Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Acting
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Farnham / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
Shine brightly and walk the boards as a graduate of UCA Farnham's BA (Hons) Acting degree programme, which is closely linked to the entertainment business.
With intensive hands-on training and partnerships with the likes of the National Theatre and the British Film Institute, among many others, our performance-based degree equips you with the comprehensive vocational skills necessary to thrive in the performing arts, whether on stage, screen, or in digital media. Aside from Spotlight, Equity UK has also accredited this course.
You will attend workshops that focus on voice, movement, text, and character. Since this course is production centered, you will also have the opportunity to perform in live and recorded performances, as well as create your own work. A website, voice reel, showreel, and headshots will all be part of your professional portfolio that you will be helped to create.
Through our collaborations with prestigious theatres like Farnham Maltings, you will have access to world-class live performance spaces where you can hone your skills and display your work. Our state-of-the-art facilities include recording, motion capture, and virtual production studios. An additional perk of graduating from UCA is the opportunity to try out for the brand new Graduate Company.
Program structure
Year 1
- Launch Week
- Acting Skills 1
- Movement
- Voice
- Text and Character
- Improvising and Devising
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Professional Development 1
- Opportunity - Stage Combat and Intimacy Co-ordination 1
- 20th & 21st Century Theatre
- Screen Acting
- Individual Performance Project
- ATOM Activities
- PLE Digital Outcome
Year 2
- Launch Week
- Elizabethan Jacobean Theatre;
- The Conscious Practitioner
- Acting Skills 2
- Opportunity - Movement for Camera and Intimacy Co-ordination 2
- Professional Development 2
- ATOM Activities
- PLE Digital Outcome
Elective units
You will study two of the following elective units across the year.
- Acting Through Song
- Applied Skills for a Sustainable Media Industry
- Audio World Building
- Cinematography
- Consent, Intimacy and Stage Combat
- Film Production
- Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Music and Theatre
- Loops and Micro Format Films
- Motion Capture Green Screen
- Physical Theatre
- Postproduction Editing
- Screen Writing
- Shakespeare Festival
- Verbatim
- Virtual Production
Maidstone
You can also choose from the following electives offered at Maidstone TV Studios:
- Immersive Production
- Prestige Television
- TV in the Age of Digital Disruption
Study abroad
During the second year of this program, you'll have the opportunity to study abroad.
Year 3
- Launch Week
- Screen Performance
- Live Performance
- Opportunity week - Professional Development 5
- Final Major Project – Practice as Research
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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