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- Acting 1DRAM10012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Classes will focus on developing an understanding of and common language for the actor’s process. The curriculum will include improvisation and introductory text analysis, with the emphasis on developing the actor’s sense of play. In the last block of the semester, students will begin to apply th...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jayde Kirchert Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 33 Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Jayde Kirchert
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
- Acting 2DRAM10014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The terminology and process introduced in first semester will be applied to scene work, allowing students to apply their new understanding within and beyond the classroom. The emphasis will be on personal connection to the given circumstances of the character, to the text and with scene partners....
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jayde Kirchert Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 34 Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Jayde Kirchert
Faculty of the VCA and Music Student Centre
Ground Floor, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Bldg 860)
Southbank Campus
234 St Kilda Road, Southbank, 3006
- Acting and Performance Making 1ADRAM10020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
The focus of this subject is on ensemble practice. The foundations are laid for the development of the art of acting and the composition of original performance. This subject explores the core principles of performance creation: body, space, action, word, meaning, score, rhythm and repetition thr...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Robert Walton Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 120 hours. Total time commitment 144 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Acting and Performance Making 1BDRAM10023
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The focus of this subject is on language, space and action and the process of bringing dramatic text to performance. Particular attention is given to the ways in which meaning is created verbally, physically and spatially and how this informs contemporary theatre practice. Actors will work throug...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Sapidah Kian Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 120 hours. Total time commitment 144 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- Acting and Performance Making 2ADRAM20014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is focused on deepening the ensemble practice developed in Level 1 Acting and Performance Making. The foundations of the art of acting are developed through deeper interrogation of text, actor’s process and contemporary rehearsal techniques. This subject explores the application of t...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Melanie Beddie Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 10 hours per week - Studio workshops Total time commitment 144 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Robert Walton
- Acting and Performance Making 2BDRAM20018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The focus of this subject is on extending the autonomous actor in longer generative and interpretative performance projects. Students develop the craft skills they have acquired and apply them to performance making in contemporary generative work and classical material. Actors will explore workin...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Tony Smith Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 10 hours per week - Studio workshops Total time commitment 144 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Rinske Ginsberg
- Acting and Performance Making 3ADRAM30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This module is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to work on an original theatre piece within a large ensemble led by a professional director who specialises in creating contemporary performance. The student will apply their training to the full production process over 10 weeks,...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Matthew Delbridge Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 10 hours per week – Studio workshops Total time commitment 144 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Acting and Performance Making 3BDRAM30013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This module is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to create and perform an original theatre piece within a small ensemble. The student will apply their training to the full production process by contributing to the research, development, creation, rehearsal and performance of a ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Rinske Ginsberg Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 10 hours per week – Studio workshops Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- Acting for CameraDRAM30020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2017Quotas apply
This subject is an intensive introduction to art of screen acting that focuses on the processes actors use for creating effective performances for camera. A series of practical exercises are introduced that allow participants to focus on creating effective on-screen performances. Students experim...
- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Jennifer Innes Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 30 hours total. Delivered in a 5 day (Mon to Fri) intensive. Total time commitment 146 hours Pre teaching start date 3 July 2017 Teaching period 17 July 2017 to 21 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 5 July 2017 Census date 17 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 July 2017 Assessment period ends 4 August 2017 Winter Term contact information
- Acting for Singers 1MUSI30159
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Acting for Singers introduces students to the fundamental principles of acting and script/libretto dramatic analysis. It prepares singers interested in performing in opera, musicals and recital situations for a career on the stage. No previous acting experience is required.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Stephen Grant Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour rehearsal per week Total time commitment 60 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Acting for Singers 2MUSI30160
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Acting for Singers introduces students to the fundamental principles of acting and script/libretto dramatic analysis. It prepares singers interested in performing in opera, musicals and recital situations for a career on the stage. No previous acting experience is required.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Stephen Grant Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour rehearsal per week Total time commitment 60 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- Acting Skills 1MUST10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
In first year of Acting Skills classes the creative and expressive potential of the actor is explored through the development of imagination, self-awareness, flexibility, connection and play, whilst analytical and craft-based skills are introduced to assist the performer’s development of a full p...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Christopher Nolan Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 72 Hours Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Acting Skills 2MUST10006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
With the acquisition of new acting processes and language, Acting Skills 2 will afford students the opportunity to apply these new skills, with early exploration of text process, as well as in improvisation and movement classes. The focus continues to be on developing the actor’s individual intui...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Christopher Nolan Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017
- Acting Skills 3MUST20002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Year Long Year:2017
Acting 2 focuses on extension of skills attained in Acting 1, with the experience of working with challenging texts and extension work in physical performance. Classes in Shakespeare will provide deep technical understanding that will then be given practical application, allowing students to find...
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Margot Fenley Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 136 Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Year Long contact information
- Acting Skills 4MUST30002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
In Acting Skills 4, students will develop skills for acting for camera. Working with a range of film and television scripts, students will continue to apply acting processes developed in previous years whilst responding to the particular demands of the medium. Classes will develop the student’s u...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Margot Fenley Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Acting Studies 1DRAM10011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Acting in this Degree focuses on the requirements of developing the actor’s individual intuitive and imaginative response alongside technical craft skills. These two approaches integrate personal interpretation with the demands of serving the style and substance of story and text to provide perfo...
Not available in 2017
View details - Acting Studies 2DRAM20012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Acting 2 focuses on extension of skills attained in Acting 1, with the experience of working with challenging texts and extension work in physical performance through continuing movement classes. Classes in Shakespeare will provide deep technical understanding that will then be given practical ap...
Not available in 2017
View details - Acting Studies 3DRAM30011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
In Acting 3, the emphasis switches to application of skills to performance. Here the emphasis is on opportunities for students to put into practice the craft and methodologies learned in the first two years to create an autonomous personal process that serves the intention of the particular work ...
Not available in 2017
View details - Activism, Selves and HistoriesAIND40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject will investigate social and political processes intended to lead to the achievement of emancipatory goals. Specific Australian social movements and histories related to Aboriginal empowerment and social amelioration will be contextualised within theoretical frameworks including postc...
Not available in 2017
View details - Actuarial Modelling IACTL30001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Topics include survival models concepts; estimation procedures for lifetime distributions; multiple state models; binomial model of mortality; actuarial applications of Markov processes.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Dickson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Contact hours: One x 1-hour online lecture per week, one x 1-hour workshop per week, and one x 1-hour tutorial per week, commencing in the second week of semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information