Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons) at Staffordshire University

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Come and learn on our dynamic and versatile degree in Acting for Stage and Screen, which builds your skills both on-camera and onstage. This 80% practical degree introduces you to acting techniques via practical workshops, with assessment being built around performance and filmed work.

The aim of our Acting for Stage and Screen degree is to create skilled actors with an ability to work across all performance mediums, balancing acting for TV, film and digital media alongside theatre work. Whilst the focus is on acting, the transferable skills from an undergraduate arts degree can prepare you for postgraduate study, including teacher training, as well as work in the wider creative and cultural industries.

Practical acting workshops form the basis of your course, with further classes developing your critical and evaluative skills. We teach current acting practice of embodied and psycho-physical acting techniques, drawing upon the specialist work of practitioners such as Demidov, Chekhov and Merlin amongst others.

Our team of lecturers is made up of experienced actors, directors and practitioners. We have links with many local, regional and national media, theatre and arts organisations, and encourage you to take up industry work experience as part of your degree,. You could even spend a semester abroad in your second or third year, learning in one of our partner Universities through the Turing scheme.

The aim of our Acting for Stage and Screen degree is to create skilled actors with an ability to work across all performance mediums, balancing acting for TV, film and digital media alongside theatre work. Whilst the focus is on acting, the transferable skills from an undergraduate arts degree can prepare you for postgraduate study, including teacher training, as well as work in the wider creative and cultural industries.

Practical acting workshops form the basis of your course, with further classes developing your critical and evaluative skills. We teach current acting practice of embodied and psycho-physical acting techniques, drawing upon the specialist work of practitioners such as Demidov, Chekhov and Merlin amongst others.

Our team of lecturers is made up of experienced actors, directors and practitioners. We have links with many local, regional and national media, theatre and arts organisations, and encourage you to take up industry work experience as part of your degree,. You could even spend a semester abroad in your second or third year, learning in one of our partner Universities through the Turing scheme.

The aim of our Acting for Stage and Screen degree is to create skilled actors with an ability to work across all performance mediums, balancing acting for TV, film and digital media alongside theatre work. Whilst the focus is on acting, the transferable skills from an undergraduate arts degree can prepare you for postgraduate study, including teacher training, as well as work in the wider creative and cultural industries.

Practical acting workshops form the basis of your course, with further classes developing your critical and evaluative skills. We teach current acting practice of embodied and psycho-physical acting techniques, drawing upon the specialist work of practitioners such as Demidov, Chekhov and Merlin amongst others.

Our team of lecturers is made up of experienced actors, directors and practitioners. We have links with many local, regional and national media, theatre and arts organisations, and encourage you to take up industry work experience as part of your degree,. You could even spend a semester abroad in your second or third year, learning in one of our partner Universities through the Turing scheme.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BA (Hons) Acting for Stage and Screen

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This course consists of a combination of acting workshops, rehearsals and filmed and live performance, ensuring practice is underpinned with relevant contextual theory. Assessment is through presentations, productions, films rehearsals and other coursework– there are no formal exams!

A truly diverse course, in your first two years youll be taught fundamental principles of acting for all mediums using a range of contemporary and classical texts, as well as being introduced to other areas of the industry such as writing and directing to broaden your skill base.

Well also teach you the specific techniques required for recorded media such as MoCap, commercial voiceovers, virtual production, animation voiceover work and acting for radio drama. You will also have the opportunity to act in several public staged productions in your second and third years.

The modules youll study in your final year are unique to you. You can tailor your course from a range of numerous options and play to your interests and strengths. This may include acting in a major film project, acting in a classic play or exploring digital performance practice in the Universitys state-of-the-art Motion Capture studio. You could choose to write a screenplay or one act theatre piece, write and perform your own monologue or explore dynamic rehearsal techniques as an actor which lead to further public performances.

Our third-year optional showcase is held each year for industry guests, including casting directors and agents.

This course consists of a combination of acting workshops, rehearsals and filmed and live performance, ensuring practice is underpinned with relevant theory. Assessment is through presentations, productions, films and other coursework– there are no formal exams!

The modules youll study in your Top Up year are unique to you. You can tailor your course from a range of numerous options and play to your interests and strengths. This may include acting in a major film project, acting in a classic play or exploring digital performance practice in the Universitys state-of-the-art Motion Capture studio. You could choose to write a screenplay or one act theatre piece, write and perform your own monologue or explore dynamic rehearsal techniques as an actor which lead to further public performances.

Our third-year showcase is held each year in Manchester for industry guests, including casting directors and agents. You will also have the opportunity to act in several public staged productions.

This course consists of a combination of acting workshops, rehearsals and filmed and live performance, ensuring practice is underpinned with relevant contextual theory. Assessment is through presentations, productions, films rehearsals and other coursework– there are no formal exams!

A truly diverse course, in your first two years youll be taught fundamental principles of acting for all mediums using a range of contemporary and classical texts, as well as being introduced to other areas of the industry such as writing and directing to broaden your skill base.

Well also teach you the specific techniques required for recorded media such as MoCap, commercial voiceovers, virtual production, animation voiceover work and acting for radio drama. You will also have the opportunity to act in several public staged productions in your second and third years.

The modules youll study in your final year are unique to you. You can tailor your course from a range of numerous options and play to your interests and strengths. This may include acting in a major film project, acting in a classic play or exploring digital performance practice in the Universitys state-of-the-art Motion Capture studio. You could choose to write a screenplay or one act theatre piece, write and perform your own monologue or explore dynamic rehearsal techniques as an actor which lead to further public performances.

Our third-year optional showcase is held each year for industry guests, including casting directors and agents.

Academic year

The course operates on a modular basis that provides flexibility and choice. The first and second year are mainly taught in â€˜blocks so that you are immersed in a particular topic and area for several weeks.

Typically, the majority of modules are 30 academic credits with a smaller number of 15 credit modules in your third year. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity. Full-time students take modules worth 60 credits per semester, with part-time students taking proportionately fewer credits per semester. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for the course and your degree classification are based on the marks obtained for modules taken at levels 5 and 6. The full-time course has one start point in September.

The course operates on a modular basis that provides flexibility and choice. The first and second year are mainly taught in â€˜blocks so that you are immersed in a particular topic and area for several weeks.

Typically, the majority of modules are 30 academic credits with a smaller number of 15 credit modules in your third year. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity. Full-time students take modules worth 60 credits per semester, with part-time students taking proportionately fewer credits per semester. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for the course and your degree classification are based on the marks obtained for modules taken at levels 5 and 6. The full-time course has one start point in September.

The course operates on a modular basis that provides flexibility and choice. The first and second year are mainly taught in â€˜blocks so that you are immersed in a particular topic and area for several weeks.

Typically, the majority of modules are 30 academic credits with a smaller number of 15 credit modules in your third year. Each credit taken equates to a total study time of around 10 hours. Total study time includes scheduled teaching, independent study and assessment activity. Full-time students take modules worth 60 credits per semester, with part-time students taking proportionately fewer credits per semester. All students take a total of 120 credits per level and 360 credits for the degree as a whole. Your overall grade for the course and your degree classification are based on the marks obtained for modules taken at levels 5 and 6. The full-time course has one start point in September.

Developing your craft - Acting for Stage and Screen

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Final year student Ciara talks about the ways she has grown and developed as an actor during her time at Staffs.

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Disciplines

School of Digital

Technologies and Arts

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate

Undergraduate (bachelors) degrees

To apply for an undergraduate (bachelors) degree you need one of the following qualifications:

Community College Diploma / Associate Degree with a minimum grade GPA of 2.5

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 28 points overall
Successful completion of a relevant International Foundation Year from a recognised UK Institution
For A-Level requirements, please see the ‘entry requirements’ section on the relevant course page

Integrated masters and two-year accelerated degrees

To apply for an integrated masters or two-year accelerated degree you need one of the following qualifications:

Community College Diploma / Associate Degree with a minimum grade of 2.8

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 30 points overall
Successful completion of a relevant International Foundation Year from a recognised UK Institution
For A-Level requirements, please see the ‘entry requirements’ section on the relevant course page

English Program Requirements

The majority of our undergraduate bachelor degree courses require a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.0, with 5.5 in reading, writing, speaking and listening. However, we also accept a wide range of qualifications from around the world. The following qualifications are acceptable for most of our Bachelor degree courses.

Career

Careers

This degree will prepare you for a variety of professions associated with performing arts. Many of our graduates now work as actors and directors.

Our graduates are also successful in related areas, such as drama and English teaching and drama therapy, following relevant postgraduate study. Other drama department graduates have applied their skills and now work as stage managers, youth theatre directors, independent practitioners, arts administrators and theatre managers.

All students have access to Career Connect, our dedicated careers team.

Ellie LeBeau - Acting and Theatre Arts

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Acting student Ellie talks about her experience at Staffs including everything from Shakespeare to MoCap.

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Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 16,750 / year

How to Apply

Contact one of our approved overseas education representatives in your country
Use the ‘apply now’ button on the undergraduate course pages to apply through UCAS. (Visit the UCAS website for more information). To do this, you'll need:
- UCAS course code - you’ll find the four-digit code (e.g. P500) in our prospectus, on the course page or on the UCAS website.
- An institution code for the university – it's S72 for Staffordshire University.

Acting for Stage and Screen BA (Hons)

Staffordshire University

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