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Theatre and Performance Studies

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 11 December 2023.
View details of the changes below.

Major

A major in Theatre and Performance Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units of study
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iv) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units of study
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vii) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units

Minor

A minor in Theatre and Performance Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units of study
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iv) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units of study
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units of study

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

Core
PRFM1601
Making Theatre: Beyond Drama
6  
Selective
PRFM1602
Dangerous Performances
6  
PRFM1603
Placemaking and Performance
6  

2000 level units of study

Core
PRFM2601
Being There: Theories of Performance
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from PRFM including PRFM1601
N PRFM2001
Selective
PRFM2602
Performance: Production and Interpretation
6 N PRFM2002
P 12 credit points at 1000 level from PRFM including PRFM1601
PRFM2603
Between
Improvisation and Text
6 P 12 credit points in 1000 level PRFM including PRFM1601
N PRFM3005 or PRFM3014 or PRFM3016
PRFM2605
Rehearsing Shakespeare
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in PRFM including PRFM1601
PRFM2607
Performance Histories
6
P
12 credit points at 1000 level from PRFM including PRFM1601
N PRFM3602
PRFM2608
Playing Politics
6 P 12 credit points in 1000 level PRFM including PRFM1601
N PRFM3603
PRFM2609
Approaches to Acting
6
P
12 credit points in 1000 level PRFM including PRFM1601
N PRFM3606

3000 level units of study

Core
PRFM3961
Rehearsal Studies
6 P 12 credit points in 2000 level PRFM including PRFM2601
Selective
PRFM3607
Production Strategies for Performance

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level from PRFM including PRFM2601
PRFM3611
Dramaturgy
6 P 12 credit points in 2000 level PRFM including PRFM2601
N PRFM3010
PRFM3621
Ritual, Play and Performance

6 N PRFM2606
P 12 credit points at 2000 level from PRFM including PRFM2601
PRFM3622
Sociology of Theatre
6 P 12 credit points in 2000 level Theatre and Performance Studies including PRFM2601
N PRFM3012 or PRFM2604
PRFM3624
Performance Studio
6 P 12 credit points in 2000 level Theatre and Performance Studies including PRFM2601
PRFM3625
Documentary Theatre
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the Theatre and Performance Studies
CHNS3651
Chinese Drama and Theatre
6 P (12 credit points at 2000 level in Chinese Studies or International and Comparative Literary Studies) or CHNS3000 or CHNS3001 or CHNS3643 or CHNS3648 or (12 credit points at 2000 level in PRFM including PRFM2601)

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
11/12/2023 No Prerequisites (P) for PRFM2603 Prerequisites (P) for PRFM2603 added:
P 12 credit points in 1000 level PRFM including PRFM1601
11/12/2023 No Prohibitions (N) for PRFM2603 Prohibitions (N) for PRFM2603 added:
N PRFM3005 or PRFM3014 or PRFM3016