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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) (B-FAPROD) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Lisa Osborn
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: http://vca.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
- Email: vcamcm-enquiries@unimelb.edu.au
Course structure
The course structure for the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production) is outlined below:
Subject options
First Year
Semester 1
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR10008 | Introduction to Production Processes | No longer available | |
| THTR10022 | Artefact and Performance 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR10021 | Creative Collaborations 1 | No longer available | |
| THTR10020 | Performing Arts Practice 1A | No longer available |
Semester 2
One of the following according to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR10013 | Design Realisation 1B | No longer available | |
| THTR10018 | Stage Management Techniques 1 | No longer available | |
| THTR10014 | Performance Technology 1B | No longer available |
AND
One of the following according to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR10015 | Performing Arts Practice 1B (DR) | No longer available | |
| THTR10016 | Performing Arts Practice 1B (PT) | No longer available | |
| THTR10017 | Performing Arts Practice 1B (SM) | No longer available |
PLUS a VCA elective - see list below.
Second Year
Semester 1
One of the following according to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR20029 | Design Realisation 2A | No longer available | |
| THTR20030 | Stage Management Techniques 2A | No longer available | |
| THTR20031 | Performance Technology 2A | No longer available |
AND
one of the following according to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR20039 | Performing Arts Practice 2A (DR) | No longer available | |
| THTR20040 | Performing Arts Practice 2A (PT) | No longer available | |
| THTR20041 | Performing Arts Practice 2A (SM) | No longer available | |
| THTR20032 | Concepts and Creativity 2 (Production) | No longer available |
Semester 2
One of the following according to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR20033 | Design Realisation 2B | No longer available | |
| THTR20034 | Stage Management Techniques 2B | No longer available | |
| THTR20035 | Performance Technology 2B | No longer available |
AND
one of the following accodring to major:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR20036 | Performing Arts Practice 2B (DR) | No longer available | |
| THTR20037 | Performing Arts Practice 2B (PT) | No longer available | |
| THTR20038 | Performing Arts Practice 2B (SM) | No longer available |
PLUS a VCA elective - see list below.
Third Year
Core:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR30021 | Concepts and Creativity 3 (Internship) | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
The following according to major:
- Design Realisation
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR30022 | Design Realisation 3A | No longer available | |
| THTR30023 | Design Realisation 3B | No longer available | |
| THTR30028 | Performing Arts Practice 3A (DR) | No longer available | |
| THTR30029 | Performing Arts Practice 3B (DR) | No longer available |
- Performance Technology
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR30024 | Performance Technology 3A | No longer available | |
| THTR30025 | Performance Technology 3B | No longer available | |
| THTR30026 | Performing Arts Practice 3 (PT) | No longer available |
- Stage Management
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| THTR30027 | Performing Arts Practice 3 (SM) | No longer available | |
| THTR30030 | Professional Pathway Investigation A | No longer available | |
| THTR30031 | Professional Pathway Investigation B | No longer available |
PLUS a VCA elective - see list below.
VCA Electives - level 1 subjects
Students wishing to take subjects offered as breadth options on the Parkville campus should seek permission from the Course Coordinator
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUST10012 | Alexander Technique for Daily Function | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR10019 | Clear Speech and Communication |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| DRAM10025 | Contemporary Performance Analysis | No longer available | |
| FLTV10021 | Interactive Art Media 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| FLTV10023 | Introduction to Screenwriting Practices |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI10202 | Jazz: The Improvisatory Spirit | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
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 |
| 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 |
| THTR10007 | The Actors Process | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| AIND10003 | Ancient & Contemporary Indigenous Arts | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| CCDP10001 | Games & Playfulness | No longer available | |
| FINA10035 | Still Life: Nature Morte | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FINA10036 | Life Drawing: The Body | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| AIND10004 | Art and Indigenous Voice | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| DNCE10027 | Dancing the Dance 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUST10009 | Music Theatre: From Chorus To Ensemble | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
VCA Electives - level 2 subjects
Students wishing to take subjects offered as breadth options on the Parkville campus should seek permission from the Course Coordinator
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPSS20009 | Travelling Design & Performance Studio | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20190 | Advanced Recording Studio Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20194 | Alexander Technique for Performance | No longer available | |
| MUSI20167 | Creating Music For Advertising | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| THTR20043 | Design and the Moving Image | June (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 |
| MUST20010 | Singing and the Power of Pop Music | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR20022 | Improvisation: Text, Space and Action | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST20011 | Intimate Acts: Inside The 'Fourth Wall' | 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 |
| FLTV20005 | Making Movies 2 | Semester 1 (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 |
| 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 |
| THTR20042 | Puppets as Storytellers | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI20192 | R&B, Soul & Gospel Choir | Semester 1 (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 |
| MUSI20173 | The Art of Game Music | Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| THTR20023 | The Artist's Toolbox |
February (On Campus - Southbank)
July (On Campus - Southbank)
|
12.5 |
| MUSI20174 | The Laptop Recording Studio |
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 |
| FINA20035 | Drawing with Anatomy |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
February (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 |
| MUSI20206 | The Business of Music | Semester 2 (On Campus - Southbank) |
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 |
| 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 |
| MUST20007 | Bollywood: a cross-disciplinary study | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
| DNCE20032 | Body Works | Not available in 2020 | 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 |
VCA Electives - level 3 subjects
Students wishing to take subjects offered as breadth options on the Parkville campus should seek permission from the Course Coordinator
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAM30020 | Acting for Camera | Winter Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| FLTV30013 | Making Movies 3 | No longer available | |
| MUST30012 | Music Theatre: Singing Rock Musicals | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUSI30236 | The Music Producer: From Brass to Beats | Semester 1 (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 |
| FLTV30022 | Making Movies 3 Practical Production | February (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| MUST30012 | Music Theatre: Singing Rock Musicals | Summer Term (On Campus - Southbank) |
12.5 |
| DPSS30007 | Design and Production Global Atelier | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 30 January 2024