Overview

This MA Drama and Theatre Education programme from the University of Warwick offers students an in-depth insight into the ways drama and theatre education can enhance teaching and learning in primary, secondary and tertiary education as well as in applied and community settings.

Key Facts

We introduce you to a range of hybrid pedagogic strategies that are underpinned by rigour and that aspire to make learning accessible, playful, creative and engaging.

We celebrate drama and theatre as subjects in their own right whilst also recognising the substantive body of evidence-based research into the ways drama and theatre can be used as pedagogical tools across the curriculum and for community purposes.

This MA is aimed at practitioners, or aspiring practitioners, working in schools and colleges, and community and educational theatre settings.

Careers

Many of our alumni have gone go on to:

Study teacher training courses to become teachers of drama/theatre

Enhance their profile as classroom drama/theatre and English teachers, many securing promotion

Successfully complete Doctoral study, becoming academics in the field of drama and theatre education

Work as theatre education and outreach officers for leading arts organisations

Develop their portfolio as freelance practitioners/facilitators in the field of drama and theatre in education

Programme Structure

Skills from this degree

Pedagogic, management and artistic skills you need to be an effective teacher and practitioner in drama

Complete a small scale research project into an aspect of professional work

Understand the place of drama in the current National Curriculum Orders. Be able to devise policies and strategies for the implementation of drama

Be able to draw on contemporary theory, practice and criticism in the field of theatre and evaluate its relevance to drama education

Understand the theoretical and practical relationships between drama in education and other genres of theatre; particularly community theatre and Theatre in Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-08-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-08-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Coventry, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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110

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Other requirements

General requirements

2:2 undergraduate degree (or equivalent).

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

26110 GBP / year

≈ 26110 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

11600 GBP / year

≈ 11600 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part Time

Home/EU: £6,520

Overseas: £14,670

Living costs

Coventry

United Kingdom

656 - 1057 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

Key Facts

Careers

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

IELTS & PTE Test Preparation

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Additional Details

Living costs

Coventry

Funding

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