The Drama Therapy Master’s programme is comprised of 180 credits in total. The research component makes up 90 of these credits, with the remaining 90 credits encompassing Drama Therapy Theory and Practice.
The credits and notional hours within the Master’s Drama Therapy programme are divided as follows:
Research Workshops and Research Report (90 credits / 900 notional hours)
- 80 hours of research workshops, presentations, panel evaluations
- 10 hours of ethics workshops
- 10 hours of ethics exam
- 50 hours of research proposal, ethics proposal, and corrections
- 750 hours of research report
Drama Research (18 credits/ 100 notional hours)
- 42 hours minimum lectures, workshops, seminars, laboratories
- 42 hours reading, practice, creative research
- 16 hours examination and evaluation process
Drama Therapy Theory and Practice (72 credits / 800 notional hours)
- Drama Therapy Theory and Practice Module – Lectures and /or seminars and/or laboratory, research essay pertaining to an Integrated (112 hours)
- Theories of Personality and Drama Therapy Approaches Module – Lectures, presentations and workshops, reading, preparation for assignments (112 hours)
- Abnormal psychology and Arts Therapies Approaches Module - Lectures, presentations and workshops, reading and preparation for one assignment (112 hours)
- Critical Reflexive Praxis in Drama Therapy – Lectures, seminars, workshops in identity, gender, race, culture, activism and mindfulness studies; field work, written assignments and practical and oral exams (140 hours)
- Clinical Placement – Assessment, evaluations, reporting, practice, individual and group supervision (300 hours)
- Ethics – Lectures, reading, integrated into all modules (24 hours)