Theatre and Performance Studies
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Theatre and Performance Studies |
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Major |
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| A major in Theatre and Performance Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units | |||
| (iv) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (v) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Theatre and Performance Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| PRFM1601 Making Theatre: The work of the director |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PRFM1602 Dangerous Performances |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| PRFM2601 Being There: Theories of Performance |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM2001 |
Semester 1 |
| PRFM2602 Performance: Production and Interpretation |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM2002 |
Semester 2 |
3000-level units of study |
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Core |
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| PRFM3961 Rehearsal Studies |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies |
Semester 1 |
Selective |
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| PRFM3602 Performance Histories |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM3603 Playing Politics |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM3026 or PRFM3015 |
Semester 1 |
| PRFM3604 Embodied Histories |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM3021 |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM3606 Approaches to Acting This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | P PRFM2601 and PRFM2602 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM3022 |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM3607 Production Strategies for Performance This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | P PRFM2601 and PRFM2602 |
Intensive February |
| PRFM3611 Dramaturgy |
6 | P PRFM2601 and PRFM2602 or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM3010 |
Semester 2 |
| PRFM3621 Ritual, Play and Performance This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies or (PRFM2601 and PRFM2602) N PRFM2606 |
Semester 1 |
| PRFM3622 Sociology of Theatre This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Theatre and Performance Studies N PRFM3012 or PRFM2604 |
Semester 2 |
| CHNS3651 Chinese Drama and Theatre This unit of study is not available in 2021 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Chinese Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in ICLS |
Semester 1 |
Interdisciplinary project unit of study |
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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | |||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | |||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | |||
| PRFM3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PRFM3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |