Example drama dissertation topic 1:

A study of the career destinations of graduates in the Degree of Drama from De Montfort University’ 2008- 2012.

Given the plethora of transferrable skills learned upon the BA Hons course in Drama’ and the rate of demand for graduates of the discipline nationwide’ this dissertation provides a quantitative study of the career choices and destinations of recent graduates. In so doing’ it hopes to show that the opportunities afforded to graduates of the discipline are multi-faceted and thereby to offer reassurance to future would be students of drama of the relevance of the degree programme in this time of austerity and job cuts.A department-centred dissertation’ this is a study that has the additional benefit of introducing the researcher to a wide range of graduates in their discipline’ thereby enabling many networking opportunities.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Brown’ R. (2007). Enhancing student employability? Current practice and student experiences in HE performing arts.Arts and Humanities in Higher Education’ 6(1)’ pp. 28-49.
• Carey’ C. andMatlay’ H. (2007). Entrepreneurs as educators: The case of the creative industries in the UK. Industry and Higher Education’ 21(6)’ pp. 435-443.
• Comunian’ R.’ Faggian’ A. and Li’ Q. C. (2010). Unrewarded careers in the creative class: The strange case of bohemian graduates. Papers in Regional Science’ 89(2)’ pp. 389-410.