practical Project | FATV30009 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Screenwriting: From Idea to Pitch | FATV30025 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Independent Study: Extended Essay | THTR30017 | 20 | Optional | B,E | TB-1,TB-2 |
Professional Development in Theatre and Performance | THTR30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
Industry Study | FATV30004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Devised Performance | THTR30003 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Translation and Adaptation | THTR30007 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
Professional Development in Theatre and Performance | THTR30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
The Age of the Actress: Eighteenth-Century Performance Practices | THTR30022 | 20 | Optional | TB-1 | |
List E - Choose one unit from this list unless you take THTR30018 or THTR30015 in List A | |||||
Written Dissertation | FATV30012 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Industry Study | FATV30004 | 20 | Optional | TB-2 | |
Independent Study: Extended Essay | THTR30017 | 20 | Optional | B,E | TB-1,TB-2 |
Professional Development in Theatre and Performance | THTR30023 | 20 | Optional | TB-1,TB-2 | |
List F - Choose 20 CP from this list or a 40 credit unit from List A | |||||
Take 20 CP From Bristol Futures, UWLP or Faculty Wide Units – OR choose an additional 20 CP from lists A-D above. However, you may not take THTR30017 in any combination with THTR30018, or FATV30012 in any combination with FATV30002 (40 CP FATV dissertation) | OPEN | 20 | Optional | ||
Theatre and Film (BA) | 120 |
Unit Pass Mark for Undergraduate Programmes:
For details on the weightings for classifying undergraduate degrees, please see the Agreed Weightings, by Faculty, to be applied for the Purposes of Calculating the Final Programme Mark and Degree Classification in Undergraduate Programmes.
For detailed rules on progression please see the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes and the relevant faculty handbook.
Please refer to the specific progression/award requirements for programmes with a preliminary year of study, the Gateway programmes and International Foundation programmes.
All undergraduate degree programmes allow the opportunity for a student to exit from a programme with a Diploma or Certificate of Higher Education.
Integrated Master's degrees may also allow the opportunity for a student to exit from the programme with an equivalent Bachelor's degree where a student has achieved 360 credit points, of which 90 must be at level 6, and has successfully met any additional criteria as described in the programme specification.
The opportunities for a student to exit from one of the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry with an Award is outlined in the relevant Programme Regulations (which are available as an annex in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes).
An Ordinary degree can be awarded if a student has successfully completed at least 300 credits with a minimum of 60 credits at Level 6.
The pass mark for the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine and Dentistry is 50 out of 100. The classification of a degree in the professional programmes in Veterinary Science, Medicine, and Dentistry is provided in the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
Please note: 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 he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided.
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