BA (Hons) Performing Arts Education

Duration: 3 years full-time

Requirements:

For 2019 entry applicants must have three A-levels at grades CCD or above, BTEC triple grades MMP or above, or Access 3-36 D/M with min 3D and GCSE English Language at grade 4 or grade C or above.

For 2020 entry applicants must have three A-levels at grades CCC or above, BTEC triple grades MMM or above, or Access 23-36 with min 6D and GCSE English Language at grade 4 or grade C or above.

UCAS points: 88 for 2019 entry / 96 for 2020 entryUCAS code: N2L8

Fees UK students: £9,250 per annum

Fees for International students: £11,000 per annum

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Applicants' experience of performing arts should be demonstrated via your personal statement. DBS check required.

Course Overview

If you have a passion for the challenge of performance and want to share this with others, this performing arts degree is for you. The course will help you to understand how to bring out the best in people through participation in dance, drama and music, as well as developing your own performance skills. You’ll learn how to help them to overcome challenges such as vulnerability or lack of confidence, and you’ll provide memorable experiences in which others can discover what they are really capable of. There is a placement in each year of the course with a minimum of 20 hours experience.

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This perforning arts degree is wide ranging. You’ll understand the theory and practice of education and how people best learn, considering social and ethical issues as well as the drama and music curriculum and child development. Through placements you’ll perfect your practical teaching skills in order to prepare you for employment. You’ll explore your love of the arts, perhaps discovering career paths you hadn’t previously considered. You will have the chance to perform yourself in years 1 and 2 and to direct children in a performance in year 3

Why this course at Marjon?

Large theatre venue in which to explore both creative and technical skillsets.
Long history of creating exceptional teachers, blended with innovative and inspirational performing and acting community
Placements (20 hours each year) drawn from our close links with hundreds of schools or performance environments.
Explore a wide range of performance disciplines including drama, music and dance.
Work with practising teachers on your modules, giving you an insight into the realities of the classroom, and take time to practise for your QTS skills tests.

Perfect if you're curious about:

Is talent born or made?
How much should you encourage a disengaged child to engage in the performing arts?
Which is more important in a school play; high quality or participation from everyone?
Why does creativity in children matter? What happens when it is stifled? What happens when it feels forced?
How can performing arts help children learn other subjects?
How could performing arts help in specific environments such as prisons, rehabilitation centres or special education needs schools?

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Current Students

"In the second year we toured the musical ‘Honk, Jr’ in primary schools, ending in a theatre. It was an amazing experience to give children who do not get to see theatre the opportunity to see a musical. In my final year I directed a performance of ‘The Jungle Book, Kids’ in a primary school and led a trip to Marjon’s theatre so they could perform on a professional stage. The course has helped me to me build my own business where I teach primary aged students drama, dance and music."