Undergraduate courses and subjects 2000

Performing Arts/Law

General information
Admission requirements
Course structure

General information

Course code: 2317 · Coordinator: To be advised

Applicants require a study score of at least 30 in English and a study score of at least 20 in three other VCE studies. Students must have attained an ENTER 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 of 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 complete LAW1100 (12 points) and LAW3300 (12 points), together with the following units (comprising in total 24 points) towards the BPA:

· PER1040 Interdisciplinary performance practice
· PER1260 Production practice (12 points)
· DTS1060 The language of performance
· DTS1160 The places of performance (12 points)

Second year - 48 or 56 points

In second year, students complete LAW2100 (12 points), together with the following units towards the BPA:

· PER2040 Making performance, and PER2000 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, students complete LAW3400 (12 points), together with the following units to complete the BPA component:

· PER3040 Writing performance, and PER3000 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).