2019 Undergraduate Courses
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Bachelor of Performance | 2019

Testamur Title of Degree:

Bachelor of Performance

Abbreviation:

BPerf

UOW Course Code:

1849

CRICOS Code:

072568G

Total Credit Points:

144

Duration:

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent

Home Faculty:

Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts

Intake Session(s):

Autumn

Delivery Mode:

On-campus

Delivery Campus / UAC Code:

Wollongong / 754800

Overview 

The Bachelor of Performance at UOW is a specialist course that will develop you as a self-reliant, highly skilled performing artist through a practice-based program. You will learn to apply practical skills and theoretical knowledge to contemporary performance as well as learn the techniques, strategies and processes of modern theatre-making in a range of contexts, whether in regional or metropolitan settings, or for children, young people and adults. 

The performing arts offers a wide variety of roles and occupations from acting, singing, directing and performance-making to producing and presenting, technical production, lighting and sound design, stage management and audiovisual design. The performing arts form part of the creative industries sector; a $32 billion dollar industry that is one of the fastest growing in the world.

Entry Requirements & Credit Arrangements

Entry into the Bachelor of Performance is based on a combination of both academic results and audition scores. All applicants are required to audition to demonstrate their talents and potential to benefit from the course. Main round audition dates and information, including the registration form, are available via the TAEM Performance Auditions page.

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to demonstrate:

CLO Description
1 Demonstrate skills and professional practices required of an actor or performer;
2 Integrate and apply practical skills and theoretical knowledge to contemporary performance;
3 Appraise and reflect critically on contemporary performance and its social, historical and political context;
4 Apply techniques, strategies and processes of contemporary theatre-making;
5 Communicate practical and conceptual ideas effectively and appropriately to a range of audiences and communities;
6 Formulate, propose and produce new work.

Course Structure

To qualify for award of the degree, the Bachelor of Performance, a candidate must successfully complete at least 144 credit points, comprised of:

  1. Core subjects as outlined in the table below (132 credit points)
  2. 12 credit points of elective subjects

Note: Students must achieve a clear pass in the core 300 level subjects.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points
Year 1
CACS101 Contemporary Creative Practice 6
CACS102 Critical Frameworks in Creative Practice 6
CAPF101 Performance Skills 1: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice 6
CAPF102 Performance Skills 2: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice 6
CAPF111 Stagecraft 1 6
CAPF112 Stagecraft 2 6
Plus 12 credit points of electives
Year 2
CAPF201 Performance Skills 3: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice 6
CAPF202 Performance Skills 4: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice 6
CAPF211 Performance Production 1 6
CAPF212 Performance Production 2 6
CAPF215 Scene-work 1: Engaging with Text 6
CAPF216 Scene-work 2: Form and Genre 6
CAPF231 Contemporary Theatre and Text 6
CAPF232 Contemporary Australian Theatre and its Context 6
Year 3
CACS301 Professional Practice 6
CAPF301 Performance Skills 5: Acting, Movement, Singing, Voice 6
CAPF311 Performance Production 3 6
CAPF315 Scene-work 3 6
CAPF316 Scene-work 4 6
CAPF390 Major Performance Production (Capstone) 12
Plus ONE of the following:
CAPF331 Theory and Practice of Theatre in the 20th and 21st Century 6
CAPF333 Theatre, Politics and Spectatorship 6

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.

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 Performance 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 Bachelor of Performance 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.

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

Last reviewed: 2 October, 2018