Drama and Film and Screen Studies

Explore your passion for the stage and screen on our combined honours degree in Drama and Film.


• Learn by making, producing, performing, directing and collaborating. Immerse yourself and discover your creative identity.



• Combine practical performance skills with theoretical learning to become a more rounded performer and director.



• Graduate with a host of skills valued in a range of industries, from theatre to media to education.



The performing and visual arts don’t just reflect culture: they can create it.

On this combined Drama and Film and Screen course, you’ll explore your creative identity. You’ll learn both by doing and by examining the theories that underpin these industries.

By combining Drama with Film and Screen, you’ll develop a critical understanding of film and screen theory and criticism. As part of your study, you’ll interrogate the role media plays on our everyday lives and forge an understanding of how society and culture is mediated by cinematic, televisual and electronic images. You’ll gain an appreciation of the relationship between film, media and culture which will translate into your performances on stage.

You'll explore your creative identity through core and optional modules in areas of practice such as play production, performing, writing and directing, and topics such as Shakespeare, musical theatre, physical theatre, applied theatre and media and performance. Your performance practice will enhance your filmmaking and writing skills.

Studying Drama and Film and Screen at Bath Spa gives you the performance, critical and creative skills you need to launch yourself into a variety of exciting careers.

Combined Honour Awards
At Bath Spa University many of our undergraduate programmes can be combined, so you don’t have to limit yourself to one subject. If you choose to study a combined award then in Year One you’ll start by studying both subjects in equal depth. From Year Two you can choose whether to continue with equal numbers of modules from each subject, or whether you want to select additional modules in one or the other. Upon successful completion of the programme you will graduate with a joint degree.

Bath Spa University offers a huge range of Clearing courses across Creative and Performing Arts, Education, Humanities, Sciences and Business. Explore their range of career-focused degrees and get in touch today.

A degree from Bath Spa Uni offers practical, real-life experience that builds your skills through placements and trips. You'll be taught by knowledgeable and passionate educators who bring their industry expertise directly to you.

Bath Spa offers a thriving community across two campuses with excellent facilities and a buzzing social scene. The Bath Spa SU offers over 70 clubs and societies for you to choose from to help you get settled in.

Bath Spa prioritise student well-being and provides plenty of support to make sure you can realise your full potential. The Student Wellbeing Team will support you through whatever challenges you face.

Discover more and get in touch today!