Drama: Education & Community BA (Hons)

This course offers unique opportunities for drama students who are interested in socially engaged practice. Utilising our strong links in the city and region, students will develop work in a variety of education, health and community contexts, including: early years, formal and informal education, mental health, people in care, pupil referral units, prisons and hospitals. This degree will allow you to gain enhanced vocational skills which will enable you to devise performances that explore change in the world we live in. 
The BA Drama, Education and Community degree offers students an opportunity to study & engage in contemporary theatre practice, theatre in education and group facilitation. Drama workshopping, devising and performance making strategies are explored as ways to unlock your creative potential. BA Our Drama, Education and Community students are creative theatre makers and drama facilitators that are passionate about engaging with educational, social and political issues of concern.

At the heart of our courses is a commitment to socially engaged theatre practice. This means that you will devise and facilitate empowering, vital and important drama experiences and performances on and off campus. Utilising our strong links in the city and region, the course will provide you with vital outreach and work placement opportunities in a variety of education, health and community contexts, to enable understanding and practice in diverse professional settings such as schools, prisons, elderly care homes, mental health and youth settings. You'll develop the creative skills required for employability while exploring theatre for change in the world we live in.

Program Available At (Campus) - York campus