Modules

Year 1 (Level 4)
You will work toward 120 credits from a mix of mandatory and optional modules that will allow you to choose your pathway through the course. The modules may include:

Mandatory modules:

The Production Professional - 20 credits
This module will introduce you to what it is to be a production professional by introducing you to the breadth of roles and career opportunities within the production arts, and then ask you to consider your own professional trajectory.

Professional Development Industry Certificates - 20 credits
This module is achieved by completing and reflecting upon a range of professional training activities to show competence in the workplace. You will identify courses that will enhance your CV, such as First Aid at Work, a H&S qualification, Mobile Elevated Work Platform training, Pyrotechnic Safety etc.

Optional Pathway modules from which you would choose a total of 80 credits:

Technical Stage Operations - 40 credits (TTSM pathway)
This collaborative module requires you to undertake technical production duties on at least two major projects in the lighting, sound or video departments.

Stage Management Roles - 40 credits (TTSM pathway)
This collaborative module requires you to undertake stage management duties on at least two major projects working as assistant stage manager or in the props department.

Stage Electrics - 20 credits (TTSM pathway)
This module will give you a secure grounding in electrical principles, wiring, soldering techniques and electrical safety. You will apply your knowledge designing and managing electrical distribution for a live event. You will consider the regulatory processes impacting this work.

Touring Production - 20 credits (TTSM pathway)
Through studying this module you can develop an understanding of touring operations, broadening your production skills.

Year 2 (Level 5)
You will work toward 120 credits from modules that allow you to focus on an electected production specialism.

Sustainability Investigation - 20 credits
This module will ask you to carry out research into sustainable production practices and present a new model of working for the industry.

Extended Placement - 30 credits
To ensure you are exposed to contemporary production practices and professional working relations you will undertake an extended placement with a professional company.

Freelance Employability Skills - 10 credits
This module will introduce the legal, financial and contractual nuances of employment in the industry ensuring you have the knowledge needed to thrive as a freelance practitioner.

Production Realisation - 60 credits
This module requires you to undertake significant production duties on at least three major projects. You will apply the skills, knowledge and personal attributes needed to ensure the success of a collaborative project.

Assessment methods

Our assessments draw on a range of skills to reflect the activities of a typical industry employee.

Ideas and research are assessed through a presentation as well as written and practical outcomes.

Creative practice and practical outcomes are the chief component of assessment on the course. The Production Realisations require practical bodies of work that demand creative stamina and technical accomplishment. Reflection and evaluation are important in self-directed learning and development, reflective journals feature in all the collaborative production modules and allow you to document your progress.

Assessment methods may include:

● Portfolio
● Reflective journal
● Project observations
● Interview
● Research presentation
● Live events
● Live production

Tuition fees

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