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STA Programme Requirements 2026/27

2. Drama

2.3. Drama with Creative Writing (WAYA)

First Year Second Year Final Year
  • DRA123 Power Plays (15 credits)
  • DRA124 Making Theatre and Performance (30 credits)
  • ESH4101 Introduction to Creative Writing (30 credits)
  • DRA125 Performance, Acting, Text (30 credits)
  • DRA122 Spectatorship: Time, Place, Performance (15 credits)
  • DRA242 Group Practical Project (30 credits)
  • ESH5103 Creative Writing Prose (15 credits)
  • DRA5100 Creative Writing Playwriting (15 credits)
  • 2 × 15 credit DRA-coded modules at Level 5 
  • 1 × 30 credit DRA-coded module at Level 5

Drama with Creative Writing students cannot take ESH6043 Creative Writing Prose Fiction as part of their choices in final year. They also cannot take both Dissertations.

EITHER:

  • DRA329 Written Research Project (30 credits)

OR:

  • ESH6199 Creative Writing Dissertation (30 credits)

30 credits of Creative Writing Modules from the following:

  • ESH6115 Writing Climate Crisis (15 credits, Semester 1)
  • ESH6114 The Past Persists: Hauntings & Memory in Creative Writing (15 credits, Semester 2)
  • ESH6109 Creative Writing Advanced Fiction: Serious Play - Ludic Strategies for Writing Fiction (15 credits, Semester 2)

  • 1 × 30 credit DRA-coded module at Level 6
  • 2 × 15 credit DRA-coded modules at Level 6

  • You are required to take 120 credits in each academic year. It is not possible to take less or more than 120 credits.
  • Pay attention to the semester balance of modules, you will need to take 60 credits in each semester. A 75 credits in Semester 1 and 45 credits in Semester 2 split will only be considered in exceptional circumstances. Any other imbalance of module weightings will not be allowed.
  • You need to take modules which match your current level of study i.e. Level 5 modules for Year 2, Level 6 modules for Final Year.
  • Students entering their first year in Sept 2026 - You can only take modules at Level 4.
  • Students may choose an optional language module at a lower or higher level than their developmental year provided their language level is appropriate for the chosen level and their programme allows this option.

Please refer to the Module choice guidance for more information.