This programme represents a new opportunity for research and study in the field of Dance and Musical Theatre at Masters level. The programme lies within the well-established MA by Research offered by the School of Humanities at the University of Greenwich, with subject-specialist support provided through Bird College. The duration of the programme is one year full time or two years part time.

The School of Humanities within the University of Greenwich is a large and dynamic school with over 2000 students - full and part-time - on programmes from foundation to postgraduate level. The subject areas currently being offered within the MA by Research include:

• Applied Linguistics
• Cultural Geography
• English (including Creative Writing)
• History
• Modern European Philosophy
• Politics
• Theological Studies
• World Trade and Development

Subject to validation by the University of Greenwich, the Dance and Musical Theatre subject area will be added to this portfolio from September 2006

The MA by Research is the first programme at postgraduate level for Bird, and represents an exciting opportunity for the College to develop a research portfolio in a subject domain that is much neglected within the academic research community, yet crucially important to the profile and commercial success of British theatre. We believe that students researching within Dance and Musical Theatre will benefit greatly from being closely involved with other research students within a broad field of Humanities. Indeed, the opportunity to study in the School of Humanities with its rich, diverse and stimulating research-oriented programmes, and the wider context of the University itself, will provide a firm and dynamic base from which research of the highest order and value will emerge.