Drama, Improvisation and Connection (EDUC10053)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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Overview

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How can you build confidence and develop connections with your peers through drama, comedy, and improvisation? In this subject, students will study practical ways of engaging with improvisation in drama and theatre and explore how doing so can contribute towards positive personal development and socialisation outcomes in a range of community and learning settings. Students will learn how improvisation can develop skills such as empathy, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication. In class students will take part in a range of improvisational activities and conduct research based on the work of leading practitioners past and present. Students do not need existing experience in the arts.

Intended learning outcomes

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

  • Analyse and evaluate the connections between improvisation, confidence-building, belonging and social connections
  • Apply and discuss a range of improvisational skills
  • Discuss improvisational forms utilised in a range of community and learning contexts
  • Articulate the work of theatre practitioners.

Generic skills

This subject will assist students to develop the following transferable skills:

  • Analytical and cognitive skills
  • Collaborative learning
  • Creative thinking
  • Interpersonal and decision-making skills.

Last updated: 9 April 2025

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: 9 April 2025

Assessment

DescriptionTimingPercentage

Written report on an influential improvisor

  • 1600 words
Mid semester40%

Group presentation/performance (30 minutes in total)

  • 1600 words (equivalent)
End of semester40%

Reflective journal

  • 800 words
During the examination period20%

Attendance

Hurdle requirement: A minimum of 80% attendance at, or engagement with, all sessions identified as contact hours (may include lectures, tutorials, seminars and workshops, both synchronous and asynchronous.		Throughout the teaching periodN/A

Last updated: 9 April 2025

Dates & times

  • Semester 2
    Principal coordinatorChris Summers
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours36 hours comprising three hour workshops x 12 weeks
    Total time commitment170 hours
    Teaching period28 July 2025 to 26 October 2025
    Last self-enrol date 8 August 2025
    Census date 1 September 2025
    Last date to withdraw without fail26 September 2025
    Assessment period ends21 November 2025

    Semester 2 contact information

    christopher.summers@unimelb.edu.au

     

     

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Last updated: 9 April 2025

Further information

Last updated: 9 April 2025