1999 Arts Handbook - Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws

Objectives of the Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws
Admission requirements
Course structure

Course code: 2317
Coordinator: To be advised
Campus: Clayton
Application: Direct to Faculty of Law

Objectives of the Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Laws

The double degree aims to give students a legal and performing arts education of high quality, and to prepare them for careers which may entail their distinctive combination of skills and knowledge.
On completion of the course, students should have acquired:

an education in law enabling them to practise in the legal profession; which allows them adequate training in legal subjects and a general and liberal undergraduate education; and which makes available basic elements of the common law system to undergraduates who do not intend to practise in the law profession;
an education in the law which will satisfy the academic requirements for admission to practise as a barrister and solicitor in the State of Victoria;
ability to combine studies in law with other studies;
ability to specialise in particular areas of the law in their senior years;
a practical, theoretical, critical, historical and contextual knowledge and understanding of the performing arts;
a range of experience in performance work in a variety of modes (text-based, movement-based, solo and small-group, improvisatory and closely directed, 'in-house' and public), and a range and level of skills appropriate to such performances;
academic skills which provide a basis for postgraduate study and research in performing arts and/or law;
a general education in the performing arts suitable for employment in the theatre and teaching professions.
skills in clear and confident oral presentation, and in sustained written argument and analysis, and a continuing commitment to the values of intellectual curiosity and creative initiative.

Admission requirements

Students must have attained a TER score at year 12 which is sufficient for entry to the BA/LLB combined degree.

Course structure

The Bachelor of Performing Arts/Bachelor of Law degree requires a minimum of five years full-time study, or six years for the degree with honours, or the equivalent in part-time study. Eligibility for entry will be based on existing requirements for the Bachelor of Performing Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees.
To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the value of a minimum of 256 credit points over the length of the course, of which 100 points should come from the subjects offered within the Performing Arts degree (predominantly by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies) and 156 points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Law.

First year - 48 points

In first year students will complete Legal Process (12 points) and Criminal Law (12 points), together with the following units (comprising in total 24 points) toward the BPA:

PER 1040 Interdisciplinary Performance Practice, and
PER 1260 Production Practice (12 points);
DTS 1060 The Language of Performance, and
DTS 1160 The Places of Performance (12 points);

Second year - 48 or 56 points

In second year they will complete Contract (12 points), together with the following units toward the BPA:

PER 2040 Making Performance, and
PER 2000 The Aesthetics of Performance (16 points);
A first-year Performing Arts sequence drawn from Drama,Dance Studies, Music, Film and Television, or Visual Culture (12 points).
Either the first part of a second-year sequence in Drama and Theatre Studies (8 points), or the first and second part of a second-year sequence from Drama and Theatre Studies (16 points).

Third year - 44 or 52 points

In third year they will complete Property (12 points), together with the following units to complete the BPA component:

PER 3040 Writing Performance, and
PER 3000 Contemporary Performance Culture (16 points);
Either the second part of a second-year sequence in Drama and Theatre Studies (8 points), plus the first and second parts of a third-year sequence in Drama and theatre Studies (16 points) or the first and second parts of a third-year sequence in Drama and Theatre Studies (16 points).

In the remaining two years, their work will be exclusively concerned with Law. In fourth year they complete Torts and Constitutional Law (24 points) and Elective Law subjects (30 points), and in fifth year they complete administrative Law (12 points) and elective Law subjects (42 points).