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Acting at Arts University Bournemouth - UCAS

Course summary

This course is designed for students who have a passion for performance; we will show you what it takes to turn natural talent into a sustainable career and we will support you to help make your ambitions become reality. You'll get professional training to improve your acting skills and learn how to create performances for different audiences and contexts. You'll work with other students on projects and films and your independent voice as an emerging artist will be developed and nurtured as you progress through the course. BA (Hons) Acting will provide you with the skills needed for creating performances in today's multimedia world. What you will study With a highly practical, portfolio approach to developing your creative practice, the course delivers training in a range of established techniques in relation to text, character and performance, alongside the core disciplines of movement, voice and singing. Three main themes of training run through each level: a methodological approach to actor training, media training and the concept of the actor as creator and maker of new performance work. This comprehensive approach reflects the demands and diversity of the 21st century creative industries. Contextual and critical studies across each level will deepen your knowledge and understanding of key contexts within the performance industry and underpin your learning. The course also develops transferable skills in collaboration, teamwork and problem solving. Sitting within the Bournemouth Film School, the Acting course is well situated for cross-course collaborations and this is a key feature of the programme. Within the course, we have an established collaboration for our fully staged Level 6 shows as part of AUB Productions with Costume, Design for Costume & Performance and Make-up for Media & Performance. Through the course, students will also have the opportunity to collaborate with Film, Animation, Games Design, and Creative Writing. Professional development and employability skills are integrated through all three levels of the course, helping you to prepare for a career in the creative industries and/or postgraduate study. These skills will enable you to aspire to professional standards within live performance and digital media contexts, as well as empower you to explore diverse career paths. By the end of the course you will be able to...

  • Demonstrate a range of physical and vocal skills, with a developed understanding of the inter-relationship between the performer’s voice and body.
  • Engage with dramatic texts and other text and non-text sources in order to produce psychologically, emotionally and physically truthful characters.
  • Create work in and for specific audiences with an understanding of creative making practices that are solo, collaborative and collective in focus.
  • Understand a variety of working methodologies and performance vocabularies in order to present work within different contexts and spaces.
  • Appreciate what it means to be a critical actor, as one who is informed, knowledgeable, and reflectively engaged in their discipline.
  • Form your own theatre company and operate as a freelance practitioner, with knowledge of producing, budgeting and touring.
  • Work with a developed knowledge and practical experience of filmed and audio based performance.
  • Promote yourself through a digital portfolio of work, with a clear understanding of your personal brand and career goals and an identification of post-graduate study options.
  • Understand what it means to be a reflective practitioner and how to evaluate your development as an emerging artist.
  • Work effectively and professionally, independently and collaboratively within different contexts, on solo and group projects and as a cast and crew member as part of an ensemble in the process of creating a full scale, public-facing production.

Assessment method

Coursework and practical assessments


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
W410
Institution code:
A66
Campus name:
Main Site - Arts University Bournemouth
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please see AUB's website for a full list of our entry requirements, including tariff points where applicable. We are happy to accept a wide range of qualifications, including but not limited to: A Levels, BTEC Extended Diploma, OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma, BTEC Subsidiary Diploma(s), Access to HE courses, Scottish Highers, IB Diploma Programme, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. We can also accept many EU and International qualifications. See website for details. Email Admissions ([email protected]) with any queries about entry requirements. We welcome applicants who are currently studying or who have gained a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design and this qualification meets our level three entry requirements. This is a recommended qualification for many of our courses but it is not a compulsory qualification. Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 qualifications are considered on an individual basis and we are happy to accept applicants with a combination of Level 3 qualifications. Please check your qualifications using UCAS Tariff calculator and remember we are looking for the equivalent of 3 A levels if you are combining Level 3 qualifications. AUB tailors its offers to the qualifications an applicant is studying and looks for applicant to be studying a relevant creative subject. AUB makes offers based on up to three A Levels or equivalent Level 3 qualifications with the most UCAS Tariff points attached to them to give applicants the best chance possible at achieving our required tariff (120 UCAS Tariff points in most cases).

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://aub.ac.uk/apply/undergraduate/entry-requirements/

Additional entry requirements

Audition

UK based applicants will be invited to undertake an audition on campus. Applicants outside the UK or unable to travel to campus will be asked to submit a link to a recorded audition.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6Academic IELTS or UKVI IELTS with 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, speaking and listening)
TOEFL (iBT)80With 80 overall and a minimum score of 18 in writing, listening, and reading and 19 in speaking. Please note the home version of this test is not accepted.
Cambridge English AdvancedCMinimum grade C
PTE Academic64With 64 overall and a minimum of 59 in each component
Cambridge English ProficiencyCCambridge C2 Proficiency English exam with a minimum grade of C.
Trinity ISEPassLevel III or level IV with a pass.

Student Outcomes

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83%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
92%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

EU £17950 Year 1
Channel Islands £9250 Year 1
England £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
International £17950 Year 1

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

All undergraduate courses at AUB offer an optional placement year, to be taken between your second and third years of study. If you’re unsure about this optional placement, you don’t need to decide now. Once you’re here and studying with us, the course team will discuss the placement options with you, so when the time comes, you can make a decision that’s right for you.
Acting at Arts University Bournemouth - UCAS