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Up Close and Personal with MTC (DRAM10026)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online June - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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 subject 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, students 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: 27 April 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: 27 April 2024
Assessment
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: 27 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 March 2021 to 30 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 12 March 2021 Census date 31 March 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 25 June 2021 - June - Online
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 June 2021 to 17 July 2021 Last self-enrol date 29 June 2021 Census date 2 July 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 July 2021 Assessment period ends 25 July 2021 - Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021
Additional delivery details
Students are required to attend two Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) plays.
Last updated: 27 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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: 27 April 2024