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ARTS, ENGLISH AND LANGUAGES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES 2021 ENTRY COMMUNICATION, CREATIVITY, CRITICAL THINKING
QUEEN’S IS A MEMBER
OF THE RUSSELL GROUP
WELCOME OF THE UK’S 24 LEADING
RESEARCH-INTENSIVE
UNIVERSITIES
Welcome to the School of Arts, English and Languages. The School has over
120 academic and support staff with over 1,300 undergraduates across our
degree pathways. We offer a stimulating and professionally focused learning
environment with strong links with industry and up-to-date facilities including:
PERFORMING ARTS AT
• Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) – home of the world’s first sonic laboratory. QUEEN’S IS RANKED
IN THE TOP 100 IN THE
• Film Studio – film industry standard lighting system; WORLD
adjacent film, television editing and grading suites. (QS WORLD RANKINGS BY SUBJECT 2019)
• Brian Friel Theatre – a 120-seat theatre with rehearsal
room, dressing rooms, green room and workshop.
• Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) - QFT has been part of the Northern Irish cinema ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
scene for 50 years, celebrating all things cinematic with a wide range of films LITERATURE AT QUEEN’S
from all eras. Regular events with filmmakers form part of the diverse IS RANKED IN THE TOP 100
programming at the cinema, which is part of the Queen’s Drama and Film Centre. IN THE WORLD
(QS WORLD RANKINGS BY SUBJECT 2019)
• Harty Room – a 120-seat music building with two full-concert Steinway grand pianos, a
double-manual harpsicord, fortepiano, chamber organ and many percussion instruments.
• Language Centre – provides students with learning facilities unparalleled
elsewhere in UK and Ireland, and includes a Language Lab with the latest QUEEN’S IS RANKED
language learning and translation software (including SDL Trados suite). 9TH IN THE UK FOR
UNIVERSITY FACILITIES
The School also hosts a broad and thriving range of student societies and music ensembles, (TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT
from the Tyrone Guthrie Society – which provides opportunities for students to work EXPERIENCE SURVEY 2018)
with professional directors – to the Queen’s Film Theatre, the Queen’s University Big
Band and Chamber Choir. JAM (Junior Academy of Music) is the junior music school
of the Music department. All undergraduate students are encouraged to get involved
in JAM either through the Work Placement module, or as an additional activity. QUEEN’S IS RANKED 26TH
IN THE UK FOR GRADUATE
PROSPECTS
(TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES
GOOD UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020)
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AUDIO ENGINEERING Internationally Renowned Experts
Many of our staff are leading international
experts in their fields of research.
CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY
Companies currently employing our Entrance requirements
e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
graduates include Google, BBC, UTV, Apple,
Additionally, the School employs a number BT, Rapid 7, Sensum, Mogees Ltd, Storyful, t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
The Audio Engineering programme is designed for students interested BSc Honours
of Industry Fellows – internationally Cased Dimensions, Universitat Pompeu Course information
in pursuing a career in engineering within the audio and digital media Audio Engineering 3 yrs (J930) renowned professionals in their fields of Fabra, Stevens Institute of Technology Chris Corrigan
industries. Students will gain technical skills and knowledge relevant to the composition, performance, songwriting, and Queen’s University Belfast. Subject Lead (Music)
sound engineering and audio production.
broader field of electrical and electronic engineering including electronics, Further study, including Master’s School of Arts, English and Languages
embedded systems, computer programming and mathematics. Students Entrance Requirements Professional Training programmes, is also an option; see the
A-level: e: c.corrigan@qub.ac.uk
will also gain practical experience of recording, editing, mixing and The School is an Avid Learning Partner School website for further information.
t: +44 (0)28 9097 4830
and Avid-accredited courses in Pro
mastering music using professional studio facilities and designing new ABB including Mathematics and at
Tools for audio post-production are w: qub.ac.uk/ael
least one from Physics (preferred),
hardware/software musical instruments and interfaces. Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Further embedded into the curriculum.
Mathematics or Double Award Life & Health Work Placements
COURSE CONTENT Stage 3
Sciences, Technology and Design.
Stage 3 introduces students to the principles The Stage 3 Work Based Learning module
Stage 1 BTEC Extended Diploma:
of auditory perception and the architecture is an excellent opportunity for students
Stage 1 of the programmes consists of six A relevant BTEC Extended Diploma with to gain real-world industry experience.
of digital audio effects. Students can also
compulsory modules which introduce students 120 credits at Distinction and 60 credits Some of the organisations our students
opt to take modules in spatial audio mixing,
to core technical skills and engineering at Merit. Distinctions will be required have completed placements with include
further sound recording practice, musical
fundamentals including electronics, embedded in stipulated relevant units + GCSE DTS, Pi Communications, RTÉ, Production
interaction design or work placement. The House, Start Together Studios, Redbox
systems, computer programming and Mathematics grade C/4.
programme concludes with the completion Recording, Smalltown America Studios,
mathematics. Students also gain thorough BTEC Higher National Diploma:
of a double-weighted technical project Blast Furnace Studios and Sonic Visuals.
grounding in sound recording principles
focusing on the design of new hardware/ Those with good grades in a relevant Higher
and practical experience of audio mixing. JAM 4 (Junior Academy of Music) Creative
software tools for audio applications. National Diploma will be considered on
Modules include: (*indicates core module) Music Technology programme offers Work
Modules include: (*indicates core module) their individual merits for entry to Stage 2 +
GCSE Mathematics grade C/4. Placement module for students wishing to
• Computer Programming* gain experience in teaching production,
• Digital Audio Effects* Note: applicants not offering Physics at
• Mathematics* recording, editing and mixing, using the
• Auditory Perception* A-level should have a minimum of a grade
• Embedded Systems* facilities of SARC (Sonic Arts Research
• Audio Engineering Project* C/4 in GCSE Physics or GCSE Double
• Electronics* Centre). Each year several students are
• Work Based Learning Award Science grades CC/44.
• Sound Recording and Production* involved as TA to JAM 4, and take it as
• Designing Musical Interactions
• Audio Mixing* For students whose first invaluable opportunity to enrich their degree.
• Audio Post Production language is not English
Stage 2 • Sound Recording and Production Sonic Arts Global Opportunities
• Immersive Media An IELTS score of 6.0 with a minimum of
Stage 2 also consists of six compulsory 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent Students may opt to spend a semester or a
modules. These modules further develop WHY QUEEN’S? acceptable qualification, details of which are year studying abroad. The School has links
students’ understanding of electronics, available at: with a number of international institutions
embedded systems and computer World-Class Facilities go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs including Sibelius Academy (University of the
programming with the latter topic focusing The School is one of the largest and best- Arts Helsinki), University of Groningen, Escola
more specifically on the development equipped institutions in the UK working in Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo
of audio software applications. Audio the field of music and sound. Students have do Porto (Instituto Politecnico do Porto),
engineering practice is facilitated through access to state-of-the-art audio resources Université Français Rabelais Tours, National
collaborative music recordings with student including the world’s first Sonic Laboratory and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and
ensembles and the design of new musical – a unique performance space capable of Technological Educational Institute of Crete.
instruments and musical interfaces. three-dimensional sound projection.
Modules include: (*indicates core module) Industry Links
The School benefits from strong industry
• Audio Programming*
partnerships including BBC NI, Ulster Orchestra,
• Signals and Communication
Opera NI, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble,
Systems* Embedded Systems*
Cathedral Arts Festival, Moving on Music,
• Electronics*
Diatribe Records, DTS and Dolby.
• Instrument and Installation Design*
• Live Production Systems
• Sound Design for Film
• Sound Recording
• Production Sonic Arts
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BROADCAST PRODUCTION in this area. Queen’s has a collaborative
agreement with BBC Northern Ireland, to
promote opportunities for placements for
Student Experience
We are an Avid Authorised Learning Partner
“A graduate from this course
will have a number of significant
our students and research/training between for Pro Tools and Media Composer, offering skills such as being able to
Broadcast Production is an intensely practical, industry aware degree, BA Honours certified industry-approved training
both organisations. Broadcast Production research topics, to understand the
at Queen’s has direct links with the Belfast integrated into the degree, a highly sought-
designed in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland and other local Broadcast Production 3 yrs (P310)
after qualification internationally. Broadcast broadcasting industry both critically
Media Festival, the Belfast Film Festival
broadcasters. This pathway is for those interested in careers in programme and the Digital Cities Belfast initiative. Production benefits from close relationships and academically. They will be able
making for television, radio, journalism, and other new and emerging Entrance Requirements with the BBC NI, UTV, Northern Ireland Screen to lift cameras, edit still and moving
World-Class Facilities and the Belfast Media Festival with industry
digital media platforms. This degree aims to introduce you to the widest A-level: images, record sound, present and
Access to a television and radio studio with professionals connecting to teaching right
possible experience of modern broadcasting combined with critical ABB
broadcast quality LED lighting and green across the programme from many of the write story and programme ideas.
thinking and excellent online skills. Whether it is for online or live, in All applicants: screen facilities; off-line and on-line editing production companies across Northern Ireland. Then get these stories published
front or behind the camera or microphone, you will gain substantial There are no specific subject requirements suites, utilising industry software such as
CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY online utilising new and emerging
practical skills supported by the kind of theoretical and critical skills to study Broadcast Production. Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, digital platforms. Broadcasting
Premiere Pro and Avid Pro Tools; access A degree in Broadcast Production will give
employers tell us they want in new entrants to the creative industries. For students whose first students will have a profound
language is not English to the Sonic Arts Research Centre for students a distinct advantage as they enter
audio training and industry standard audio the work place. This highly practical course understanding of how to create
COURSE CONTENT Year 3 An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum will allow you to build up a portfolio of outputs
of 5.5 in each test component or an
recording and post-production equipment; content for online distribution
Two compulsory modules: full high-definition cameras are available as for you to share with potential employers. An
Year 1 equivalent acceptable qualification, and develop important new digital
details of which are available at: go.qub. are lighting and sound kits for location work. online channel will be created to showcase
Six core modules: • Broadcast Media Project I (Practical) ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs the best work from the department. The new literacy skills that employers are
• Broadcast Media Project: Production** We also have a substantial amount of
skill sets developed such as building digital telling us are much needed by
• Broadcast Analysis I* equipment for use in the creation of virtual
Three optional modules from: content for online distribution and social broadcasters, both now and in the
• Broadcast Production Skills I* reality content such as: HTC Vives, Oculus Go
media are highly sought after by employers
• Sound Recording and Production I* • Work-based Learning (Placement - 100 and Insta360 Pro VR cameras with ambisonic
and provide an excellent background
future.”
• Broadcast Analysis II* plus hours in a company or organisation) microphones for full 360 sound recording.
for work in the creative industries and Broadcast Production Lead
• Broadcast Production Skills II* • Professional Practice (practical) broadcasting. Work placement is offered
• Editing for Film and TV* • Gender and Broadcasting as a module in Stage 3 of the degree.
Year 2 • Language in the Media
• Broadcasting in Post-conflict Society
Four compulsory modules: (module choices • Dissertation (theory)
subject to change and availability) • Broadcasting and Identity
• Broadcast Journalism Broadcast Production is
** Double weighted
• The Radio Programme one of the most practical
• Interactive Media Production
• The Television Programme WHY QUEEN’S? and vocationally biased
Two optional modules from: (module Industry Links television and radio content
choices subject to change and availability) It is an exciting time to get involved in
creation degrees offered
• Sound Design for Screen broadcasting. Northern Ireland now has one at any Russell Group
• Documentary Film Studies of the fastest growing creative sectors in the University in the UK.
• British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry UK economy. Broadcast programme making
for entertainment, news, documentary,
• Creative Writing for Radio
current affairs and online is a huge part of
• Creative Writing (Drama) in the renowned
the industry here. Work placement therefore
Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s
will be a significant aspect of the course,
• Popular Broadcast Genres connecting to many of the local production
• Language and Power companies. An industry advisory panel has
• Sonic Arts been set up to offer advice on developments Entrance requirements
• Introduction to Arts Management in the industry, keeping content and teaching e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
• Screen Industries in Europe practice relevant to the needs of employers t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
Course information
Mr Frank Delaney
Subject Lead, Broadcast Production
e: f.delaney@qub.ac.uk
t: +44 (0)28 9097 5414
* Indicates compulsory modules w: qub.ac.uk/ael
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DRAMA STUDIES
Drama at Queen’s combines history, theory and practice in an integrated BA Single Honours
and multidisciplinary approach, to discover why and how theatre works. Drama 3 yrs (W400)
Performance workshops and productions enable students to draw upon BA Joint Honours
their reading of literary, cultural, historical and sociological studies to Drama and English 3 yrs (WQ43)
inform their practical understanding of performance. Students are
also required to attend professional performances, and benefit from Entrance Requirements
our exceptional links with the theatre sector in Northern Ireland and A-level:
beyond. Visiting professionals lead workshops in specialist areas.
BBB
COURSE CONTENT WHY QUEEN’S? All applicants
There are no specific subject requirements
All students take the following introductory Industry Links
to study Drama, however, students
modules at Stage 1 (1st Year) should have an interest in issues of
Students have the opportunity to
DRA1001 Writing About Theatre undertake a work placement in Year 3. This performance, and be prepared to
DRA1003 Intro to Performing is a significant learning and employability participate in practical theatre classes.
DRA1004 Intro to Acting for Stage and enhancement opportunity. Drama at Queen’s All applicants who receive offers will
Screen collaborates with leading arts organisations be invited to attend an interview
DRA1005 Theatre Now: and theatre companies, such as the Belfast and workshop. Interviews will be
Contemporary Performance Festival, The Linen Hall Library, The Lyric held between January and April.
DRA1006 Production Practices Theatre, Prime Cut Productions, Tinderbox For students whose first
Theatre Company, Kabosh, and Ransom language is not English
Stage 2 (2nd Year) (Optional)
Productions, all of whom have helped An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of
DRA2003 The Art of the Actor us develop a vital professional practice 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent
DRA2005 Devising Theatre dimension as part of our overall provision. acceptable qualification, details of which are
DRA2010 Greek Tragedy in Performance available at:
World-Class Facilities go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs
DRA2045 American Theatre
DRA2060 Musical Theatre Our main teaching space, the Brian Friel
DRA2022 Acting Shakespeare Theatre (www.brianfrieltheatre.co.uk), is one
DRA2013 Directing & Design of the best-equipped theatres in Belfast with CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY on the production of the recent JK Rowling “With a strong network support of
play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in staff, the opportunities to establish
DRA2014 Radio Drama a 120-seat studio theatre, rehearsal room, Studying for a Drama degree at Queen’s
London, and on a number of film and TV
SCA2002 Intro to Arts Management dressing rooms, green room and workshop, will assist you in developing the core skills links with theatre practitioners
productions including Game of Thrones.
housed in the Drama and Film Centre which and employment-related experiences
Stage 3 (3rd Year) (Optional) greatly enriched my experience
also comprises the Queen’s Film Theatre. that are valued by employers, professional Further Study
DRA3005 Advanced Acting organisations and academic institutions. of studying Drama at Queen’s.”
Student Experience Further study including Master’s
DRA3060 Dance Theatre Kevin McCluskey
Graduates from this degree are well programmes is also an option. See the
DRA3042 Post-Conflict Drama Extracurricular performance opportunities BA Drama (2010), MA Drama (2011)
regarded by many employers and over School website for further information.
DRA3010 The Theatre of Brian Friel are offered by the Tyrone Guthrie Society PhD Drama and Performance (2015)
DRA3023 Places of Performance and the student Drama Society, which have half of all graduate jobs are now open to Alumni Success
DRA3063 Solo Performance taken productions to student festivals in graduates of any discipline. Many students
also apply the skills they develop through • Des Kennedy, assistant director, Harry Potter
DRA3056 Theory & Practice of Adaptation Ireland and the UK. Productions have also
the degree entrepreneurially to create and the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre London
DRA3064 Drama & Mental Health been taken to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
their own work opportunities and the • Lisa McGee, stage and screen writer, Entrance requirements
DRA3057 Drama, Health & Social Care and to festivals in Belgium and Italy.
University runs a number of extracurricular won the Stewart Parker and Blackburn e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
DRA3025 Dissertation
Global Opportunities programmes in entrepreneurship. Award for Girls and Dolls (2006), Channel t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
AEL3001 Work-Based Learning
4 sitcoms London Irish and Derry Girls
Students may opt to spend a semester Although the majority of our graduates • Kerri Quinn, lead role in Educating Course information
studying abroad. The School has links with a are interested in pursuing careers in the Rita, Lyric Theatre, Belfast Dr Aoife McGrath
number of international institutions including theatre or in teaching, significant numbers Subject Lead (Drama)
Université François-Rabelais, Tours. develop careers in a wide range of other School of Arts, English and Languages
sectors. Graduates of Drama have gone
on to work in professional theatre locally e: aoife.mcgrath@qub.ac.uk
in Northern Ireland and throughout Great t: +44 (0)28 9097 3249
Britain and across the world, for example w: qub.ac.uk/ael
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DRAMA AND ENGLISH WHY QUEEN’S?
World-Class Facilities
• Film production £16,000-£100,000+
• Varied graduate programmes (Times
Top 100 Graduate Recruiters/AGR,
“Queen’s gave me so much more
than a degree. It gave me friends,
Our main teaching space, the Brian Friel Association of Graduate Recruiters UK) life experiences and a critical way of
Our graduates have gone on to work on major theatre, film BA Joint Honours Theatre (www.brianfrieltheatre.co.uk), is one viewing the world. The experience of
Graduate Careers and Achievements
and TV productions in the UK and across the world. Drama and English 3 yrs (WQ43) of the best-equipped theatres in Belfast with living in a brand new place with new
a 120-seat studio theatre, rehearsal room, Many of our former graduates have risen to
people was invaluable. I consistently
dressing rooms, green room and workshop, the top of their fields and include many famous
COURSE CONTENT Stage 3
felt like a valued member of the
Entrance Requirements housed in the Drama and Film Centre which figures; for example, in Drama:
Stage 1 Students select three optional modules in also comprises the Queen’s Film Theatre. Queen’s community and I was proud
A-level: • Peter Coulter, award winning journalist, BBC
each subject from the following list, subject to
Core modules BBB including A-level English Student Experience • Des Kennedy, acclaimed director, notable to be a student at such a welcoming
availability:
• Writing About Theatre: Theory, Note: for applicants who have not From Personal Tutors to peer mentoring, we
recent work includes assistant director on and prestigious University. Queen’s
Drama JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed
Criticism and Performance studied A-level English then AS- work closely with students to ensure they are gave me the best three years of my life
• Theatre Now: Contemporary Performance level English (grade A) would be Child, Palace Theatre London, 2016
DRA3005 Advanced Acting supported at every stage of their degree. and for that I’ll forever be grateful.”
• Introduction to Performing acceptable in lieu of A-level English. • Lisa Magee, acclaimed writer for stage
DRA3060 Dance Theatre
• English in Transition DRA3042 Post-Conflict Drama
Extracurricular performance opportunities and screen, won the Stewart Parker and Ellie Drake
There are no specific subjects requirements are offered by the Tyrone Guthrie Society and
• Introduction to English Language Blackburn awards for Girls and Dolls (2006) BA Drama and English Graduate
DRA3010 The Theatre of Brian Friel to study Drama. However, students should
• English in Context the student Drama Society, which have taken • Kerri Quinn, acclaimed actress,
DRA3023 Places of Performance have an interest in issues of performance
and be prepared to participate in practical productions to student festivals in Ireland and notable for her lead role in Educating
Stage 2 DRA3063 Solo Performance
theatre classes. All applicants who the UK. Productions have also been taken to Rita, Lyric Theatre, Belfast, 2015
DRA3056 Theory & Practice of Adaptation
Students select three optional modules in each receive offers will be invited to attend the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and to festivals • James Rae, technical specialist,
DRA3064 Drama & Mental Health
subject, subject to availability: an interview and workshop interviews in Belgium and Italy. HBO Game of Thrones
DRA3057 Drama, Health & Social Care
will be held between January and April.
DRA3025 Dissertation CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY In English:
Drama For students whose first
AEL3001 Work-Based Learning
DRA2003 The Art of the Actor language is not English Studying for a degree in Drama and English at Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet
DRA2005 Devising Theatre English Queen’s will assist you in developing the core • Paul Muldoon, academic and poet
An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of
DRA2010 Greek Tragedy in Performance skills and employment-related experiences • Stephen Rea, actor
• Speech Worlds: Phonology in 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent
DRA2045 American Theatre acceptable qualification, details of which are that are valued by employers, professional • Helen Madden, writer and actor
Acquisition and Disorder • Annie Kelly, journalist and writer
DRA2060 Musical Theatre available at: organisations and academic institutions.
• Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs • Annie Mac, radio presenter
DRA2022 Acting Shakespeare • The Structure of English Graduates of Drama have gone on to work
DRA2013 Directing & Design • Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in professional theatre locally in Northern Further Study
DRA2014 Radio Drama in Anglo Saxon England Ireland and throughout Great Britain and across Further study is also an option open to Drama
SCA2002 Intro to Arts Management • Writing Africa: The Colonial the world, for example on the production of and English graduates. Students can choose
Past to Colonial Present the recent JK Rowling play Harry Potter and from a wide range of Master’s programmes,
English
• Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction the Cursed Child in London. Our graduates including:
• History of English: Studying Language Change • Televising the Victorians have also worked on a number of film and TV
• The English Language: Language and Power • Shakespeare on Screen productions including HBO Game of Thrones. • MA in English Literary Studies
• Foundations for Speech Analysis • Digital Textualities and the History of the Book • MA in Media and Broadcast Production
Many of our graduates are interested in • MA in Film
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World • Knowledge, Power and Imagination: pursuing careers in teaching, business, the civil • MA in Poetry
• Irish Literature Writing the East, 1662-1835 service, translating/interpreting or advertising, • MA in Creative Writing
• Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory • Irish Gothic significant numbers develop careers in a wide • MSc in Software Development (conversion course)
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and • Special Topic Irish Literature range of other sectors. • MLaw – Master’s in Law (conversion course)
Reading Later Medieval England • Poetry and Precariousness in the C21st
• Shakespeare and Co • Contemporary US Crime Fiction A list of the major career sectors (and some • PGCE in Education
• Fiction to Austen (1660-1820) • Stevens and Bishop starting salaries) that have attracted our Alternatively, we offer a research-
• Inventing America • Double dissertation (English only) graduates in recent years is shown below: led MRes in Arts and Humanities.
• Romantic Poetry (1789-1832) Entrance requirements
• Language in the Media • Voluntary sector/charities £15,000-£18,000
• Enlightenment and its Discontents e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
• Women’s Writing 1660-1820 • Public Relations £20,000
• Reading Revolutions: The English t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
• Restoration to Regency in • Banking £28 000
Bible, Medieval to Early Modern Contemporary Fiction Course information
• Export Marketing £15 000-£25 000
• Modernism and Modernity • Special Topic Creative Writing • Publishing, Media and Performing Dr Aoife McGrath
• Modern American Fiction: Race,
Arts £16,000-£25,000 Subject Lead (Drama)
Class, Gender, Sexuality Common modules
• Teaching £21,500 School of Arts, English and Languages
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity • Work-Based Learning (placement module) • Fast Stream Civil Service £25,000
• Double Dissertation (combining e: aoife.mcgrath@qub.ac.uk
• Theatre production £16,000-£50,000+
Drama and English) t: +44 (0)28 9097 3249
• TV production £16,000-£100,000+
w: qub.ac.uk/ael
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ENGLISH STUDIES Student Experience
A thriving cultural scene organised by our
undergraduate and postgraduate communities,
“I’ve always loved English and
the course at Queen’s offers a
variety of literary texts, as well as
from the English Society and Poetry and Pints to
Students undertaking English Studies at Queen’s explore literatures BA Single Honours
the Lifeboat and the Yellow Nib, makes studying passionate lecturers. There is a lot
in English in the widest possible sense. From the earliest writings in English 3 yrs (Q300) English at Queen’s a unique proposition. of support available at Queen’s
Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British, and ‘global’ literatures, BA Joint Honours
CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY which is comforting. My confidence
students study English in its historical, cultural and ideological Anthropology and English 3 yrs (QL36) is growing every day. Belfast is an
Studying for an English degree at Queen’s
circumstances and material manifestations. Our language modules Drama and English 3 yrs (WQ43)
will assist you in developing the core skills amazing city. I find the people very
(also available on the Linguistics pathway) explore language English and Film Studies 3 yrs (QW36) and employment-related experiences friendly and it’s easy to navigate.”
structure and function; the day-to-day use of language, including in English and French 4 yrs (QR31) that are valued by employers, professional
Lisa Cross
English and History 3 yrs (QV31) organisations and academic institutions.
the media; and the major influences that have shaped English. BA English Student
English and Irish 3 yrs (QQ53) Graduates from this degree at Queen’s are
COURSE CONTENT • Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction well regarded by many employers (local,
English and Linguistics 3 yrs (QQ31)
• Shakespeare on Screen national and international) and over half of
Stage 1 English and Philosophy 3 yrs (QV35) all graduate jobs are now open to graduates
• Contemporary Literature: Poetry and
Core modules Precariousness in the 21st Century English and Politics 3 yrs (QL32) of any discipline, including English. In
particular, employers value the initiative,
• Contemporary US Crime Fiction English and Sociology 3 yrs (QL33)
• English in Transition imagination, creativity and independence of
• English in Context
• Speech Worlds: Phonology in English and Spanish 4 yrs (QR34) thought fostered by the English degree.
English Studies at Queen’s
Acquisition and Disorder has an extraordinary
• Introduction to English Language The following is a list of the major career
• The Structure of English
• Adventures in the History of Ideas
• Marvels, Monsters and Miracles sectors (and some starting salaries) that have heritage, as represented
• Introduction to Creative Writing
in Anglo-Saxon England Entrance Requirements attracted our graduates in recent years: by its globally-esteemed
Stage 2 • Women’s Writing 1660-1820 A-level: • Advertising writers, such as Nobel
• Restoration to Regency in • Librarianship
Optional modules
Contemporary Fiction
ABB including A-level English for Laureate Seamus Heaney
Single Honours and Joint Honours • Public Relations (£20,000)
• Foundations for Speech Analysis: • Digital Textualities and the History of the Book with Anthropology, French, History, • Publishing, Media and Performing and T.S. Eliot Prize
The Phonetics of English • Writing Africa: The Colonial Arts (£16,000–£25,000) recipients Paul Muldoon
Irish, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World Past to Colonial Present and Spanish. BBB including A-level • Fast Stream Civil Service (£25,000)
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and • Irish Gothic and Ciaran Carson, among
English for other options. • Management Consultancy
Reading Later Medieval England • Stevens and Bishop others. A new generation,
• Shakespeare and Co Note: for applicants who have not Graduate Careers and Achievements
• Special Topic Creative Writing
studied A-level English then AS- such as Poetry Book
• Fiction to Austen (1660-1820) • Special Topic Irish Literature Many of our former graduates have risen
• Inventing America
level English (grade A) would be Society ‘Next Generation
Note: Modules at Stages 2 and 3 are acceptable in lieu of A-level English. to the top of their fields and include
• Romantic Poetry (1789-1832) many famous figures; for example: Poet’ Dr Leontia Flynn, who
subject to change based on availability. All applicants:
• Enlightenment and its Discontents
• Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet
also won the Forward Prize
• The English Language: Language and Power WHY QUEEN’S?
• History of English: Studying Language Change
If you plan to study English as a Joint
• Paul Muldoon, academic and poet for Best First Collection,
Global Opportunities Honours degree you should refer to the
• An Introduction to Critical subject requirements for the other course,
• Stephen Rea, actor continue a proud tradition.
and Cultural Theory English at Queen’s offers a range of Study • Helen Madden, writer and actor
in addition to those for English. For BA
• Reading Revolutions: The English Abroad opportunities, from the Erasmus English and History, please see separate • Annie Kelly, journalist and writer
Bible, Medieval to Early Modern programme with a range of European entry. • Annie Mac, radio presenter
• Modernism and Modernity partners, to the chance to study at a number For students whose first Further Study
• Modern American Fiction: Race, of partner institutions in the United States. language is not English Students can apply for cognate postgraduate
Class, Gender, Sexuality
Industry Links An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum taught modules in the Faculty such as:
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity
We regularly consult and develop links with of 5.5 in each test component or an • MA in English Literary Studies Entrance requirements
• Irish Literature
a large number of employers including, equivalent acceptable qualification, • MA in Broadcast Literacy e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
Stage 3 details of which are available at: go.qub. • MA in Poetry
for example, BBC Northern Ireland as part t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
Optional modules of our work-based learning initiatives.
ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs • MA in Creative Writing Queen’s is ranked in the top
• MSc in Software Development (conversion 100 in the world for English Course information
• Dissertation course) MLaw (conversion course) School of Arts, English and Languages
• Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language • PGCE in Education Language and Literature.
• Language in the Media e: english@qub.ac.uk
• Televising the Victorians (QS World Rankings by Subject 2019) t: +44 (0)28 9097 3238
w: qub.ac.uk/ael
12 13
ENGLISH AND HISTORY • Paths to Independence and
Decolonisation in India and East Africa
• Thatcher’s Britain
CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY
Studying for an English and History degree at
•
•
•
Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet
Paul Muldoon, academic and poet
Stephen Rea, actor
Queen’s will assist you in developing the core
• Sin Cities? Everyday Life in • Helen Madden, writer and actor
Students undertaking English and History at Queen’s explore literature, BA Joint Honours skills and employment-related experiences
the Modern Metropolis • Annie Kelly, journalist and writer
that are valued by employers, professional
language and history in the widest possible sense, from the earliest English and History 3 yrs (QV31) • Religion and Empire
organisations and academic institutions.
• Annie Mac, radio presenter
writings in Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British, and ‘global’ • Kings, Courts and Culture in
A good degree in English and History is a In History:
Carolingian Europe
literatures. From the origins of ancient Greece and Rome to modern • The Irish Revolution, 1917-1921
guarantee that the holder can analyse subjects • Bill Neely (ITV News Editor)
Entrance Requirements in depth and develop coherent arguments
Irish, European, American and Chinese history, students study • Working Class Communities • Alan Green (Radio 5 Live)
A-level: in written and verbal form. In addition, the
English in its linguistic, historical and ideological circumstances and in in the UK 1900-1970
subject matter studied is always related to Further Study
ABB including A-level English • The Peasants’ Revolt 1381
History can choose modules that focus on gender, social and cultural a wide range of contemporary issues, which Students can apply for cognate postgraduate
• Dissertation
history, colonial history, politics, religious and economic change. Note: for applicants who have not
• The War of Ideas 17 C Ireland
allows graduates to understand the present taught modules in the Faculty such as:
studied A-level English then AS- in its proper perspective. Graduates from this
level English (grade A) would be • The British Republic • MA in English Literary Studies
COURSE CONTENT • Europe between the Wars, 1919-1939 degree at Queen’s are well regarded by many
acceptable in lieu of A-level English. • Presbyterians in Ulster, 1690-1840 • MA in Poetry
• The Expansion of Medieval Europe employers (local, national and international)
Stage 1 • The Second World War in Europe • MA in Creative Writing
• The Making of Contemporary Britain For students whose first and over half of all graduate jobs are now
• Age of anxiety: Irish culture • MSc in Software Engineering (conversion
Core modules • Visualising China’s Encounter language is not English open to graduates of any discipline.
• ‘There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack’? course) MA in Law (conversion course)
• Greece and Macedon 404-337 BC An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of Race and Immigration in post-war Britain In a context where over half of all graduate
• English in Transition • MA in History
• Cabinets of Curiosity 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent jobs are now open to graduates of any
• English in Context • PGCE in Education
• Recording History acceptable qualification, details of which WHY QUEEN’S? discipline, we have found that employers
• Introduction to English Language
• Uniting Kingdoms are available at: of all kinds wish to employ English and Alternatively, we offer a research-
• History and Historians Industry Links
go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs History graduates. Although many of led MRes in Arts and Humanities
• Exploring History 2 Stage 3 We regularly consult and develop links with
• Exploring History 1 our graduates are interested in pursuing
Optional modules a large number of employers including,
careers in teaching, business, the civil
Stage 2 for example, BBC Northern Ireland as
• Double Dissertation English Literature service, translating/interpreting or
part of our work-based learning initiatives.
Optional modules Double Dissertation English Language Several History modules include links with
advertising, significant numbers develop “I’ve had the chance to study such a
• Work-based Learning careers in a wide range of other sectors. breadth of prose, poetry and drama
• Foundations for Speech Analysis: local collaborative partners, which provide
• Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language students with opportunities to network with A list of the major career sectors (and some across all sorts of periods under
The Phonetics of English
Language in the Media experts in the field or to gain experience of starting salaries) that have attracted our
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World some of the most fantastic lecturers.
• Televising the Victorians particular industries prior to graduation. graduates in recent years is shown below:
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and
• Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Probably my favourite aspect of
Reading Later Medieval England Internships have also been developed to • Advertising
• Shakespeare on Screen studying at Queen’s is the community
• Shakespeare and Co allow students the opportunity to carry out • Librarianship
• Contemporary Literature: Poetry and
• Fiction to Austen (1660-1820) work experience in history-related fields. • Voluntary sector/charities and friends that I’ve made within
Precariousness in the 21st Century
• Inventing America (£15,000-£18,000) English. From being able to attend my
Contemporary US Crime Fiction Student Experience
• Romantic Poetry (1789-1832) • Public Relations (£20,000)
• Enlightenment and its Discontents
• Speech Worlds: Phonology in lecturers’ research seminars to peer
Acquisition and Disorder From Personal Tutors to peer mentoring, we • Banking (£28,000)
• The English Language: Language and Power work closely with students to ensure they are • Export Marketing (£15,000-£25,000)
mentoring first years, it feels like a
• The Structure of English
• History of English: Studying Language Change supported at every stage of their degree. • Publishing, Media and Performing (fantastically literary) family and I feel I
• Marvels, Monsters and Miracles
• An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory Arts (£16,000-£25,000) couldn’t have made a better choice.”
in Anglo-Saxon England A thriving cultural scene organised by
• Reading Revolutions: The English • Teaching (£21,500)
• Women’s Writing 1660-1820 our undergraduate and postgraduate Micheal McCann
Bible, Medieval to Early Modern • Fast Stream Civil Service (£25,000)
• Restoration to Regency in communities, from the English Society
• Modernism and Modernity • Translation/Interpreting
Contemporary Fiction and Poetry and Pints to the Lifeboat and
• Modern American Fiction: Race, (£18,000-£26,000)
• Digital Textualities and the History of the Book the Yellow Nib, makes studying English
Class, Gender, Sexuality • Varied graduate programmes (Times
• Writing Africa: The Colonial at Queen’s a unique proposition.
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity Top 100 Graduate Recruiters/AGR,
Past to Colonial Present Entrance requirements
• Irish Literature Students can work with our visiting Fulbright Association of Graduate Recruiters UK)
• Irish Gothic e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
• The American South, 1865-1980 Scholars, leading US academics who
• Stevens and Bishop Graduate Careers and Achievements t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
• The Roman Origins of the East and West spend a semester at Queen’s each year.
• Special Topic Creative Writing
• The American South 1619-1865 Many of our former graduates have risen
• Special Topic Irish Literature With DegreePlus, students have the Course information
• Politics and Society in 19th C to the top of their fields and include many
• The Irish Country House opportunity to burnish their academic School of Arts, English and Languages
• Politics and Society in 20th C famous figures; for example, in English:
• That Vast Catastrophe achievements with employment-
• Revolutionary Europe, 1500-1789 e: english@qub.ac.uk
• The Origins of the Protestantism facing placements and projects.
• Life, Love and Death in England t: +44 (0)28 9097 3238
• Interpreting Voices Of The Past
• Nationalism and Liberation in Africa w: qub.ac.uk/ael
• The Ancient City
14 15
ENGLISH AND WHY QUEEN’S?
Heritage
LINGUISTICS English Studies at Queen’s has an
extraordinary heritage, as represented
by its globally esteemed writers, such
Students undertaking English and Linguistics at Queen’s explore BA Joint Honours as Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and
T.S. Eliot Prize recipients Paul Muldoon
literatures in English in the widest possible sense. From the earliest English and Linguistics 3 yrs (QQ31)
and Ciaran Carson, among others. A new
writings in Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British and ‘global’ generation, such as Poetry Book Society
literatures, students study English in its historical, cultural and ‘Next Generation Poet’ Dr Leontia Flynn,
Entrance Requirements who also won Forward Prize for Best First
ideological circumstances and material manifestations. Our language
A-level: collection, continue a proud tradition.
modules explore language structure and function; the day-to-day
Global Opportunities
use of language, including in the media; and the major influences ABB including A-level English
that have shaped English over the last millennium and a half. Note: for applicants who have not English at Queen’s offers a range of Study
studied A-level English then AS- Abroad opportunities, from the Erasmus
level English (grade A) would be programme with a range of European
COURSE CONTENT Stage 3 acceptable in lieu of A-level English. partners, to the chance to study at a number
Stage 1 Optional modules of partner institutions in the United States.
For students whose first
Core modules • Dissertation language is not English We welcome applications from European
• Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum students who would like to attend
• English in Transition Queen’s under the Erasmus programme. CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY “My subject is made up of two sort of
• Language in the Media of 5.5 in each test component or an
• English in Context This programme enables students who classes: lectures and tutorials. Lectures
• Televising the Victorians equivalent acceptable qualification, The following is a list of the major
• Introduction to English Language are already enrolled at a university in
• Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction details of which are available at: go.qub. career sectors that have attracted involve you sitting in a lecture theatre
• Adventures in the History of Ideas Europe to take time out from their own
• Shakespeare on Screen ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs our graduates in recent years: while an academic presents to you and
• Introduction to Creative Writing institution and spend either one semester
• Contemporary Literature: Poetry and • Publishing, Media and Performing Arts
Stage 2 Precariousness in the 21st Century or a full academic year at Queen’s. the other students on that module
• Marketing and Public Relations
• Contemporary US Crime Fiction Additionally, the Study Abroad programme
for either an hour or two hours about
Core modules • Advertising
• Speech Worlds: Phonology in is particularly popular with students from • Librarianship a certain topic – normally the book
• History of English: Studying Language Change Acquisition and Disorder North America, Canada and Australia. • Fast Stream Civil Service you’ve read that week.”
• The English Language: Language and Power • The Structure of English
Industry Links • Management Consultancy Peter Moor
• Foundations for Speech Analysis: • Marvels, Monsters and Miracles
The Phonetics of English in Anglo-Saxon England We regularly consult and develop links with Many of our former graduates have risen to BA English and Linguistics Graduate
• Women’s Writing 1660-1820 a large number of employers including, the top of their fields and include many famous
Optional modules
• Restoration to Regency in for example, BBC Northern Ireland as part figures; for example:
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World Contemporary Fiction of our work-based learning initiatives. • Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and • Digital Textualities and the History of the Book
Student Experience • Paul Muldoon, academic and poet
Reading Later Medieval England • Writing Africa: The Colonial • Stephen Rea, actor
• Shakespeare and Co Past to Colonial Present From Personal Tutors to peer mentoring, we • Helen Madden, writer and actor
• Fiction to Austen (1660-1820) • Irish Gothic work closely with students to ensure they are • Annie Kelly, journalist and writer
• Inventing America • Stevens and Bishop supported at every stage of their degree. • Annie Mac, radio presenter
• Romantic Poetry (1789-1832) • Special Topic Creative Writing
• Enlightenment and its Discontents With DegreePlus, students have the Further Study Opportunities
• Special Topic Irish Literature
• An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory opportunity to burnish their academic
Note: Modules at Stages 2 and 3 are achievements with employment- Students can apply for cognate postgraduate
• Reading Revolutions: The English taught modules in the Faculty such as:
Bible, Medieval to Early Modern subject to change based on availability. facing placements and projects.
• Modernism and Modernity • MA in English Literary Studies Entrance requirements
• Modern American Fiction: Race, • MA in Broadcast Literacy e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
Class, Gender, Sexuality • MA in Poetry t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity • MA in Creative Writing
• Irish Literature • MSc in Software Development Course information
(conversion course) School of Arts, English and Languages
• MLaw (conversion course)
e: english@qub.ac.uk
• PGCE in Education
t: +44 (0)28 9097 3238
Alternatively, we offer a research- w: qub.ac.uk/ael
led MRes in Arts and Humanities.
16 17
ENGLISH WITH WHY QUEEN’S?
Global Opportunities
“English at Queen’s has a fantastic reputation, having taught
some of the most famous poets and novelists in the UK.”
CREATIVE WRITING English at Queen’s offers a range of Study Abroad
opportunities, from the Erasmus programme with
a range of European partners, to the chance to
Shiraz Engineer
BA English with Creative Writing Graduate
Students undertaking English with Creative Writing at Queen’s explore BA Single Honours study at a number of partner institutions in the
United States.
literatures in English in the widest possible sense and work with some English with Creative Writing 3 yrs
(Q3W8) CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY
of the leading writers working in the UK and Ireland. From the earliest
writings in Anglo-Saxon to contemporary Irish, British, and ‘global’ Studying for an English with Creative Writing
literatures, students study English in its historical, cultural and material degree at Queen’s will assist you in developing the
Entrance Requirements core skills and employment-related experiences
contexts. Our language modules explore the history and structure of A-level: that are valued by employers, professional
English; its day-to-day usage, including in the media; and the major ABB including A-level English
organisations and academic institutions.
influences that have shaped it over the last millennium and a half. Graduates from this degree at Queen’s are
Note: for applicants who have not
studied A-level English then AS- well regarded by many employers (local,
COURSE CONTENT Stage 3 national and international) and over half of
level English (grade A) would be
Stage 1 Core module acceptable in lieu of A-level English. all graduate jobs are now open to graduates
of any discipline, including English. In
Core modules • Dissertation Creative Writing For students whose first
particular, employers value the initiative,
language is not English
• English in Transition Optional modules imagination, creativity and independence of
• English in Context An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of thought fostered by our English degrees.
• Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent
• Introduction to English Language • Language in the Media The following is a list of the major career sectors
• Adventures in the History of Ideas acceptable qualification, details of which
• Televising the Victorians are available at: that have attracted our graduates in recent years:
• Introduction to Creative Writing • Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs • Publishing, Media and Performing Arts
Stage 2 • Shakespeare on Screen • Public Relations
• Contemporary Literature: Poetry and • Advertising
Students must choose two of the three
Precariousness in the 21st Century • Librarianship
modules listed below
• Contemporary US Crime Fiction • Fast Stream Civil Service
• Creative Writing Drama • Speech Worlds: Phonology in • Management Consultancy
• Creative Writing Poetry Acquisition and Disorder
• Creative Writing Prose • The Structure of English Graduate Careers and Achievements
• Marvels, Monsters and Miracles Many of our former graduates have risen
Optional modules
in Anglo-Saxon England to the top of their fields and include
• Foundations for Speech Analysis: • Women’s Writing 1660-1820 many famous figures; for example:
The Phonetics of English • Restoration to Regency in
• Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World Contemporary Fiction • Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize-winning poet
• Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and • Digital Textualities and the History of the Book • Paul Muldoon, academic and poet
Reading Later Medieval England • Writing Africa: The Colonial • Stephen Rea, actor
• Shakespeare and Co Past to Colonial Present • Helen Madden, writer and actor
• Fiction to Austen (1660-1820) • Irish Gothic • Annie Kelly, journalist and writer
• Inventing America • Stevens and Bishop • Annie Mac, radio presenter
• Romantic Poetry (1789-1832) • Special Topic Creative Writing Further Study
• Enlightenment and its Discontents • Special Topic Irish Literature
• The English Language: Language and Power Further study is also an option open to
Note: Modules at Stages 2 and 3 are English with Creative Writing graduates.
• History of English: Studying Language Change
subject to change based on availability. Students can choose from a wide range of
• An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory
• Reading Revolutions: The English postgraduate programmes, including: Entrance requirements
Bible, Medieval to Early Modern • MA in English Literary Studies e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
• Modernism and Modernity • MA in Media and Broadcast Production t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
• Modern American Fiction: Race, • MA in Poetry
Course information
Class, Gender, Sexuality • MA in Creative Writing
School of Arts, English and Languages
• Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity • MSc in Software Development (conversion
• Irish Literature course) MLaw (conversion course) e: english@qub.ac.uk 7TH IN UK FOR
• PGCE in Education t: +44 (0)28 9097 3238 CREATIVE WRITING
w: qub.ac.uk/ael (Complete University Guide 2020)
18 19FILM AND Internationally Renowned Experts
The programme features world-leading
THEATRE MAKING
experts in Documentary Film, British Film and
Drama, Irish Drama, Shakespeare, Dance, etc.
Student Experience
The BA in Film and Theatre Making combines the strengths of Queen’s BA Honours Extracurricular performance opportunities
highly regarded Film and Drama departments, offering students a Film and Theatre Making 3 yrs (WW65) are offered by the Tyrone Guthrie Society and
the student Drama Society, which have taken
unique opportunity to study the intricacies of production practice productions to student festivals in Ireland
in both film and theatre. Over the three years of the programme, and the UK as well as to the Edinburgh Fringe
Entrance Requirements
students will learn the basics of directing and acting, along with Festival and to festivals in Belgium and Italy.
A-level:
technical and production elements for both stage and screen. CAREERS/FURTHER STUDY
ABB
With its practical and professional
All applicants:
components, study in Theatre and Film at
COURSE CONTENT • Introduction to Arts Management There are no specific subject requirements Queen’s provides an excellent background
• American Theatre to study Film and Theatre Making. for work in film, television, on the stage,
In each year, students will integrate practical
• The Art of the Actor For students whose first and in the creative industries. Our
learning with historical and theoretical
• Devising Theatre language is not English graduates have progressed to a range of
modules that encourage them to take
entertainment and media-based careers.
lessons from the history of theatre and film Stage 3 An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of
to create new, exciting and innovative work. 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent Positions obtained by recent graduates
Optional
A typical student pathway might include: acceptable qualification, details of which of Film and Drama at Queen’s include:
• Advanced Film Practice 1 are available at:
Stage 1 • Researcher at BBC NI
• Advanced Film Practice 2 go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs
• Production Trainee at BBC
Compulsory • Cinema and Postmodernism
• Professional actors and
• Drama & Mental Health
• Introduction to Film Practice directors for the stage
• Drama Health & Social Care
• Introduction to Film Studies 1 • On-set VFX Supervisor for HBO
• Film and Music: Theory & Criticism
• Editing for Film and Television (Game of Thrones)
• Film Authorship
• Writing about Theatre • Camera Department for HBO
• Film and Animation
• Introduction to Performing (Game of Thrones)
• Film and Sound Design
• Festival Director at Belfast Film Festival
Optional • Contemporary Performing Practices
• Editor at Fifty Fifty Productions, London
• Work-based Learning (Placement)
• Introduction to Acting for Stage and Screen Other popular graduate career routes
• Performing the Classics
• Production Practices include education and training, arts
• The Theatre of Brian Friel
Stage 2 • Dance Theatre administration, public relations,
• Drama, Health and Social Care marketing and postgraduate study.
Compulsory
• Theory and Practice of Adaptation Further Study
• Cinematography • Post-conflict Drama: Performing
the NI Peace Process Further study, including Master’s “Drama at Queen’s takes pride
Optional programmes, is also an option; see the in offering students a complete
• Film Dissertation
• Experimental Practice • Drama Dissertation School website for further information. education in all aspects of theatre
• Non-fiction Film Practice and drama, practical, theoretical,
• Cinema and Modernism WHY QUEEN’S?
• Hollywood Cinema 1 Industry Links
and historical. Students learn from
• Introduction to Screenwriting
Queen’s is unique among World-Class staff in top-notch Entrance requirements
• British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry
This programme features close links to the Russell Group institutions facilities in an atmosphere designed
e: admissions@qub.ac.uk
Lyric Theatre Belfast, Film NI and the BBC. t: +44 (0)28 9097 3838
• Documentary Film Studies in offering a pathway in to foster intellectual inquiry
• Troubles Drama, 1961-1998 World-Class Facilities
• Radio Drama
Film and Theatre Making, and personal growth. We offer Course information
Students make use of Queen’s state-of- Dr Kurt Taroff, Lecturer in Drama,
• Directing and Design for Stage allowing the best and tutorials with professional theatre Director of Undergraduate Education
the-art Film Studio, the QFT with two
• Greek Tragedy In Performance
digital cinemas, the 120-seat Brian Friel brightest students to practitioners and links to most of School of Arts, English and Languages
• Acting Shakespeare
Theatre (with full lighting and sound focus on practical skills the major theatres in Belfast.” e: k.taroff@qub.ac.uk
• Musical Theatre
facilities) and studio rehearsal space. in both disciplines. Dr Kurt Taroff t: +44 (0)28 9097 5106
Lecturer in Drama w: qub.ac.uk/ael
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