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Theatre Major
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UAC Code: 754609
A major study in Theatre offers a flexible program covering a wide range of performance-related areas. Students will be able to undertake studies that include:
- Stagecraft
- Introduction to lighting and sound design
- Stage management
- Producing live performance
- Dramaturgy, history and theory
The course is primarily practice-based and offers opportunities to work with professional artists on the creation of contemporary theatre works. The course also emphasises theory and history as essential to the development of informed and self-reliant practitioners.
In first year, students acquire competencies in stagecraft, stage management, lighting and sound with an emphasis on collaboration and ensemble practice. In second and third year, students can select a range of Theatre Studios that cover a diverse range of areas as well as study contemporary theatre history and theory. The third year culminates in a major project where students undertake a major creative work.
A Bachelor of Performance is also offered by the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts.
Students who complete the first year of the Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre) to a high performance standard may be permitted to transfer into the Bachelor of Performance.
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core: | |||
| CACS101 | Contemporary Creative Practice | 6 | Autumn |
| CACS102 | Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice | 6 | Spring |
| Plus TWO of the following: | |||
| CACS301 | Professional Practice | 6 | Spring |
| CACS331 | Contemporary Theory and Research Practice | 6 | Autumn |
| CAGD331 | New Media and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Autumn |
| CAMS331 | Music and Culture | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF331 | Theory and Practice of Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century | 6 | Autumn |
| CAVA331 | Contemporary Artworlds | 6 | Autumn |
| CAGD332 | Advanced Graphic Design and Visual Communication Theory | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA332 | Globalisation and Contemporary Art | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF333 | Political Dramaturgy | 6 | Spring |
| CAVA361 | Curatorial Practices | 6 | Spring |
| Plus the following: | |||
| CAPA111 | Stage Management | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF111 | Stagecraft 1 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPA112 | Introduction to Lighting and Sound | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF112 | Stagecraft 2 | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF203 | Generative Performance Skills 1 | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF221 | Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF222 | Theatre Studio: Methodologies | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF231 | Contemporary Theatre and Text | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF232 | Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context | 6 | Spring |
| CAPF303 | Generative Performance Skills 2 | 6 | Autumn |
| CAPF390 | Major Performance Production | 12 | Spring |
Plus electives to bring the total number of credit points to 144. | |||
Credit Arrangements
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Other Information
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