Theatre & Performance Studies - THSTC23955
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: sam@unsw.edu.au
Program: 3955 - Environmental Management/Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Minor)
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Stream Outline
THIS STREAM IS FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING FROM 2016.
The Theatre and Performance Studies minor stream will enable you to engage with a range of performance modes and to experience a combination of both practice-based and concept-driven learning. As a Theatre and Performance Studies student you will be introduced to the skills required to analyse, interpret or work with a variety of performance forms. The stream’s contemporary focus explores experimental live arts, multimedia and dance practices. Its historical orientation focuses on essential skills in playtext and genre analysis as well as on national theatre traditions and canon formation. Offerings in creative practice focus on skills development and include opportunities to study interdisciplinary collaboration, professional production, script-writing and solo performance. The stream also offers internships and arts reviewing courses which emphasise links to Sydney-based production companies, venues and publishing networks.
The Theatre and Performance Studies minor stream will enable you to engage with a range of performance modes and to experience a combination of both practice-based and concept-driven learning. As a Theatre and Performance Studies student you will be introduced to the skills required to analyse, interpret or work with a variety of performance forms. The stream’s contemporary focus explores experimental live arts, multimedia and dance practices. Its historical orientation focuses on essential skills in playtext and genre analysis as well as on national theatre traditions and canon formation. Offerings in creative practice focus on skills development and include opportunities to study interdisciplinary collaboration, professional production, script-writing and solo performance. The stream also offers internships and arts reviewing courses which emphasise links to Sydney-based production companies, venues and publishing networks.
Stream Learning Outcomes
You should achieve the following learning outcomes upon the successful completion of the stream
- Describe performances and the social meanings they produce from a range of key theoretical and critical perspectives
- Embody historical and contemporary performance-making processes
- Recognise the cultural and historical specificity of theatre and performance, and the global nature of performance knowledges and practices
Stream Structure
If you wish to gain a minor stream in Theatre and Performance Studies you must complete 24 units of credit including at least 6 UOC at Level 1, at least 6 UOC at Level 2 including the core course and at least 6 UOC Level 3.
Level 1
You must complete at least 6 UOC from the following:
- ARTS1120 Experiencing Theatre (6 UOC)
- ARTS1121 The Life of Performance (6 UOC)
Level 2
You must complete the following Level 2 core course:
And up to 6 UOC from the following:
- ARTS2120 Writing for Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS2122 Performance Production (6 UOC)
- ARTS2123 Musicals, Dance & Pop Culture (6 UOC)
- ARTS2125 Acting and Performing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2126 Reviewing the Arts (6 UOC)
- ARTS2127 Great Plays (6 UOC)
- ARTS2128 Art, Activism, Publics (6 UOC)
Level 3
You must complete at least 6 UOC from the following:
- ARTS3013 Performing Arts Internships (6 UOC)
- ARTS3122 Program and Repertoire (6 UOC)
- ARTS3123 Solo Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS3124 Collaborative Making (6 UOC)
- ARTS3125 Multimedia Performance (6 UOC)
- ARTS3130 Choreography and the Arts (6 UOC)
- ARTS3131 Playing Australia (6 UOC)
- ARTS3132 Based on a True Story (6 UOC)
