Course Modules

The module will introduce students to key skills in examining repertoire drawn from succeeding periods of movie musical history, supporting an examination of musical structure with a parallel focus on developments in dance and drama within the genre.

You will explore examples of different types of musical theatre performance and the function of a range of professional roles in commercial and publicly funded contexts.

This module is taken by Arts Management students and aims to develop competency in business planning and imaginative use of physical and creative resources.

You will engage in workshop activities to explore the potential of strategies and material that could be used in a range of teaching contexts. You will reflect on relationships between this activity and your practical workshop experience and complete practical

This module allows you to enhance your contribution to ensemble performance and to develop your skills in solo work in the context of a large performance project. Longer term planning, rehearsal and preparation strategies for performance techniques will be emphasised.

This module explores the relationship between faith and reason. When are beliefs justified? Are some beliefs beyond rational explanation? Why do people hold such beliefs? What cultural assumptions inform the way that we think about belief, reason and God?

This module introduces you to the academic analysis of politics, where you will gain an understanding of politics both as an activity and as a discipline. The module also focuses on the space of politics, and the conceptual approaches, ideology,

This module provides an interdisciplinary view of the law, which looks at what is meant by both law and society, as well as how the law can be used as a mechanism of social control. You will also consider how

This module will introduce you to the historical study of religion and ethics and you’ll investigate the important contemporary question of the relationship between religion, ethics and violence.

This module evaluates the political, intellectual and religious development, popular, elite and court culture, warfare and international relations and gender issues across Western Europe and the Ottoman Empire within the Renaissance and Reformation periods. You will gain a better understanding