BA (Hons) Drama with Philosophy Bachelor's degree at Royal Holloway, University of London

Introduces basic topics in contemporary epistemology. Addresses questions including: what is knowledge?; why is knowledge valuable?; how do we acquire and pass on knowledge?; how do we become better knowers?; is there collective knowledge?; do animals have knowledge?; is there knowledge at all?

Develops understanding of the formal study of arguments through sentential/propositional logic and predicate logic. Covers how to present and analyse arguments formally, Bertrand Russell's formalist solution to definite descriptions, and the significance of logic to philosophical inquiry.

Develops understanding of the relationship between mind and brain. Examines key theories from Descartes' dualism to Chalmers's 'hard problem' of consciousness. Considers famous thought experiments including Descartes's and Laplace's demons, the Chinese Room, the China Brain, Mary and the black-and-white room, and zombie and bat consciousness.

Develops understanding of central problems and debates within moral philosophy and aesthetics. Covers questions relating to metaphysical and ethical relativism, moral commitments, the relationship between individual and society, and the value and nature of art. Examines approaches from Anglo-American tradition and recent European philosophy.

Develops understanding of major debates in European and some Anglo-American philosophy. Examines key texts by Immanuel Kant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, considering their continuing significance. Addresses major epistemological, ethical and aesthetical issues and problems of modernity. Analyses the importance of history in modern philosophy via Hegel's influence.

Develops understanding of how rationalist and empiricist traditions influence contemporary thought in philosophy of mind. Examines the mind-body problem and what it means to be human. Considers connections between analytic and European traditions regarding language, subjectivity, and phenomenology of experience. Examines consciousness in contemporary debates in philosophy, psychology and cognitive science.

Develops understanding of non-traditional approaches to performance making constituting 'devised' practice. Covers methods of engaging with contemporary life, including contexts, forms, and modes of documentation. Considers generative roles of autobiography, the body, political activism and everyday life. Uses theoretical and practical research to develop own performance pieces.

Develops understanding of methods of theatre directing. Covers the role of the director from preparing a play text to staging production, collaborations between actors, designers, playwrights and producers. Examines variety of approaches to classic texts and new writing, and develops skills by directing peers in short scenes from a play of choice.

Develops understanding of differences between stage acting and acting for camera. Covers techniques for translating stage acting skills to mediated performance. Involves collaboration with directing students from Department of Media Arts on internal monologue film, silent film, and short scene, which can be used in audition reels.

Develops understanding of range of theatre forms integrating dance and drama. Examines ways practitioners bring text and movement into creative dialogue using scores, play texts, choreography and movement processes. Covers values and principles driving experimentation and historical, political and cultural contexts. Considers work of practitioners such as Pina Bausch, DV8, Frantic Assembly, Complicite, Caryl Churchill and Martin Crimp. Develops small group performance devised in response to sele

Develops understanding of the role of spatial design in performance context. Examines how designers respond to and make space for theatre. Explores role of spatial design through study of visual composition and visual language. Considers work of variety of practitioners and tests design ideas in practical and performance workshops focusing on textual analysis, space and place, object, performer and spectator.

Develops understanding of how theatre practitioners represent social reality to critique it. Covers naturalist stage of late nineteenth century through to contemporary verbatim performance. Explores methods and implications of theatre's 'reality-effects'. Examines why theatre companies and practitioners have turned to documentary, tribunal, verbatim and reality-based performance. Considers contemporary plays and performance texts from around the world, building awareness of politics, possibiliti

Examines work of debbie tucker green, one of the most exciting black playwrights of early twenty-first century. Explores performance possibilities of her playtexts, considering writing form and topical social and political human rights issues including genocide, urban teenage violence, sex tourism and mental health. Considers tucker green's impact as black British woman playwright by situating her work in relation to trends in other contemporary black British women playwrights and within context

Develops understanding of discussions of ecology and environmentalism in Shakespeare's plays. Examines relations between humans and natural world and contemporary environmental debates and theatre practices. Features guest speakers addressing scientific and commercial topics including UN 15 sustainable development goals and the Caryl Churchill Theatre's green credentials. Explores range of Shakespeare plays staging the natural world and examines how environmentalism impacts theatre and Shakespea

Develops understanding of children's theatre and current success of theatre for young audiences. Examines innovative performance styles of theatre companies such as Oily Cart and Theatre-rites. Considers the Unicorn theatre, the first purpose-built theatre for children in London; playwrights including Charles Way, Philip Ridley, Neil Duffield, Mark Ravenhill and David Greig; and theatremakers such as Mark Storor and Sue Buckmaster who blend visual art, puppetry and live art. Critically analyses

Develops understanding of diverse art forms investigating memory in dynamic conversation and the nature of art, history, and humanity. Examines disruption to purpose, value, and nature of art in aftermath of Holocaust and moves through twentieth century to consider different cultures of memory, memorialisation, trauma, and witnessing. Examines wide range of cultural textual and performative genres including first-hand testimony, plays, films, graphic novels, museums, and public monuments.

Develops embodied understanding of culture through examination of different cultural contexts for dance production.