Major - Drama

To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements for the degree in which you are enrolled:

A student may complete a major sequence of 36 units in Drama by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), three Year 2 topics (13.5 units) and three Year 3 topics (13.5 units) selected from the topics listed in the program of study below.

A student may complete a minor sequence of 18 units in Drama by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), one Year 2 topics (4.5 units) plus an additional topic (4.5 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed in the program of study below.

A minor in Drama is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Education (Primary), Bachelor of Arts from 1 January 2019.

The minor sequence is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary) from 1 January 2020

Course aims
Learning outcomes
Program of study
Honours

Course aims

Educational aims of the Drama major are to:

increase students' knowledge and appreciation of the history of the performing arts as well as recent evolution of innovative live arts in relation to a variety of theories that impact on performance and the perception of performance
enable students to explore selected performance works drawn form an international field and to discover connections with recent developments and current practice in Australia and enable students to experience some of these theories in practical applications through workshop activities and screenings
provide opportunities for students to recognise, articulate and evaluate the live aesthetics and embodied ethics of historical and contemporary performance
develop students' ability to think, speak and write about performance in a critically-engaged, aesthetically-informed and ethically responsive manner.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of the major students are expected to:

describe the significance of selected performance works and their contribution to the evolution of the performing arts
apply appropriate aesthetic criteria in analysing an relevant performance work and evaluation its intervention within a cultural context
participate constructively and reflectively in discussion of the embodied ethics of performance, and integrate and embody theoretical concepts in the performances in which they participate
identify opportunities for engaging aesthetic criteria and ethical considerations in students' own practice as artists and critics.

Program of study

Major - Drama

The following is the program of study for a 36 unit major sequence in Drama within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA

Year 1 topics

9 units comprising:

DRAM1001 First Stages (4.5 units)
DRAM1002 Contemporary Drama (4.5 units)

Year 2 topics

Select 13.5 units from the following:

CREA2104 Writing for Performance (4.5 units)
DRAM2200 Theatre and Education (4.5 units)
DRAM2201 Theatre Collaborations and Community (4.5 units)*
DRAM2105 Song and Dance (4.5 units)
ITAL2213 Italian Theatre (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)

*If you wish to take DRAM2201 Theatre Collaborations and Community, you will need to have successfully completed DRAM2200 Theatre and Education

Year 3 topics

Select 13.5 units from the following:

CREA3456 Cultural Policy and the Arts (4.5 units)
DRAM3100 Time, Space and the Body in Performance (4.5 units)
DRAM3106 Dramaturgy and New Writing (4.5 units)
DRAM3107 Festivals: Performance and Curation (4.5 units)

Honours

Refer to Honours - Drama

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