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Up Close and Personal with MTC (DRAM10026)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Off Campus
For information about the University’s phased return to campus and in-person activity in Winter and Semester 2, please refer to the on-campus subjects page.
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
June
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
Semester 2
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Off Campus June - Off Campus Semester 2 - Off Campus |
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Love going to the Theatre? Want to learn more about one of Australia’s flagship Theatre companies?
This subject provides an up close and personal look at the art, craft and business of Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC). Emphasis is placed on you (the audience) and your appreciation of the work of the playwright, director, actor, designer, producer and critic. Upon completion you should be able to demonstrate a vocabulary of theatre terms and recognise the contributions of various theatre artists in an organisation like MTC. Since no theatre appreciation course is complete without an experience of the live theatrical event, you’ll be provided with tickets to see two productions from the MTC subscription season and the opportunity to attend pre/post show discussions for both works. The only pre-requisite for this subject will be your life experience and a desire to engage with performance. These experiences will be framed as reviewing assignments for a comparative Review (1,500 words), plus some online preshow testing and diary entries. The unit is taught wholly online in a self-service model, with a requirement to undertake theatre visits and participate in a series of moderated online group discussions. This subject will enhance your knowledge of one of Melbourne’s significant cultural institutions and hopefully enliven the experience of going to the Theatre in Australia’s greatest city.
The cost of attending two MTC shows will be included in the subject cost.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, student should be able to:
- use theatrical terms to analyse and evaluate the methods of artistic and intellectual expression through theatre;
- recognise and identify the contributions of key members of the collaborative team of theatre artists who create and perform theatre;
- identify and explain some of the basic social, cultural and political influences on theatre in an Australian context;
- ability to critically examine theatrical events using opinion, taste and cultural awareness in a journal/diary and a review;
- identify basic elements of stagecraft and the techniques used for staging theatre.
Generic skills
- expand analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects and settings;
- enable capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems;
- initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces;
- in-depth knowledge of their specialist modes of expression;
- critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning;
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 22 March 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Online Test: a multiple answer, tick the box, identification of theatre concepts and terminologies.
| Early in the teaching period | 20% |
Comparative Review
| Late in the teaching period | 40% |
Journal/diary of reflections on all aspects of theatre encountered during this unit
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Off Campus
Coordinator Chris Kohn Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
- June - Off Campus
Coordinator Chris Kohn Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 June 2020 to 18 July 2020 Last self-enrol date 30 June 2020 Census date 3 July 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 July 2020 Assessment period ends 26 July 2020 June contact information
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
- Semester 2 - Off Campus
Coordinator Chris Kohn Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries:
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Chris Kohn
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is taught online, students are required to attend 2 MTC plays.
Last updated: 22 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 22 March 2024