QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

 School of Drama and Creative Industries
Gateway Theatre, Elm Row, Edinburgh EH7 4AH
Telephone: 0131 317 3905
Fax: 0131 317 3092
Email: admissions@qmuc.ac.uk (admissions)
Website: http://www.qmuc.ac.uk

Course Title: BA / BA Hons. Theatre Production (see below for MA/MFA)
Validating Body: NCDT
Hours per week: 35
Places: The design strand admits five students a year
Entry requirements: Typical entry:

All UK applicants are interviewed where possible and given a design project to complete and bring to interview.
Minimum age: 17
Closing Date: UCAS - Closing date 15th January (However we regularly see late applicants and conduct interviews as late as March.)
School Principal: Head of the Gateway Theatre: Maggie Kinloch
Course Leaders: Francis Gallop / Robin Mitchell

Course Description:
After an intensive period of consultation and development this degree programme has been redesigned. The new title for the degree is simply the BA / BA Hons. Theatre Production. This dynamic new course offers:

After this initial grounding in Theatre Production students will then continue to spend a further three semesters pursuing their studies in one of the following specialist strands. At the end of their third year having completed six semesters students will have the opportunity to specialise for a further year and receive the award of BA Hons. Theatre Production.

The new programme aims to produce graduates working in all of the following professions: Students will also have the opportunity to develop associated technical and craft skills by means of a range of elective projects offered during their third year.

The nature of the course is strongly vocational and students undertake the day to day running of the Gateway Theatre and produce the ten public performances staged there each year. This focus on the vocational is further enhanced by a particular emphasis on professional placements.

Applicants for the BA / BA Hons. Theatre Production are requested to nominate their chosen specialist strand as part of their application.

Applicants whose primary interest is in the field of costume design and construction will be interested to know that that QMUC will be offering a new specialist degree course in this subject area in commencing in 2005.

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Course Title: Theatre Production (MA/MFA) (see above for BA/BA Hons.)
Validating Body: NCDT
Length of course: MA - 1 year plus dissertation (2 years part time)
MFA - 2 years including professional portfolio (4 years part time).
Hours per week: The course is modular and is based on a total of 120 credits a year, representing 1200 hours work. Up to 30% of that time is taught. Teaching comprises a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials, case studies, day courses, visits and group work together with practical work. The methods used vary from module to module.
Places: Currently unlimited.
Entry requirements: Students should have an honours degree in an appropriate subject; however, students with relevant work experience will also be considered.
Minimum age: Post graduate.
Closing Date: Application is by direct application to QMUC. Whilst early application is considered preferable, applicants may be seen as late as May.
School Principal: Head of the Gateway Theatre: Maggie Kinloch
Course Leaders: Francis Gallop / Robin Mitchell

Course Description: This degree is designed to develop an understanding of current theatre design issues and practice. It will develop students' understanding of contemporary issues in theatre design, their relation to day-to-day practice and their implications for the future. The degree meets the professional development needs of students who are already, or will in the relatively near future be, engaged in design positions in cultural organisations. This programme will be of interest to students associated with all aspects of design for theatre including set design, costume design, lighting design and sound design.

Course notes:
The programme is modular and can be studied on a full-time or part-time basis. Studying full-time, you will normally undertake four modules in semester one and four modules in semester two, and complete a dissertation (MA only). The part-time route is more flexible. You can also register as an Associate student to study single modules in areas.
The first year of teaching is comprised of the following modules:

Followed by a or