Drama and English

BA Drama and English

Full-Time Programme

As a Joint Honours student you will concentrate on Drama as a theory-based study rather than an exploration and study of practice.

English at Brunel offers a wide-ranging and imaginative approach to the study of this popular subject that will allow you either to specialise in areas that particularly fascinate you or to maintain a broad-based degree.

The courses as a whole cover all the major periods of literature from the Renaissance to the most recent publications in poetry, fiction and drama. Our lecturers have a good record of research and publication but, because our own areas of expertise are wide-ranging, we don't promote any single critical approach as the 'right way' of reading literature. Instead we aim to introduce you right from the start to a variety of critical perspectives in preference to a routine chronological survey.

English is particularly good at developing the transferable personal skills that employers prize in graduates. Our courses emphasise imagination, independence of thought and intellectual flexibility. We are concerned both with your acquisition of knowledge and analytical skills and with your ability to manage your own learning and develop your communication skills.

Requirements

• GCE A and AS-level Tariff points typically from 3 A-levels together with either 1 AS-level or Extended Project Qualification (typical offer BBC, including Grade B in English and in Drama or related subject, plus a C in either an AS or EPQ). General Studies/Critical Thinking may be accepted.
• Irish Tariff points from 5 subjects.
• Scottish Tariff points from 3 Advanced Highers plus 1 Higher.
• Advanced Diploma Tariff points in Creative and Media, including A-level English for Additional and Specialist Learning. Extended project in a related subject preferred.
• BTEC ND DDM in a related subject.
• IB Diploma 32 points.

For all of the above, 5 GCSEs or equivalent at Grade C or above are also required, to include English.