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Requisites

Pre-requisite: THE1021 and (THE1022 or THE1005)

Other requisites

Students will require access to e-mail and have internet access to UConnect for this course.

Rationale

Entertainment industry professionals need to constantly work on developing the essential skills in their chosen area of practice. These skills are also of use to anyone that needs to incorporate performance elements into their field: acquiring and developing the essential skills necessary to communicate with audiences. This course encourages students to continually improve upon their skill-set by practicing existing skills and introducing more advanced skills to widen their professional repertoire. The skills introduced will be complementary to those introduced to students in THE2009.

Synopsis

Students will select either the performing or non-performing area of theatre practice and will be guided through appropriate skills development according to this choice. Students are encouraged to choose the same module as they have chosen (or will choose) in THE2009 as the skills developed in this course will be of a different nature and understanding a variety of perspectives applicable within the same field will deepen their work as creative artists. These skills are applied to various contexts, related to relevant theory, and form the basis of students' reflection and development as theatre artists or other audience communicators.

Objectives

Topics

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Reference materials

Student workload expectations

Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   Students must attend and complete the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety training program for this course where required.
   
   External and Online:
   There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students’ responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   On-campus
   It is the students’ responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration.
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks.
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   There is no examination for this course.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   There is no examination in this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations.
   
   
8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment notes

1. Students can expect that questions in assessment items in this course may draw upon knowledge and skills that they can reasonably be expected to have acquired before enrolling in the course. This includes knowledge contained in pre-requisite courses and appropriate communication, information literacy, analytical, critical thinking, problem solving or numeracy skills. Students who do not possess such knowledge and skills should not expect to achieve the same grades as those students who do possess them.
   
   

Other requirements

1. Two of the main attributes of an arts practitioner are commitment and flexibility. To that end all students in the Creative Arts are expected from time to time to work in a voluntary capacity as the need arises. However, within this course formal provision is made for the assessment of practical work. Practical work in this case meaning the carrying out of assigned duties associated with the mounting of a production and participating in all in-class activities. Such duties may include front of house, backstage crew for the direct running of the show, crew involved in the preparation and installation of the show, acting, community liaison or any activity deemed necessary to the preparation and performance of a project. Consideration will be given to normal professional theatre protocols, punctuality, co-operation, adherence to safe working practices, appropriate dress and demeanour.