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York St John University

UCAS Code: W410 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Entry requirements

GCSE/National 4/National 5

3 GCSEs at grade C/4 (or equivalent) including English Language.

UCAS Tariff

104

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About this course

Course option

3years

Full-time | 2025

Subject

Acting

Create unique stories and perform in your own plays, as you become a knowledgeable and diverse actor.

Study the techniques and history of acting on this performance focused degree. Develop your practical skills as you explore the use of voice, movement and acting and build your unique identity as a performer. Connect with our partners in the community as you use performance to understand the world we live in.

On this degree you will explore a range of approaches to acting and develop a professional acting portfolio. You will learn how acting can be a transformative experience by performing in plays and ensemble works. You will also work on solo pieces where your individual talent is at the heart of your performance. Use your imagination to develop personas and characters to tell your unique stories. We place high importance on practice where visual and textual interpretation through playing and experimenting with contemporary forms are encouraged.

You will learn in our dedicated studio facilities on campus, including the state of the art theatre in our Creative Centre. Throughout the course you will be supported by lecturers and technical staff who are all experienced theatre practitioners, writers and researchers.

When you study Acting with us you will join our thriving arts culture on campus and in the community. Through our partnerships and relationships with professional bodies we encourage a culture of outward facing opportunities for you. You will have the opportunity to become involved in projects and partnerships including:

Working with York Theatre Royal, who are key partners in our Acting degree
Working with visiting artists and performers who share their work with us
Engaging with the contemporary work of an international theatre programme hosted on campus
Writing and editing for our Theatre Pages magazine

Modules

Modules may include:

Year One:
Acting,
Making Ensemble Performance,
Big Ideas in Performance,
Ensemble: Political Performance,
Voice workshops,
Movement for Performance,
Spoken Word Performance,
Theatre for Social Change

Year 2:
Physical Theatre,
Acting for Screen: The Performance as Auteur,
Politically Engaged Practice 1 & 2
Autobiography and Performance,
Children and Young People,
Performance in Social Context,
Artist as Witness,
Writing after Beckett,
Acting Vignettes,
Politics and the Play,
Site Specific Dance,
Re-Performing Dance Archives,
Movement for Performance,

Year 3:
Company: Research and Development
Company: Commission and Actualisation
Independent Project: Acting
Dissertation

Please note: modules are subject to change as part of the validation process.

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
£14,000
per year
International
£14,000
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni

Course location:

York St John University

Department:

Performance

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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.

76%
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.

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Teaching and learning

86%
Staff make the subject interesting
86%
Staff are good at explaining things
71%
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

86%
Library resources
90%
IT resources
76%
Course specific equipment and facilities
38%
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
34%
Male students
66%
Female students
73%
2:1 or above
0%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
B

After graduation

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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
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Average annual salary
96%
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Employed or in further education
40%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

29%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers
11%
Teaching and educational professionals
11%
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.

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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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