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Industry Internships and Placements (DRAM90016)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 37.5On Campus (Southbank)
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This subject provides a direct opportunity for students to work in an industry setting that underpins and is relevant to their directing practice and/or research trajectory towards their final independent project. The subject will offer opportunities for the three main streams of the Masters in Directing for Performance: theatre practice, community engagement and research/ practice-led research. The subject allows students to choose from local, national and international internships and/or placements. The details of the experience, its content and interface will align with the individual student’s aims in both their developing practice and the research direction towards their final independent project and exegesis.
It will involve the following possibilities:
- Internship or AD on existing VCA & MCM productions or projects (Theatre, Music Theatre, Opera practice, Centre for Cultural Partnerships etc.)
- Local theatre or community arts organisations.
- International institutions and companies.
The educational and practice/research aims of the subject are the same for all students, but the type of experience, content and ultimate structure of the subject will be determined by the nature of the interface the student has planned through preparatory tutorials. Each student will have a supervisor who will support them through planning, preparation, the internship and the writing-up phase following the placement.
The structure of the subject will involve:
- Meetings, in person or virtually, with the industry partner;
- Occasional academic supervision before, during and after the placement to be determined in consultation with the subject coordinator, and participation in seminars as required.
- An intensive, or longer/less intensive placement within the performing arts industry;
- Documentation of this placement through journal writing and archiving of relevant materials;
- A presentation of the placement to the cohort in a group forum after the completion of the project;
- Final reflective/critical essay.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
- Demonstrate experience, and developing research and practice skills, in an industry setting;
- Identify areas of specialisation in practice and research;
- Show advanced skills of reflection & analysis of artistic practice;
- Understand intercultural concepts and cultural interface;
- Identify and set up local/ national/ international linkages;
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the critical issues in the field of research methodologies in researching performance;
- demonstrate imaginative and creative communication and presentation skills in the delivery of a research proposal and research presentations;
- identify and undertake a research methodology appropriate to their discipline and project;
- show an advanced understanding of the critical issues in the field of research methodologies in researching performance;
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Use a range of research tools and methodologies
- Work independently
- Communicate effectively
- Solve problems
- Interpret and analyse
- Develop the capacity for critical thinking
- Organise and manage time
- Understand the relationship with, and responsibility to, the cultural environment;
- Work with respect for intellectual integrity, intellectual property and for the ethics of research and scholarship.
Last updated: 27 July 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Contemporary theatre and performance work nationally and internationally.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 27 July 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Individual oral presentation 30 minutes (3000 word equivalent). Due weeks 8-12 (20%)
- Documentation of project through journal and archiving relevant material (3000 word equivalent. Due 3 weeks after internship (20%)
- Critical essay with reference to journal/documentation (7,500 words). Due in the assessment period (50%)
- Proposal of internship and research question (1500 words). Due weeks2-3 (10%)
Last updated: 27 July 2023
Dates & times
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Principal coordinator Draf Draffin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 510 hours Pre teaching start date 1 January 2018 Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 12 January 2018 Census date 2 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 April 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 February contact information
Time commitment details
510 hours
Last updated: 27 July 2023
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Type Name Course Master of Directing for Performance
Last updated: 27 July 2023