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STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

2. Drama

2.2. Drama and History

First Year 2025-26 Second Year 2025-26 Final Year 2025-26
  • DRA114 London, Culture, Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA123 Power Plays (15 credits)
  • DRA125 Performance, Acting, Text (30 credits)
  • HST4430 History in Practice (10 credits)
  • HST4011 History Essay 1 (10 credits)
  • HST4012 History Essay 2 (10 credits)
  • EITHER:
  • HST4330 Unravelling Britain: Britain History since 1801 (10 credits)
  • OR
  • HST4431 Global Encounters: Conquest and Culture in World History (10 credits)
  • 2 x 10 credits HST4*** modules
  • 30 credits from DRA-coded 30 credits list at Level 5
  • 15 credits from DRA-coded 15 credits list at Level 5
  • 15 credits of optional modules at Level 5 or 6 from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • HST5010 History Research Project (10 credits)
  • HST5011 History Essay 1 (10 credits)
  • HST5012 History Essay 2 (10 credits)
  • 3 x 10 credit HST5***-coded modules at Level 5
  • **Drama Choices MUST include at Least ONE of the following:**
  • DRA273 Culture, Power and Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA242 Group Practical Project (30 credits)
  • EITHER:
  • 1. Balance modules 60 credits with History/60 credits with Drama/Theatre:
  • 60 credits History Special Subjects
  • 60 credits of DRA-coded modules at Level 6 (Excluding DRA329 Written Research Project)
  • OR:
  • 2. Must choose EITHER:
  • DRA329 Written Research Project (30 credits)
  • OR:
  • DRA344 Practice Based Research Project (30 credits)
  • 30 credits of DRA-coded modules at Level 6
  • 60 credits of History modules at Level 6


    • All students are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less, or more than 120 credits.
    • Students should normally take a balance of 60-60 credits worth of modules in each semester. A 75-45 split might be accepted as an exception, but it will mean a workload-heavy Semester 1 that students may find challenging. A 45-75 split is not permitted.
    • Some programmes allow modules to be taken at a different level of the student’s programme of study (first year = Level 4, second year = Level 5, final year = Level 6), but we strongly recommend that students going into their second year choose all their credits to be at Level 5, and students going into their final year choose all their credits to be at Level 6. This is to ensure that students meet their progression and/or degree classification requirements as explained in the Academic Regulations.