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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music Theatre) (B-FAMUSTH) // Course structure
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Students currently admitted in this course:
Future students:
Coordinator
Tyran Parke
Course structure
300-point program:
- 262.5 points of compulsory subjects
- 87.5 points at Level 1
- 75 points at Level 2
- 100 points at Level 3
- 37.5 points of electives
Subject options
Year 1
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUST10001 | Dance Skills 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10002 | Acting Skills 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10003 | Voice Skills 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10004 | Music Theatre Contextual Studies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10005 | Dance Skills 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10006 | Acting Skills 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10007 | Voice Skills 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST10008 | Music Theatre Combination Class 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
PLUS
One VCA Elective Subject (see all options in the list below)
Year 2
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUST20001 | Dance Skills 3 | Year Long (On Campus - Southbank) |
18.75 |
| MUST20002 | Acting Skills 3 | Year Long (On Campus - Southbank) |
18.75 |
| MUST20003 | Voice Skills 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST20004 | Music Theatre Combination Class 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST20005 | Voice Skills 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST20006 | Music Theatre Combination Class 3 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
PLUS
Two VCA Elective Subjects (see all options in the list below)
Year 3
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUST30001 | Dance Skills 4 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30002 | Acting Skills 4 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST30003 | Voice Skills 5 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST30004 | Music Theatre Combination Class 4 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30005 | New Work | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30006 | Dance Skills 5 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
6.25 |
| MUST30009 | Performance Project B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
25 |
| MUST30010 | Music Theatre Combination Class 5B | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
18.75 |
VCA Elective Subjects
Students choose your elective/s from the lists below. Students wishing to take subjects offered as breadth options on the Parkville campus should seek permission from the Course Coordinator and Student Advisor.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIND10003 | Ancient & Contemporary Indigenous Arts | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| AIND10004 | Art and Indigenous Voice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| AIND20011 | Indigenous Art and Changing the Nation | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| CCDP20001 | Street Art |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| DNCE10027 | Dancing the Dance 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| DNCE20031 | Dancing the Dance 2: Create & Perform | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| DRAM10025 | Contemporary Performance Analysis | No longer available | |
| DRAM10026 | Up Close and Personal with MTC |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
June (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
12.5 |
| DRAM30020 | Acting for Camera | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA10035 | Still Life: Nature Morte | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA10036 | Life Drawing: The Body | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA20026 | Painting Techniques |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
February (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank)
July (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FINA20033 | Introduction to Printmaking Processes |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
February (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
July (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FINA20035 | Drawing with Anatomy |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FINA20036 | Under Camera Animation |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
February (On Campus - Southbank)
Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank)
July (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FLTV10021 | Interactive Art Media 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FLTV10010 | Making Movies 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FLTV20005 | Making Movies 2 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FLTV30013 | Making Movies 3 | No longer available | |
| FLTV30022 | Making Movies 3 Practical Production | February (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI10179 | Making Music For Film And Animation 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI10184 | Pop Song Writing 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI10202 | Jazz: The Improvisatory Spirit | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MUSI10215 | Alexander Technique for Daily Function | No longer available | |
| MUSI10222 | The Wellbeing Orchestra | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20163 | Samba Band |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
April (Online)
June (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20164 | Free Play New Music Improvisation Ensem |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
June (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20167 | Creating Music For Advertising | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MUST20011 | Intimate Acts: Inside The 'Fourth Wall' | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20173 | The Art of Game Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20174 | The Laptop Recording Studio |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUST20008 | Music Theatre: Singing Sondheim | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MUST20009 | Music Theatre: Singing the Golden Age | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MUSI20190 | Advanced Recording Studio Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20192 | R&B, Soul & Gospel Choir | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20194 | Alexander Technique for Performance | No longer available | |
| MUSI20206 | The Business of Music | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30236 | The Music Producer: From Brass to Beats | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30012 | Music Theatre: Singing Rock Musicals | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30011 | Music Theatre Global Atelier | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| THTR10007 | The Actors Process | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR10019 | Clear Speech and Communication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| THTR20022 | Improvisation: Text, Space and Action | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR20023 | The Artist's Toolbox |
February (On Campus - Southbank)
July (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| THTR20042 | Puppets as Storytellers | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR20043 | Design and the Moving Image | June (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR30039 | Understanding Masks | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR30042 | Hashtag Cyberstar |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| UNIB10011 | The Secret Life of the Body 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CCDP10001 | Games & Playfulness | No longer available | |
| CCDP10002 | The Electronic Arts: Vision and Sound |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| CCDP10003 | Video Games: Remaking Reality |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FLTV10023 | Introduction to Screenwriting Practices |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| FINA20044 | Art and the Botanical |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
February (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| FINA20045 | Introduction to Screenprinting |
Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank)
February (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
June (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| DNCE20032 | Body Works | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| DPSS10007 | The History of Cool: Fashion & Attitude | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MUST10009 | Music Theatre: From Chorus To Ensemble | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST10010 | Singing 1 | No longer available | |
| MUST10011 | Singing 2 | No longer available | |
| MUST10012 | Alexander Technique for Daily Function | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST20008 | Music Theatre: Singing Sondheim | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MUST20009 | Music Theatre: Singing the Golden Age | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| MUST20010 | Singing and the Power of Pop Music | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST20011 | Intimate Acts: Inside The 'Fourth Wall' | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30012 | Music Theatre: Singing Rock Musicals | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020