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Students who wish to make a specialist study of drama and theatre studies as part of their BA or BPA degree may do so within the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies. The subjects available represent a wide range of approaches to studies in the field but most place a strong emphasis on performance. While the major in drama and theatre studies is not designed specifically as a course in systematic skills training, the element of performance in our program (whether in public production or through 'in-house' experimental work) is regarded as fundamental to the analysis of theatre texts and processes.
Students who complete a major in drama and theatre studies should develop:
The
Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies has close connections with a number of
other teaching programs in the Faculty of Arts, all of which are concerned in
one way or another with the study of 'texts' and 'textuality'. These are
comparative literature, critical theory, cultural studies and English
literature.
English literature is taught in the English Department on the Caulfield and
Clayton campuses. See English entry for details.
Comparative literature, cultural studies and critical theory are taught only on
the Clayton campus. These programs are taught by the Centre for Comparative
Literature and Cultural Studies and the Department of English. See Comparative
literature and cultural studies entry for details.
It is possible to take a double major in any two of comparative literature and
cultural studies, drama and theatre studies, and English. A major in any of
these may also be combined with a minor sequence in any other or with a minor
sequence in critical theory.
The
first-year prerequisite for students intending a major or minor sequence in
drama and theatre studies is DTS1060/ENH1060 (The language of performance) and
DTS1160/ENH1160 (The places of performance). In later years majoring students
should take at least forty points (sixteen points at second-year level and
twenty-four points at third-year level) from DTS subjects offered by the
faculty. While some of the subjects which are not offered solely by the centre
have departmental prerequisites, students taking these subjects as DTS studies
may, with the permission of the head of the relevant department, be excused
those requirements. Students who are appropriately qualified may be admitted to
the fourth-year honours program.
The subjects below are offered at the Clayton campus unless otherwise
indicated. None of the subjects listed below may be counted toward more than
one minor or major sequence. In the case of DTS1060/ENH1060 and DTS1160/ENH1160, which
are approved bases for later-year studies in both English and drama and theatre
studies, it will be necessary for students to complete an additional first-year
sequence in English in order to establish credit for sequences in both
areas of study.
Students
wishing to enrol in the drama and theatre studies program at honours level must
have completed a major in the centre, and will normally be expected to have
achieved credit results in drama and theatre studies subjects to the value of
twenty-four points at second and third-year levels combined, of which sixteen
must be at third-year level.
The fourth-year course consists of DTS4600 (Thesis) twenty-four points and
DTS4120 (Performance theory) twelve points, plus one other subject to the value
of twelve points. Among the subjects available in 1999 are these offered by the
Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies and the Department of English:
Students may
incorporate in their fourth-year program appropriate fourth-year level subjects
from other departments or centres of the faculty, with the formal approval of
the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies and the department or centre
concerned.
Departments may grant an extension of time for submission of the honours thesis
or for final coursework up to the last day of the examination period of the
semester in which the work is due. Applications for extensions beyond this date
must be made to the Committee for Undergraduate Studies.
The department offers courses leading to
The BA, BMus, and BPA pass degrees involve three years of full-time study and the honours degrees four years. The Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Business and Economics involves four years of full-time study. The Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law involves five years of full-time study. The Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education offered jointly by the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Education involves four years full-time study.
Besides
their academic music activity students in all courses are required to devote
ample time to listening to music, both in live performances and through
recordings. Books and journals supporting music department courses are housed
in the humanities and social sciences library. Music scores and sound
recordings are housed in the music and multimedia section and listening
facilities are available. Bachelor of Music and other students taking subjects
involving music performance are expected to devote ample time to practice,
rehearsal and performance. Practice studios, an auditorium/recording studio,
music technology studio, music archives and exhibition areas are also
provided.
The department's extensive collection of musical instruments and ensembles
includes an early music collection comprising a complete consort of Renaissance
shawms, crumhorns, recorders, and various keyboard instruments; a complete
Javanese gamelan orchestra, Sundanese bamboo calung and angklung
ensembles, a Ghanaian African drum ensemble, a Chinese orchestra, a
piphat/mahori orchestra from Thailand, a large collection of Indian
instruments, and a set of Japanese instruments. It also contains an extensive
music archive, including the Sumatra research archive, Japanese music archive,
the Australian music collection, the Australian Archive of Jewish Music and the
Louise Lightfoot Collection of dance in South Asia.
The department fosters the cultivation of music on campus and presents many
concerts, lecture-recitals and other performances which music students are
expected to attend.
On completion of a music major in the Bachelor of Arts, students are expected to have acquired:
The emphasis in the BA music course is on an analytical, critical, historical and sociological understanding of Western and non-Western music, as well as interrelationships of music with dance and other performing arts.
There is a bridging course in music theory for first-year students with little or no music background to enable them to take first-year music or major in music. The course will be taught in the third week in February for a modest fee to cover costs (depending on the number of enrolments).
First-year students who are able to play an instrument or sing competently and read music fluently or have completed the bridging course should enrol in the core subject MUS1100 and MUS1110.
Approved first-year sequences are:
To complete a minor sequence, students who have passed MUS1100/MUS1110 should take:
To complete a major sequence, students should take:
Note that optional additional subjects are available both on-campus and via open learning (OLA). Please contact the Department for further details.
A
fourth or honours year offers students an opportunity to undertake more
specialised and advanced work in music. For entry, students must have achieved
credit grades in at least twenty-four points of music at second or third-year
levels, of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year level. Combined
honours may be taken in music and another discipline provided that all honours
requirements have been met in both disciplines and subject to the approval of
the heads of both departments/centres. Mid-year entry is offered by this
department.
The department may grant an extension of time for submission of the honours
thesis or for final coursework up to the last day of the examination period of
the semester in which the work is due. Applications for extensions beyond this
date must be made to the Committee for Undergraduate Studies.
To complete an honours year, students should take:
and two of the following:
On completion of the course, students should have acquired:
Enrolment in the BMus signifies a
greater degree of specialisation in performance than that expected of
undergraduates pursuing a major sequence in music for the BA. The degree is
designed as a professional qualification for musicians who will follow careers
as performers, composers, teachers and scholars.
To be eligible for entry to the BMus(Hons) program, students must have achieved
credit grades in at least twenty-four points of music at second and third-year
levels, of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year level
The Bachelor of Music degree requires students to complete a major and minor in performance and a major in one other stream, i.e. composition, musicology or ethnomusicology. To complete a BMus students take subjects valued at a total of 144 points over three years of full-time study, comprising:
Year |
Performance major (52 points) |
Performance minor (28 points) |
Musicology, ethnomusicologyor composition major (52 points) |
First-year sequence in either music or another arts or science subject (12 points) |
1st |
MUS1070.06
Orchestral & choral performance & repertoire |
MUS1100.06
Exploring music |
YYY1000.06
or | |
2nd |
MUS2980.06
Solo and duo |
MUS2510.04
Orchestral, choral and chamber |
MUS2110.04
Analytical & compositional techniques |
|
3rd year |
MUS3980.06
Solo and duo |
MUS3310.08
Twentieth century compositional techniques |
Entry is made directly in first year, or by conversion from the BA at the end of the first year at an acceptable standard, normally at credit level or higher. For students wishing to specialise in musicology or ethnomusicology there are no entry tests, but intending applicants should make an appointment for an interview with a department staff member. Students intending to specialise in composition are required to submit to the department up to three compositions that show the range and proficiency of their work, accompanied by a declaration that they are entirely their own work. Students intending to specialise in performance should prepare for audition not more than three pieces of music drawn from a varied repertoire, eg a work from the classical period, a work from the Romantic period, and another written in the twentieth century. The standard is normally at least 7th grade AMEB (Performance) or equivalent. Non-pianists must provide their own accompanists.
Students
with a strong musical aptitude undertaking this specialisation are expected to
acquire an assured performance technique and an awareness of history of
performance style. Students in the first year develop their chief practical
study skills as well as interactive musical skills in orchestral, chamber or
other ensemble groups and accompanying skills in appropriate cases. They are
examined on both solo and ensemble or orchestral work, culminating each
semester in ensemble or solo performance events which may be organised by the
students. There is continuous assessment in performance units.
In fourth-year honours each student is required to present a recital with
his/her own program notes and a research essay on a topic related to the
program or an associated aspect of performance practice.
The examination of the solo performance components of a subject, where
relevant, will normally be carried out by at least two examiners, with equal
weighting given to each assessment.
The performance subjects MUS1160/MUS1170, MUS1980/MUS1990 and MUS2980/MUS2990 are all year subjects and will be fully examined at the end of second semester each year. At the end of first semester a technical examination hurdle assessment will be required with repertoire and technical examinations at the end of the year. The end of year examination will be given by two examiners, one of whom will be external. MUS3980/MUS3990 will be fully examined at the end of second semester by a panel consisting of three examiners of whom one will be external. At the end of the first semester a hurdle requirement assessment consisting of part of the recital programme will be required In rare cases where a student needs to complete one of: MUS1980/MUS1990 or MUS2980/MUS2990 mid-year, he/she will be examined on his/her whole program by a panel of two examiners as is normally to occur at the end of semester two.
Coordinator:
Thomas Reiner
Students undertaking this specialisation can expect to acquire the experience
and skills to develop a career as a composer. The program offers individual
supervision of students' compositional projects and encourages work in various
media, including traditional, electronic, and contemporary solo and ensemble
combinations. Honours students will prepare a folio of compositions and arrange
an annotated concert performance of their works. The department organises a
number of large and small instrumental and ensemble choral groups and
encourages performances of student compositions.
Those who do not have sufficient music theory knowledge should read about the 'bridging course' above or see the Administrative Officer of the department.
Coordinator: Carol Williams
Coordinator:
Reis Flora
Students who choose either of these specialisations or a combination of both
can expect to develop their knowledge and understanding of music to prepare
themselves as musicologists and/or ethnomusicologists, studying the music
history of various genres, research methods, and aspects of systematic
musicology such as performance practice, analysis, aesthetics, criticism, music
sociology and psychology of music. Students at honours level present a thesis
of 15,000 to 18,000 words on an approved research topic in musicology. They may
then proceed with masters level coursework in other aspects of musicology.
In the ethnomusicology stream students make detailed area studies of selected
music-cultures of Asia and/or Africa, and may learn to perform in an Indonesian
gamelan and in other Asian and African traditions as appropriate for a
particular unit for which a student enrols.
plus 8 points from
plus 8 points from
or
Coordinator: Craig De Wilde
and three of the following eight-point subjects:
and two of the following:
plus two of the following:
plus the following two subjects:
All subjects listed are offered subject to the availability of staff and sufficient enrolments.
The
double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Commerce requires a minimum of
four years full-time study, or five years for the degree with honours, or the
equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is based on the entry
requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Commerce degrees. To
qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the value of a
minimum of 188 credit points over the length of the course, of which ninety-six
points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Business and
Economics and ninety-two points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in
the Bachelor of Music degree.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in (i) music performance,
composition, and musicology, including classical and popular music and in
(ii) accounting and finance, economics and management.
Students choose ninety-two points in music from the following:
or
or
or
or
or
or
Students
must normally complete the compulsory first-year subjects ETC1020 and
ETC1031/ETC1032 (Business and economic statistics), AFC1021/AFC1022 and AFC1031/AFC1032
(Accounting), and ECC1020 (Economics) and ECC1030 (Macroeconomics) in the first
year of the course. Each subject is worth six points. These could be combined
with the first-year subject sequence from music to complete the first-year
program. The exception to this arrangement, however, is for those students
wishing to undertake a management studies specialisation in their degree. In
this case, students may delay the completion of one of the first-year
compulsory sequences to a later year, in order to complete the subjects MGC1020
(Introduction to management) and MGC1030 (Organisational behaviour) in the
first year. Management studies would then become the category A specialisation
for such students. In subsequent years students choose a major sequence in at
least one of the discipline areas of accounting and finance, economics,
econometrics or management. This requires at least three subjects in the
discipline at each of the second and third-year levels.
Students wishing to complete a specialisation in accounting and finance and who
wish to become eligible for membership of the professional accounting bodies in
Australia must complete the following subjects: AFC1021/AFC1022, AFC1031/AFC1032,
TBC2110, AFC2120, AFC2130, AFC2140, TBC3110, AFC3120, AFC3130 or AFC3140,
TBC3150 and AAF3160.
Before enrolling for the double degree, students should collect from the office
of either faculty an information sheet setting out several course structure
options available for the double degree.
The
double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Laws requires a minimum of five
years full-time study, or six years for the degree with honours, or the
equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is based on the entry
requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Laws degrees. To
qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the value of a
minimum of 262 credit points over the length of the course, of which
158 points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Law and
104 points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in the Bachelor of
Music degree.
In the first three years, students complete music and law subjects and in the
last two years they complete law subjects only.
In music students take approved combinations of subjects in music performance, composition, arranging and musicology, including options of classical and popular music. Students choose 104 points (thirty-six at first year, thirty-six at second year and thirty-two at third year) in music subjects from the following:
MUS2020/MUS2030
Practical musical skills (4 points each)
or
or
or
or
In the first year, students take the LAW1100 (Legal process) for twelve points; in second year they complete LAW3300 (Criminal law and procedure) for twelve points; in third year they take LAW3400 (Property) and LAW2100 (Contract) for twenty-four points; in fourth year they complete LAW2200 (Torts) and LAW3200 (Constitutional law) for twenty-four points plus elective law subject (total thirty points); and in fifth year LAW3100 (Administrative law) for twelve points, LAW5500 (Moot court) for two points and elective law subjects (total forty-two points).
The
double degree of Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education requires a minimum of
four years full-time study, or five years for the degree with honours, or the
equivalent in part-time study. Entry to the double degree is based on the entry
requirements for the Bachelor of Music and the Bachelor of Education degrees.
To qualify for the award, students must complete subjects to the value of a
minimum of 208 credit points over the length of the course, of which
96 points should come from subjects offered by the Faculty of Education
and 112 points from subjects offered by the Faculty of Arts in the
Bachelor of Music degree.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in (i) music performance,
composition, musicology or ethnomusicology and (ii) teaching and
curriculum, English and studies of society and environment.
Students take approved combinations of subjects in music performance, composition, musicology or ethnomusicology totalling 112 points (twenty-four at first year, forty at second year, thirty-two at third year and sixteen at fourth year) in music subjects from the following:
or
or
In the first year, students take English and Studies of Society and Environment for 6 points, How Learners Learn (6 points), Science, Health and Physical Education (6 points), The Teachers World (6 points). In second year students take Maths and Computing (8 points) and Structure and Education (8 points). In third year students take Art and Technology (8 points), Education and Change (8 points) and a further elective 8 points. In fourth year students complete a practicum (16 points) and a further elective (16 points).
For
postgraduate courses offered by the Department of Music, please refer to the
Arts graduate handbook 1997.
Students may choose to undertake a Faculty Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma
of Arts in music performance, a Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Conducting), a
Master of Arts by coursework in music, a Master of Arts by coursework in Music
Education, a Master of Arts by major thesis, a Master of Arts in Music
Performance and a PhD by major thesis. The department can provide supervision
for theses in most areas of music.
Fourth-year level
MUS4980 Music pedagogy
The
teaching program in the performing arts is designed to foster performance and
academic excellence in courses that integrate the various arts and the media.
It aims to give students (i) specialist training in a single performing
art form, and (ii) working practical and theoretical knowledge and
experience of other performing art forms. It trains performing artists with
wide artistic interests and a high degree of flexibility.
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) degree will complete
a range of integrated, interdisciplinary courses in two or more of the
following arts: (i) drama, (ii) music, (iii) dance studies,
(iv) visual culture. The course provides a balance of practical,
theoretical, critical and contextual studies. Students will be involved in
cooperative productions working in two or more performing art forms, for
example in music theatre or dance-drama productions and sound sculpture
exhibitions. The BPA has a greater concentration on practical creative and
performing art courses than is customary in the program for the Bachelor of
Arts, and takes a broader approach across the arts than the more specialised
music subjects leading to the Bachelor of Music degree.
Monash University's Clayton campus is blessed with some excellent performance
venues. These include the Robert Blackwood Hall, which is one of the finest
concert halls in Australia, the Alexander Theatre, the Music Auditorium, the
Drama Theatre and the Religious Centre. Courses in Australian, European,
Asia-Pacific, American and other arts are a feature of the Monash programs.
High quality performances by both professional and student artists are
regularly presented to community audiences.
Courses are offered in classical, contemporary and popular arts of Asia, Europe
and Australia. In addition, short courses in the arts, such as winter and
summer schools, and arts festivals are offered. Some performances are presented
in association with courses offered by the various language departments in the
Faculty of Arts, which teaches a wide variety of European and Asian languages.
The Bachelor of Performing Arts aims to:
On completion of the course, students should:
It
is expected that a fourth or honours year will be available from 1999 offering
an opportunity for more specialised and advanced work in the student's major
area of study, leading to the degree of BPA (Hons). Intending honours students
will be required to have completed a major sequence with at least credit grades
in subjects to the value of twenty-four points at second or third-year level,
including at least sixteen points at third-year level.
Departments may grant an extension of time for submission of the honours thesis
or for final coursework up to the last day of the examination period of the
semester in which the work is due. Applications for extensions beyond this date
must be made to the Committee for Undergraduate Studies.
Students with approved results will be able to extend their studies at masters level in various practical and theoretical courses and by research thesis in the following performing art forms - music, drama and theatre, visual culture and dance, or combinations of these. For further information students should consult the Arts graduate handbook for 1999.
Perfoming
art forms included in this degree are drama, music, dance studies and visual
culture. Within the discipline of visual culture students may choose subjects
with an emphasis on film and television.
Students must undertake (i) a major sequence of not less than fifty-two
points and not more than sixty-four points in drama or, with approval, one of
music or visual culture and (ii) a minor sequence in a different
performing art form. Students who choose a fifty-two-point major must elect to
complete a first-year sequence in a second performing art form and are
encouraged to complete a first-year sequence in a third performing art form.
Students may not, however, undertake a major and a minor in the visual
culture/film and television combination.
In exceptional circumstances students may choose to take their minor sequence
in a discipline taught by another Arts department or faculty. Students should
contact the coodinator of the degree - Associate Professor P. Fitzpatrick - for
details and permission.
Students enrolling for the degree will normally complete all programs A-E as
set out below. Please note that in 1999 majors are available only in drama,
music and visual culture.
Program |
First year |
Second year |
Third year |
Total points |
A Sequence in the history, nature and analysis of the arts eg PER1010 or in particular performance skills eg PER1260 |
6 |
8 |
8/16 |
22/30 |
B Interdisciplinary studies sequence eg PER1040 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
22 |
C Major sequence in a single artform (ie drama, or with special approval, music, or visual culture) |
12/24 |
16 |
24/32 |
52/64 |
D Minor sequence in a second performing art form |
12 |
16 |
28 | |
E First-year subjects from Arts or another Faculty (not required if students choose the 24 points option from C above) |
12 |
|||
Total |
48 |
48 |
48 |
144 |
Note that first-year semester subjects are worth six points each and later-year
subjects are worth eight points each.
The
following sequences form the normal pattern for a major, a minor, or a
first-year sequence in each area. Students should consult the listings under
relevant departments for information about individual subjects. In particular,
students should be familiar with the core requirements for each sequence listed
below and consult the individual departments if further information is
required. For the minor in Dance studies, students will need to devise an
appropriate sequence of subjects in consultation with the Centre for Drama and
Theatre Studies.
Some variations in the combinations of subjects may be allowed with the
permission of the coordinators of the degree. Students should discuss these
matters in the first instance with Associate Professor P. Fitzpatrick and then
with the relevant department.
The primary major for the BPA degree is drama and theatre studies. But, with
approval, majors may also be taken in music and in visual culture.
(i) A major sequence - choose fifty-two or sixty-four points from subjects available from the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
(ii) A minor sequence - twenty-eight points chosen from subjects from the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies
(iii) A first-year sequence - twelve points as specified by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies.
(i) A major sequence - fifty-two or sixty-four points from subjects available from the Department of Music:
(ii) A minor sequence - twenty-eight points as specified by the Department of Music.
(iii) A first-year sequence - twelve points as specified by the Department of Music.
(i) A
major sequence - choose fifty-two or sixty-four points from subjects available
from the Department of Visual Culture. Within the discipline of visual culture
students may choose subjects with an emphasis on film and television.
(ii) A minor sequence - an approved sequence of twenty-eight points from
first and second-year subjects chosen from the Department of Visual Culture.
(iii) A first-year sequence - as specified by the Department of Visual Culture.
(i) A
minor sequence - twenty-eight points chosen in consultation with the Centre for
Drama and Theatre Studies.
(ii) A first-year sequence - twelve points as specified by the Centre for
Drama and Theatre Studies.
Students must complete a sequence including six points at first-year level, eight points at second-year level and eight or sixteen points at third-year level. The first subject in this sequence is PER1010 (Introduction to cultural studies I) or PER1260 (Production practice). Second-year students will be required to take PER2000 (The aesthetics of performance), and third-year students PER3000 (Contemporary performance culture).
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