Course summary
Do you dream of working with actors, screenwriters and directors to bring a production to life? Or perhaps you’re looking to star in your own radio show? Whatever your professional media goals, our performance and media degree is designed to give you the tools you need to achieve them. As you progress through your studies, you’ll have the chance to explore performance and media within a unique range of contexts, from radio production and performance, to scriptwriting, directing, producing and screen acting. You’ll also take part in video and drama projects led by professional directors and industry leaders. What’s more, your final year project will give you the opportunity to specialise in the area of media or performance that interests you most. So, whether your interests lie behind the camera or in front of the microphone, you’ll be creating cutting-edge media and live performance while building a portfolio of work to establish yourself as a professional. You will:
- Study with highly skilled professional practitioners to create cutting-edge media and live performance in a vibrant city with a fantastic theatre, arts and music scene
- Study a course which has produced household names such as Jason Manford, Steve Edge, Emma Atkins, Warren Brown, Erin Shanagher and Peter Kay
- Have the opportunity to engage with the industry through networking, masterclasses and a suite of professional development opportunities
Modules
Year one
- Critical and Textual Studies
- Acting for Recorded Media
- Acting Methods 1
- Production Skills
- Production Workshop
- Analysing Screen Fiction
- Performance Studies
- Radio Performance and Production
- Directing and Producing
- Integrated Production Skills
- Presenting
- Comedy Writing and Performance
- Acting for the Camera
- Page to Stage: Drama Texts in Translation
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- Playwriting
- Shakespeare In Performance
- Programme Production Techniques
- Theatre and Communities
- Voice and Text
- Introduction to Theatre Directing
- Introduction to Multimedia Performance
- Theatre Acting
- Music Video Production
- Video Project
- Radio Comedy Project
- Performance Research Project
- Careers and Professional Pathways
- Video Project
- Scriptwriting for TV and Film
- Creative Techniques for Video Drama Production
- Gender and Sexuality in Performance
- Radio Acting
- TV Acting
- Documentary to Mockumentary
- Theatre Directing
- Making Performance for Social Media
- Making Contemporary Performance
- Acting for Motion Capture
- Classical Theatre Acting
- TV Comedy: Sitcom Writing and Performance
- Variety, Stand Up and Solo Comedy
How to apply
This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W400
- Institution code:
- S03
- Campus name:
- Peel Park Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 112 points
A level - BCC - BBC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
AS
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 30 - 31 points
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Extended Project
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level - M
Additional entry requirements
Audition
Interview
Portfolio
Overseas applicants will need to provide a portfolio which includes an audition (2 min monologue) some written work (essay example) and a 3 minute recorded film detailing why they feel they are suitable for the course.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
University of Salford
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT