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University of East London

UCAS Code: W412 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

A level

B,B,C

include passes at A2 in at least two subjects

112 UCAS points

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

DMM

112 UCAS points

UCAS Tariff

112

plus English GCSE at grade C/4 or recognised equivalent

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About this course

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Acting

Over three years of practice-led learning with leading industry professionals, you will be immersed in the techniques of acting, text, voice, movement and performance for stage and screen with the industry always at the forefront of our minds. Our goal is to develop flexible and versatile actor-entrepreneurs who feel empowered within their craft across all mediums, spaces and platforms.

You can also take this course with a foundation year, which means you it will take you four years to complete the course full-time, and eight years to complete the course part-time.

Modules

Year 1: Acting for Stage and Screen Technique 1: Establish (Core), Acting for Stage and Screen Technique 2: Extend (Core), Collaboration 1 (Core), Collaboration 2 (Core), Public Project 1 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life: Enterprise and Engagement 1 (Core)

Year 2: Mental Wealth: Professional Life Enterprise and Engagement 2 (Core), Acting for Stage and Screen Craft 1 (Core), Acting for Stage and Screen Craft 2 (Core), Multidisciplinary Collaboration 1 (Core), Multidisciplinary Collaboration 2 (Core), Public Project 2 (Core), Optional placement between Years 2 and 3 (Optional)

Year 3: Advanced Practice and Innovation: Acting for Stage and Screen (Core), Advanced Practice and Enterprise: Acting for Stage and Screen (Core), Final Project: Research and Development (Core), Final Project: Implementation and Impact (Core), Public Project 3 (Core), Mental Wealth: Professional Life : Enterprise and Engagement 3 (Core)

For more information about individual modules, please visit our course pages via the link below.

Assessment methods

Assessment of portfolios is split as follows:

80% Practice Portfolio
20% Coursework Portfolios
You'll always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve.

We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 20 working days.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£14,820
per year
International
£14,820
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni

Course location:

Docklands Campus

Department:

School of Arts and Creative Industries (ACI)

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What students say

We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

82%
Acting

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Drama

Teaching and learning

91%
Staff make the subject interesting
100%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
86%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

23%
Library resources
45%
IT resources
45%
Course specific equipment and facilities
55%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

95%
UK students
5%
International students
45%
Male students
55%
Female students
96%
2:1 or above
3%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
B

After graduation

The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Drama

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£18,000
med
Average annual salary
97%
med
Employed or in further education
37%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

48%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
9%
Teaching and educational professionals
9%
Other elementary services occupations

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

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The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£14k

£14k

£17k

£17k

£21k

£21k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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