Faculty of Arts – What we do
Field-leader in Arts and Humanities
The Arts Faculty comprises departments of Classics, Drama, English, Media, Modern Languages and Music. Scholars within the faculty are world-class researchers, and this expertise is used within their teaching. It is possible to study for either single subject degrees or a combination of joint degrees across the faculty. The departments frequently review the courses on offer to ensure that their curricula is innovative and optional units allow for students to develop particular strengths and to be taught by experts within the field.
Excellence in Creative Arts
The departments of Drama, Media and Music are each listed in the top ten departments in the country for their research, with Music placed as first within its field. This makes Royal Holloway one of the strongest centres for creative arts in the country. All three departments offer courses for undergraduates and post-graduate masters and research programmes.
Philosophy
Following the success of the introduction of minor degrees in Philosophy, from 2010 undergraduates will be able to study a series of joint degrees combining a subject from the following list with Philosophy:
- Classics
- Comparative Literatures and Cultures
- Drama
- English
- Modern Languages (French, German, Hispanic Studies, Italian)
- Music
- Politics and International Relations
Details of current Philosophy programmes can be seen here.
Creative Writing
Royal Holloway currently hosts over 60 Masters Students studying for degrees in areas of creative writing. These include programmes in Creative Writing, Playwriting and Screenwriting. The courses are taught either at the College’s central London premises in Bedford Square or at Egham.
Creative Writing PhD student, Penny Rudge, has recently sold the world English language rights to her debut novel, Foolish Lessons in Life and Love. It is due to be released in paperback in January 2010. Penny is a graduate of Royal Holloway’s MA in Creative Writing, led by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and joins a growing list of students who have gone on to publication deals after taking the MA.
HARC
The Humanities and Arts Research Centre is a cross-faculty initiative which hosts a range of internal and external events. These include reading groups, research groups, seminars, performances and distinguished lectures. To find out more, visit the website.