BA Performance Design and Practice is undertaken in studio/performance practice and in lectures, seminars and assignments, in a sequence of distinct Units. The programme of study enables you to identify with a broad pathway focused on performance design, or performance practice, as described below, presenting your work accordingly. You don't have to opt for a pathway at entry. The options are presented within the Units of Stages 1 and 2 of the course, enabling you to develop your direction by the outset of Stage 3. Both pathways are interlinked and involve collaborative and individual practical work, critical and theoretical studies, and personal and professional development. Skills developed include creative, critical and reflective processes, research and analysis, budgeting and marketing. A core studies programme of contextual knowledge and practical skills sessions supports the development of a community of practice across the BA and MA.

BA Performance Design and Practice students leave with a broad and valuable understanding of performance practice in its many forms. Skills acquired enable BA Performance Design and Practice graduates to become versatile practitioners in exciting and diverse contexts including theatre, film and television. BA Performance Design and Practice students find success as production designers, or in related roles such as director or producer, or, increasingly, in 'hybrid' roles such as designer-director or performer-designer. BA Performance Design and Practice graduates also apply their knowledge outside the traditional contexts, working within the fine art industry as performance artists or within the fashion industry as creative managers, video directors and fashion show designers. Or they launch their own independent collaborative ventures, creating performance in their own image.