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STA Programme Requirements 2025/26

3. English

3.2. English and Drama (WAYA)

First Year 2025-26 Second Year 2025-26 Final Year 2025-26
  • ESH126 London Global (30 credits)
  • ESH129 Literatures in Time: Epic and Romance in the Middle Ages (15 credits)
  • ESH124 Poetry (15 credits)
  • DRA114 London/Culture/Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA123 Power Plays (15 credits)
  • DRA125 Performance, Acting, Text (30 credits)
  • 45 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 5:
  • English MUST choose modules from two different Lists (MUST include 30 credits from List 1 and List 2)
  • 45 credits of DRA-coded modules at Level 5:
  • 1 x 30 credit module from DRA 30 credit list
  • 1 x 15 credit module from DRA 15 credit list
  • Drama choices must include at least one of the following:
  • DRA273 Culture, Power, Performance (15 credits)
  • OR
  • DRA242 Group Practical Project (30 credits)
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Level 5 (can only take 30 credits of Level 4 of Language Modules offered by the School of the Arts and 15 credits of BSc LLM at Level 4)
  • 45 credits of ESH-coded modules at Level 6 (must include 1 x 30 credit ESH-coded module at Level 6 - ESH6000 counts towards this)
  • 45 credits of DRA-coded modules at Level 6:
  • 1 x 30 credit module from DRA 30 credit list (can include DRA344, excludes DRA329)
  • 1 x 15 credit module from DRA 15 credit list (DRA329 equivalent to 2 x 15 modules)
  • 30 credits of optional modules from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences modules
  • Must take at least one:
  • DRA329 Written Research Project (30 credits)
  • DRA344 Practice-based Research Project (30 credits)
  • ESH6000 English Research Dissertation (30 credits)
  • May take ESH6000 and DRA344 together. May Not take ESH6000 and DRA329 together


    • 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.