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Theatre Major | 2019
UAC Code: 754609
The Creative Industries is one of the fastest-growing, most dynamic sectors in the world. Studying a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Theatre) degree at UOW will help you explore the many possibilities of creating theatre and performance in both regional and urban settings, for children, young people and adults, as well as generating work for diverse audiences. It considers all the elements of theatre-making in order to communicate content, atmosphere and impact, skills that are invaluable in a range of careers.
This flexible degree equips you with skills in a broad range of performance-related areas including stage-craft, dramaturgy, stage management, and performance-making. You will also receive an introduction to lighting and sound design. You will learn that theory and history are essential to your development as an informed, professional and self-reliant practitioner.
The Theatre major brings together practice and theory with the opportunity to take minors and electives that broaden your career opportunities such as Creative Writing, Media Arts, Technical Theatre, Music Production, English Literature or languages. The opportunity to participate in Student Initiated Projects (SIPS) is also provided.
Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements
Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.
Subjects Required for Major Study
Students studying the Theatre Major within the Bachelor of Creative Arts will complete at least 72 credit points as outlined below:
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | |||
| CAPA111 | Stage Management | 6 | |
| CAPA112 | Introduction to Lighting and Sound | 6 | |
| CAPF111 | Stagecraft 1 | 6 | |
| CAPF112 | Stagecraft 2 | 6 | |
| Year 2 | |||
| CAPF203 | Generative Performance Skills 1 | 6 | |
| CAPF221 | Theatre Studio: Performance Workshop | 6 | |
| CAPF222 | Theatre Studio: Methodologies | 6 | |
| CAPF231 | Contemporary Theatre and Text | 6 | |
| CAPF232 | Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context | 6 | |
| Year 3 | |||
| CAPF303 | Generative Performance Skills 2 | 6 | |
| CAPF390 | Major Performance Production (Capstone) | 12 | |
Click on subject codes in the above course structure for information on sessions of offer for each subject. To find out specific information on timetables, tutorials, and classes, visit the Timetable page.
Minor Study
24 credit point minors are available in both 'Theatre' and 'Technical Theatre' .Information is available on the 2019 LHA General Schedule of Minors page.
Note that students cannot complete both a Major and a Minor in Theatre.
Work Integrated Learning
Undertaking a work integrated learning experience during your university education is now a significant contributor to being competitive in securing employment in your field of choice when you graduate from UOW.
Bachelor of Creative Arts students may apply via their Course Coordinator to enrol into the Creative Arts Internship subject, CACS302. The Faculty offers a limited number of industry placements each year. These offer students hands-on experience in cultural organisations that have agreed to partner with the Faculty on this initiative. Typically students will spend a minimum of 60 hours in an organisation, working on an agreed project from their major study area, with exposure to a fully operational professional environment. These hours can be undertaken on a daily basis or as a single block as negotiated with the host organisation. Students are selected for this opportunity on the basis of both strong academic achievement and through application and interview.
In their third year students will undertake a major project in their chosen discipline continuing to build student experience, expertise and maturity, working with a range of methodologies and processes in a context that simulates professional working conditions.
Third year students may choose to take an additional history/theory subject, particularly if they are interested in Honours or teaching, however, they also have the option of enrolling in CACS301, the Professional Practice subject. In this subject, students will map professional and career pathways in the context of both individual artistic practice and the creative and cultural industries. It will develop an understanding of arts infrastructure, including government agencies, the commercial and the not-for-profit sector. Fundamental professional avenues of support such as legal advisory services and funding structures will be introduced as well as individual portfolios and curriculum vitae, project and funding submission development and making presentations. Students will undertake an individual research assignment into an aspect of the arts that fits with their career ambitions. The subject will be delivered in partnership with key arts and cultural organisations.
Honours
See Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours).
Other Information
Creative Arts may apply quotas to subjects to ensure optimal class sizes.
Further information is available via email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au