Arts University Bournemouth
Performance Design and Film Costume BA (Hons)
Arts University Bournemouth

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 20 graduates of Performance Design and Film Costume BA (Hons) at Arts University Bournemouth for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Drama & Theater.

Overall student satisfaction
72 /100
20 total respondents
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Drama & Theater

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Drama & Theater at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22000 £20500 £24000
25-75 percentile range £19000 - £26500 £16000 - £25000 £19500 - £30500


Salary of all UK Graduates of Drama & Theater

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £20903 £17931 £21753
25-75 percentile range £17825 - £24915 £12598 - £22386 £15916 - £27274

Course Description

The course explores the breadth of performance design and provides opportunities that you will give you the skills to succeed in an exciting and competitive employment market. The course consists of three levels, each one lasting one academic year with each level building in complexity and demands.

In the introductory stages of the course you will undertake a series of basic skill gathering that informs your learning throughout the course. These consist of character drawing, model-making and design skills together with an introduction to research and writing skills through text evaluation and analysis. As the course progresses, artistic and intellectual enquiry deepens to adapt to individual needs and career aspirations within costume design for screen and scenography.

The course will encourage you to test the boundaries of your ability in order to develop creative and pro-active responses to problem solving and team working. Through the delivery of teaching by a diversely experienced team and working with a wide range of external collaborators, the curriculum focus ensures the currency and relevance of the skills and academic knowledge of graduates. This learning is developed by a series of study units, both speculative and in a ‘live context’.

In the first year, the course curriculum is partly shared between the BA Performance Design and Film Costume and BA Costume courses from week 1 – 24, when both performance design and costume production are explored equally. For the final six weeks of Level 4, you will either remain in the course on which they originally enrolled or you have the possibility to transfer to BA Costume through the usual transfer process. From this point onwards you are taught separately, although you are all collaborating on projects in a way that reflects industry standards and methods. The focus for both courses is to introduce you to the fundamental skills and behaviours required for the professional costume and performance design practitioner and for conceptual thinking and experimentation to develop.

Studios and resources

  • dedicated design studios with enough space for each student to have their own work station in final year of study with plenty of space for design development and hot desking in levels 4 and 5
  • laser cutting machine in the design studio for modelmaking and textile work.

• access to a costume store and fabric archive

  • a course-specific computer suite with the latest software (Adobe, AutoCAD sketch-up)

• bookable digital drawing tablets

• iPad Pros and iPencil with relevant drawing applications

  • an on-site workshop for prop making, fibre-glassing, vac-forming and 3D printing,

• a large off-site workshop for set building and painting

  • a dye and textiles studio, where you can use dyeing and screen-printing equipment.

• studio theatre for performances

• sewing machines and associated costume making equipment

• photo/ model box lighting booth

• access to digital hub for textiles printing

• access to film studios through live projects

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Performance Design and Film Costume BA (Hons) at Arts University Bournemouth

25% Managers, directors and senior officials
15% Teaching Professionals
10% Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
10% Customer service occupations
5% Sales occupations
5% Skilled trades occupations
5% Administrative occupations
5% Elementary occupations
5% Teaching Professionals
5% Artistic, literary and media occupations

- **100% COURSEWORK**

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

English language requirements

test Grade Additional Details
IELTS (Academic) 6

6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

TOEFL (iBT) 80

minimum score of 18 in writing, listening, and reading and 19 in speaking.

Cambridge English Advanced

Overall score of 180

PTE Academic 54

A minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge English Proficiency

Overall score of 200

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Performance Design and Film Costume, BA (Hons), if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Costs

Tuition Fees Performance Design and Film Costume BA (Hons)

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

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

How to apply

Application deadline:

January 1, 2025

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Possible Entry Points:

  • year 1 (Default entry point)
  • year 2
  • year 3

University Rankings

Positions of Arts University Bournemouth in top UK and global rankings.

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About Arts University Bournemouth

Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) was founded in 1880 in the coastal town of Poole, England. Academically, this university’s impressive variety courses covers practically every artistic focus, ranging from Acting and Dance, to Graphic Design and Fashion. First-year students have the possibility of living in modern and spacious residence halls located on-campus, or alternatively in the Lansdowne area in the City Centre - each location being situated less than half an hour away from Bournemouth’s beaches.

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Student composition of Arts University Bournemouth

undergraduates:
3435
postgraduates:
170
Total:
3605
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