Course Modules

This module assesses how warfare has shaped social organisation and cultural representation. You will examine the relationship between war, society and culture to demonstrate the multiform and often contradictory processes that conflict serves to evoke for individuals, communities and wider […]

You will undertake initial research into a range of contemporary dance and performance related platforms, festivals, projects and artist-development schemes both within the UK and in European or international contexts. You will develop an articulation of your work and practice

The dissertation is the culmination of your postgraduate study. You will develop a substantial dance research project of your choice. You can choose to include a varying amount of dance practice alongside written critical commentary.

Through a combination of lectures, seminars and practical tasks, you will analyse, deconstruct and reconstruct technical exercises and phrases in order to build a critical base of teaching material. Planning, phrase construction and giving corrections will be explored in the

In this module, you will analyse a wide range of dance practices: historical and contemporary, popular and ‘high art’, Western and non-Western. You will consider these in relation to 20th and 21st-century debates about the politics of the body, for

In this theoretical module you will explore how knowledge about dance is rooted in philosophical and aesthetic ideologies, from both historicised and contemporary perspectives. You will look through a wide lens at dance and its evolving beliefs, with the main

This module allows you to reflect theologically on your local context. You will critically examine different approaches to theological reflection with a focus on their practical deployment within the local context. The module then explores the ways in which social

This module equips you to engage and reflect theologically on social, political and pastoral issues and questions which arise locally, nationally and globally. You will critically examine public and practical theological methodologies and perspectives utilised by British and international theologians.

This module examines the role of the Bible in the public sphere. You will critically engage with the major issues related to the Bible and public theology, from sexuality, morality and anti-Semitism to religious rights, democracy and blasphemy. By the

Our unique departmental focus on collaborative practice will see you working directly alongside directors, screenwriters, editors and producers. MA Film Production students are commissioned by the department to produce a professional quality short narrative film (10-15 minutes) for which you