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Professional Practice (DNCE30030)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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Overview

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This subject introduces students to areas of professional practice and equips them to navigate a journey through the profession and develop a career as a portfolio artist.

It prepares students for diverse pathways in dance through developing skills in auditioning, writing pitches, maintaining work/life balance, budgeting, formatting a CV, editing a creative portfolio, applying for funding and grant-writing.

Creative employability is mapped through pathways into company work, independent project-based work or further postgraduate study. Guest lecturers from the dance industry provide insights and inspiration.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to:

  • utilise skills in video capture and editing in the creation of an online artists portfolio;
  • apply knowledge of budgeting skills to the planning of a dance production;
  • develop and describe a proposal for a choreographic project;
  • develop and communicate a dance identity and values.

Last updated: 25 August 2023

Eligibility and requirements

Prerequisites

All of

Code Name Teaching period Credit Points
DNCE30026 Dance Lab 5: Dance and Music
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
 12.5
DNCE30027 Inter-disciplinary Project
Semester 1 (On Campus - Southbank)
 25

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: 25 August 2023

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

10-minute group presentation to industry

  • 2000 words (equivalent)
Mid teaching period50%

Present an online portfolio

  • 2000 words (equivalent)
End of the teaching period50%
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend a minimum of 75% of all scheduled classes to be eligible for a pass in this subject.Throughout the teaching periodN/A
Hurdle requirement: Students must submit all elements of assessment to be eligible for a pass in this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. Submitting only part of an assessment (e.g. only the title page) or an assessment on an irrelevant topic will not meet this hurdle requirement.Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 25 August 2023

Dates & times

  • Semester 1
    CoordinatorJulie Minaai
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hoursSEMESTER 1 AVAILABILITY ONLY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS APPROVED BY SPECIAL PERMISSION OF HEAD OF AREA: 36 hours, comprising one 3-hour class per week
    Total time commitment204 hours
    Teaching period27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023
    Last self-enrol date10 March 2023
    Census date31 March 2023
    Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023
    Assessment period ends23 June 2023
  • Semester 2
    CoordinatorJulie Minaai
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Southbank)
    Contact hours36 hours, comprising one 3-hour class per week
    Total time commitment204 hours
    Teaching period24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023
    Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023
    Census date31 August 2023
    Last date to withdraw without fail22 September 2023
    Assessment period ends17 November 2023

What do these dates mean

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  • Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
    - Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
    - Completion rate. Students who started their course from 2022 and are in a CSP or receiving a HELP Loan (eg FEE-HELP) must meet the completion rate to continue to receive Commonwealth Support for that course.

Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement, and as a fail toward the completion rate, unless there are approved ‘special circumstances’.

Additional delivery details

NOTE: SEMESTER 1 AVAILABILITY

The Semester 1 availability is only available to students approved by Special Permission of the Head of Area.

Last updated: 25 August 2023

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:

    TypeName
    CourseBachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)

Last updated: 25 August 2023