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THEA302 Approaches to Creative Arts Performance and Analysis

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 24cp including either MUSI101 or MUSI161 or THEA110 or THEA210
Co-requisites MUSI109 or MUSI162 or THEA111
Restrictions None
Notes

Please read 'About THEA302' at http://www.une.edu.au/arts/theatre/THEA302_about.php prior to enrolling in the unit. This unit is offered each year in Semester 2.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Susan Fell (sfell@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is an individual independent study unit designed to encourage the reflective analysis of live performance, either on campus, professionally, or community-based. Students will devise and propose projects requiring 150 hours of research, rehearsal, performance, reflection and analysis, and will complete the project under the supervision of a member of staff.

Students wishing to enrol in THEA302 should be aware that they will need to prepare a detailed proposal and have it approved.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Proposal 10% 1000
Assessment Notes
Full outline of project
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7
Assignment 2: Report 25% 1500
Assessment Notes
Dramaturgical research report
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7
Assignment 3: Performance 40%
Assessment Notes
Performance and performance documentation (50-75 hours)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-8
Assignment 4: Analytical essay 25% 1500
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. better understand the connections between theatre theory and performance;
  2. write more reflectively and analytically about dramaturgical, performance and theoretical issues;
  3. enhance and enrich their performance practice through independent reading, research and reflection;
  4. work more independently as performers and researchers;
  5. approach Honours and postgraduate study with a stronger skills base in theory and performance practice.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit provides students with the opportunity to explore an appropriate topic within Theatre Studies or Music in greater detail. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students are required to communicate abstract ideas about their research and hypothetical and actual theatre or music practice to a high level. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students are required to practise information literacy in both their research and the communication of their findings to other students and staff. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The skills required for creative Arts research and practice are generic and encourage lifelong learning in the discipline. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
All theatre and music practice involves solving problems concerned with how to present the work to an audience different from that envisaged by the author/composer. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Representing unusual people and dramatic situations in public almost invariably involves ethical decisions. 		True True True
   

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