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Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage) /Bachelor of Arts (Acting for Screen and Stage) (Honours)
About the course
Studies in acting, voice, movement and acting for the camera offer a busy practical program to learn the skills a professional performer needs. These skills are then applied to mainstage, studio and theatre productions and are supported with an active program of television productions.
A streamed Honours year is available for those wishing to pursue advanced professional practice, including directing, or research-based higher degrees.
A Diploma of Education can also be studied for those who wish to teach drama in schools.
Where the course will take you
Graduates work professionally as actors in film and television, and on the stage including:
-feature films
-tele-features, mini-series, series drama, serial drama, comedies, infotainment programs
-television commercials
-mainstage metropolitan theatre companies
-alternative metropolitan theatre companies
-regional theatre companies
-theatre for youth and educational theatre projects
-voice-overs
Career flexibility is further enhanced by the attention the course pays to vocational activities such as:
-commercials
-hosting and compering television programs
-announcing
In addition many graduates work on a variety of related professions, including:
-casting consultants
-actors
-agents
-theatre administration
-producing
-directing
-dramaturgy
-playwriting
-primary and high school drama teaching
-event managing
-performance consultancy
This course is recognised by the professional guild, the MEAA (Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance) which incorporates what was known as Actors' Equity. Though formal professional accreditation is not required to become an actor, recognition of the course by the MEAA assists the process of our graduates gaining the essential union card, without which they will not be able to gain award-rate contracts for paid employment.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (normally equivalent to 24 subjects) for the Bachelor of Arts (Acting Screen and Stage) and 256 points, including a research dissertation/project, for the Bachelor of Arts (Acting Screen and Stage) (Honours).
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