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Performance

Entry requirements


A level

B,C,C

Entry to Year 2 with Grades BBB

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

24

including 3 subjects at Higher Level

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H3,H3,H3

Scottish Advanced Higher

B,B,B

For entry to Year 2.

Scottish HNC

Pass

Entry to Year 2 with a HNC in the following subjects: Acting & Performance; Musical Theatre; Theatre Arts; Dance; Performance

Scottish HND

Pass

Entry to Year 3 with a HND in one of the following titles with B in the Graded Unit: Acting & Performance; Musical Theatre; Theatre Arts; Dance; Performance with B in Graded Unit

Scottish Higher

B,B,B,C

T Level

M

UCAS Tariff

102

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About this course


Course option

1year

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Broadcast journalism

**OVERVIEW**
UWS’s BA Performance offers you a combination of practical and theoretical study or performance.

This degree will provide you with the opportunities to work across multiple disciplines so that you can learn and create independently and collaboratively. It aimed at emerging performers, performance makers and those interested in developing their practical skills, researching their discipline and thinking critically about performance and culture. Upon completion you become a creative, critical thinker who’ll make a positive impact in the workplace.

To help you explore performance critically and practically, teaching on this degree focuses on the practical, historical, theoretical applications of performance. In addition, masterclasses led by leading industry staff and professionals will enhance your learning and provide insights into contemporary performance industries.

We recognise the important role that having practical experience under your belt has on securing a graduate career, which is why this degree strives to offer real-world professional settings to help you hone your practice.

**PRACTICAL FOCUS**
Our focus on practice, history, theory and industry allows you to explore performance critically and practically and gain a deeper understanding of diverse creative and research practices. You will be encouraged to develop your existing skills and passions whilst engaging with a series of new skills. Master classes and workshops led by leading industry professionals and contemporary performance scholars will support your learning and make you confident about future employment. Practice is developed in our state-of-the-art performance and television studios.

Professional skills are developed throughout the course through a number of modules. You will also be introduced to relevant professionals, protocols and employers.

You are encouraged to become a 'reflective practitioner' and tio be able to demonstrate awareness and relevancy of choices leading you to deploy a range of professional creative skills to realise a contemporary practice specialism. You will also undertake modules which aim to develop critical thinking regarding career choice and ethics. You will be encouraged to use a number of processes to help you focus on your career including: show reels, exhibitions, installations, audio recordings etc. This will help you focus on your performance attributes but enable you to consider career routes and opportunities and enahnce your presentation, communication and generic cognitive skills as you move towards employment in the cultural sector.

**CAREER PROSPECTS**
**Jobs**
With this qualification, you could find yourself acting, directing, producing or writing for stage and screen. Or you could be designing and delivering community theatre projects or even forming your own theatre company. 

You may also go on to become a primary school or secondary school drama teacher by undertaking a 12-month Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) - note additional requirements regarding English and Mathematics qualifications will apply for PGDE study.

Modules

In Year 1, you will study a selection of core and optional modules to provide a solid foundation of performance as a discipline. Modules such as Performance Histories, Performance Contexts - Production Aesthetics adn Reading Performance can be augmented with optional modules such as Creative Writing, and Collaboration & Practice.

In Year 2, you will build on your understading of performance and study from modules including: Theory & Performance, Culture & Society, Crossmedia Collaboration, Performance Contexts - Creative Processes.

In Year 3, you will start to explore the role of research in performance. You will study modules such as: Research in Creative Practice, Writing for Stage and Screen, Contemporary Arts in Context, Practice: Creative Festival, and Performance Contetexts - Testing Ideas.

In the final year of study, you will undertake perofrmace core modules with major emphasis on your individual research project. Modues include: Creative Arts Research Project, Practice in Context, Creative Industries - Entrepreneurship & Professional Practice and Performance Realisation.

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
£15,250
per year
International
£15,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£1,820
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

Extra funding

Visit www.uws.ac.uk/scholarships

The Uni


Course location:

Ayr Campus

Department:

Business and Creative Industries

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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.

91%
Broadcast journalism

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.

Journalism

Teaching and learning

91%
Staff make the subject interesting
82%
Staff are good at explaining things
82%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
73%
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

45%
Library resources
55%
IT resources
64%
Course specific equipment and facilities
82%
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?

100%
UK students
0%
International students
79%
Male students
21%
Female students
70%
2:1 or above
17%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

C
D
C

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.

Journalism

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.

93%
med
Employed or in further education
44%
low
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

30%
Media professionals
19%
Customer service occupations
9%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

What about your long term prospects?

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

Journalism

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

£18k

£18k

£18k

£18k

£24k

£24k

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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