B.A. Religious Studies and Drama (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Stage 1

Possible modules may include:

• Modern Theatre: A Theoretical Landscape
• The Empty Space
• Introduction to Hinduism & Buddhism
• Religion and Sex
• Gods of the Desert: Judaism and Islam
• What is Religion?
• Religion in the Contemporary World
• From: Eden To The End of The World: An Introduction to The Bible
• Introduction to Asian Traditions

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Stage 2

Possible modules may include:

• Popular Performance
• European Naturalist Theatre & Its Legacy
• Physical Theatre 1
• Acting
• Victorian and Edwardian Theatre
• Shakespeare's Theatre
• Site Specific Performance
• European Theatre from 1945
• Puppet and Object Theatre
• Theatres of the Past 1: the Classics
• Performance and Art: Intermediality from Wagner to the Virtuals
• Theatres of the Past 2: The Moderns
• Theatre and Music
• Religion and Film World
• Continental Philosophy of Religion
• Anthropology of Religion
• Indian Philosophy of Religion

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Year abroad

Three-year joint honours students can apply to spend a year or a term abroad studying at a university either in Europe or the USA.

Stage 3

Possible modules may include:

• Performing Philosophy
• Introduction to Stand Up
• Creative Project
• Theatre & Adaptation
• Playwriting I: For Beginners
• Cultural Policies in the British Theatre
• Dance & Discourse: Dramaturgies of Moving Bodies
• The Shakespeare Effect
• Applied Theatre
• Performing Classical Texts
• New Directions
• Theatre & Journalism
• Performing Lives: Theory & Practice of Autobiographical Theatre
• Mahåyåna Buddhism: The Foundations
• Comparative Literature and Religion of Biblical Worlds