Theatre with Innovation MA (Hons)
University of Bristol
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The innovators of the 21st century will think across arts, science, engineering, humanities and enterprise to deliver innovative products, services and ways of living. They will be team players with a breadth of skills and qualities that enable them to work across specialisms and cultures.This course combines in-depth subject specialism in theatre with interdisciplinary breadth, creative teamwork and entrepreneurial skills. In conjunction with your theatre studies, you will apply your subject ...Read more

The innovators of the 21st century will think across arts, science, engineering, humanities and enterprise to deliver innovative products, services and ways of living. They will be team players with a breadth of skills and qualities that enable them to work across specialisms and cultures.This course combines in-depth subject specialism in theatre with interdisciplinary breadth, creative teamwork and entrepreneurial skills. In conjunction with your theatre studies, you will apply your subject knowledge by translating ideas into innovative solutions, which may include plans for digital and creative enterprises, both social and commercial.The course will equip you to use the critical, theoretical and practical skills central to theatre, allowing you to develop your knowledge and skills across a range of areas as you proceed through the course. There are opportunities to engage with professional theatre-makers and our theatre archive, the Theatre Collection.You will come together with students from other innovation disciplines, such as computer science, film and television and history. Each subject contributes a different perspective on a challenge as you identify needs and develop ideas. By drawing on your unique ideas and views on the world, you will learn from your subject and other students to develop innovative solutions together.By the time you graduate you will have a portfolio of work ranging from live client projects to planning your own entrepreneurial venture. You will have learned how to evaluate the potential of your product or service and how to finance it, and you will have a network of peers and advisers who have worked with you along the way.For more information visit the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/innovation/).

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48/81
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
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19th
CUG Ranking
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16th
Drama
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
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90%
Average salary
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Drama graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
UK Drama graduate salary
£18,000
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Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
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Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 95 = 5% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
5%
What students say
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Ayana
06 Dec 23

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06 Dec 23

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BBB - AAB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

AAABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

AB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:24,M:21 Grades / Points required

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

31 - 34 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Standard offer: AAB.Contextual offer: BBB.Please visit: bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/contextual-offers/ for more information about contextual offers.

Standard Higher: AAABB.

Advanced Higher: AB.

Access to HE Diploma in Humanities, Social Sciences, Law or History (or similar titles). The 45 graded Level 3 credits must include 24 credits at Distinction and 21 at Merit or above.Mature students can contact mature-students@bristol.ac.uk to check the suitability of their Access course.

Requirements for principal subjects are as for A-level, where D1/ D2 is A*, D3 is A, M1/ M2 is B, and M3 is C.

Standard offer: 34 points overall with 17 at Higher Level.Contextual offer: 31 points overall with 15 at Higher Level.Please visit: bristol.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/entry-requirements-qualifications/contextual-offers/ for more information about contextual offers.

DDD in any Applied General BTEC National Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Requirements are as for A-levels, where you can substitute a non-subject specific grade for the Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate at that grade.

Popular A-level subjects

Drama

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Drama
84%
English Literature
60%
History
28%
Art & Design
15%
French
15%
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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£29,300 per year

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Students from EU

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£29,300 per year

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