MRes Performing Arts (Drama, Dance, Music)

The MRes Performing Arts (Drama, Dance, Music) aims to provide a recognised research award in preparation for PhD study in associated areas. This course is designed for arts practitioners and scholars to work alongside the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project 'Mobile Arts for Peace': Informing the National Curriculum and Youth Policy for Peacebuilding in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Indonesia and Nepal'. Further details about this project can be found further down this page.

This course is an ideal starting point towards further research in to the performing arts. It aims to provide the critical and methodological tools necessary for scholarly research, while enabling focused study in a chosen performing arts discipline and engagement with different perspectives on performance.

You will benefit from having the option to select modules that cater for your particular area of interest and support further independent study.

Students on this Master's programme can benefit from the resources of Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, studios, gallery, and a vibrant artistic community.

How You Study

Students can work alongside colleagues in performing arts, whose disciplinary backgrounds vary in drama, dance, music, or similar fields. This provides an opportunity to engage with people who have similar but subtly different perspectives on performance, and can therefore introduce associated discipline areas in the performing arts.

Taught modules are offered through seminars, and include tutor-delivered content followed by discussion, workshop activity, and exercises.

How You Are Assessed

A range of assessment modes are utilised, each of which aim to equip students with an appropriate skill or skills for ongoing research work. These may include essays, oral presentations, viva voces, and project plans.

Career and Personal Development

This Master's course offers the opportunity for further research in the performing arts. Graduates may use this course as a platform for further study, progression to doctoral study, or for a career in research and academia.

Students need to have a first or upper second class honours degree.