BA (Hons) Entrepreneurship and Theatre at University of Derby

Focus on developing your creativity and theatre makings skills whilst building a solid basis in entrepreneurship, allowing you to launch your own business or bring innovation to an existing one. You’ll combine theatre practice with theoretical research and analysis, exploring key themes such as workshop preparations, rehearsal strategies, directing and stagecraft. Entrepreneurship is an essentially practical subject and the course places great emphasis on real world learning.

Faculty: College of Health and Humanities  |  Department: Joint Honours  |  Duration: Full-time: 3 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Derby, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 core modules: Spotlight on Industry Practice, Devising 1: The Creative Process, Technical Theatre and Design, Marketing Fundamentals, Developing an Enterprising Mindset, Finance and Business Performance. Year two core modules: Devising 2: Performance Making – Creation and Collaboration, Spotlight on: Research and Professional Practice, Introduction to Applied Drama, Social and Sustainable Enterprise, Innovation and Implementation.

Career pathways

Students from a Theatre Arts discipline regularly go on to successful careers in the theatre industries for example as actors, directors, theatre crew, artistic directors of their own theatre companies and other arts professionals. Alternatively, many students go on to postgraduate study and employment in a wide variety of professions such as teaching, marketing and public relations.

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