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For enrolment in 2009
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Course structure
The Acting course is made up of 24 single session subjects in three distinct blocks: skills-based practical acting subjects and production subjects, and background contextual subjects, as follows:
Year one
Session 1
ACT120 Fundamentals of Acting
ACT122 Voice and Presentation
[ ] Contextual Elective
[ ] Elective
Session 2
ACT121 Techniques of Acting
ACT123 Performance Making
COM122 Australian Screen and Stage
[ ] Elective
Year two
Session 3
ACT220 The Actor and Language
ACT222 Acting for the Camera
[ ] Contextual Elective
[ ] Elective
Session 4
ACT218 Theatre History
ACT221 Naturalism
ACT223 Screen Performance
[ ] Elective
Students may exit here with an Associate Degree in Acting for Screen and Stage (exit point only)
Year three - Pass strand: Practice
Session 5
ACT318 Theatre in Australia
ACT320 Theatre and Television Projects 1 (16 points)
[ ] Elective
Session 6
ACT321 Theatre and Television Projects 2 (16 points)
COM326 Industrial and Legal Issues in the Arts
[ ] Elective
Students completing the Pass strand will exit here with the Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage)
Year three - Honours strand: Practice
Session 5
ACT310 Australian Theatre
ACT320 Theatre and Television Projects 1 (16 points)
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (Honours) (16 points commenced)
Session 6
ACT321 Theatre and Television Projects 2 (16 points)
COM326 I ndustrial and Legal Issues in the Arts
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (Honours) (completed)
Year four - Honours strand: Practice
Session 7
COM417 Professional Workplace Research (Honours)
VPA412 Project Management
Session 8
ACT423 Honours
production project (32 points)
Year three - Pass strand: Research
Session 5
ACT318 Theatre in Australia
ACT320 Theatre and Television Projects 1 (16 points)
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (16 points commenced)
Session 6
ACT321 Theatre and Television Projects 2 (16 points)
COM326 Industrial and Legal Issues in the Arts
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (completed)
Students completing the Pass strand will exit here with the Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage)
Year three - Honours strand: Research
Session 5
ACT320 Theatre and Television Projects 1 (16 points)
ACT310 Australian Theatre
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (16 points commenced)
Session 6
ACT321 Theatre and Television Projects 2 (16 points)
COM326 Industrial and Legal Issues in the Arts
VPA414 Research Methods for Arts Practice (completed)
Year four - Honours strand: Research
Session 7
ART401 Theories of Criticism (16 points commenced)
ART402 Reading Subject (16 points commenced)
Session 8
ART401 Theories of Criticism (completed)
ART402 Reading Subject (completed)
ACT420 Seminar and Project Dissertation (32 points)