Credit points

80

Major available at

  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • Strathfield

Completion requirements

A Major consists of 80cp.

Part A : Specified Units for Major

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
PERF102Theatre Making Essentials of Theatre Production10
PERF104Drama's Greatest Hits: Performing Drama History10
PERF319Theatre Production and Performance10

Part B : 200-level Drama Electives

Complete exactly 40 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
PERF200Theatre for Young People10
PERF203Plays and Playhouses10
PERF205Devising Theatre: Performance and Production Methods10
PERF207Australian Drama: History, Performance and Perspectives10
PERF208On Stage: Body and Voice in Performance and Production10
PERF211Revolutionary Spirit Staging Modern Politics10
PERF215On Screen Movies Tv Video Games10
PERF220All the World's a Stage: Critical Approaches to Global Drama10
PERF221The Director's Laboratory10
PERF222Staging the End of the World: Apocalypse, Conspiracy and Conflict10
ENGL210Shakespeare and the Renaissance10200-level cross-credited unit
HUMA250Ancient Greek History and Drama10200-level cross-credited unit

Part C : 300-level Electives

Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

CodeTitleCredit PointsNotes
PERF302Independent Drama Project: Research and Practice10
PERF321Plays That Shook the World10
ENGL338Adaptation: From Page to Screen10300-level cross-credited electives
HUMA318The Literature and Drama of New York City10300-level cross-credited electives
HUMA332Arts and Humanities Special Project10300-level cross-credited electives. Restriction requirement for HUMA332. A quota applies to this unit. An application process applies for special projects on offer and academic merit will be considered. The student must have a GPA of at least 5.5 and be undertaking a major taught by the National School of Arts (not including Education Studies, Mathematics and Technology). Permission from the National Head of School is required prior to enrolling in this unit.

Part D :

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