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Graduate Diploma in Theatre

Course code: 3776 + Course abbreviation: GradDipTheat + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

This coursework program is designed to give students an opportunity to increase their knowledge of theory and practice in contemporary theatre, whether for the purposes of teaching, community work or advanced industry practice.

Students will gain a creative and critical understanding of current theatre practice, including its history, production, reception and other cultural and aesthetic issues that inform its ongoing evolution. While focused on theatre in professional, community and educational contexts, the program will also engage with cultural diversity in the local and global environment. It will encourage interdisciplinary approaches to the theory and practice of theatre and performance.

The teaching will be based in the theatre and rehearsal spaces of the Monash Performing Arts building. The duration of the course is normally two semesters full-time or four semesters part-time, although there are opportunities for substantial credit for those students with relevant professional experience or equivalent higher degree study. Some teaching will occur in block mode during mid or summer-semester breaks.

Entry requirements

The minimum requirement for entry is ONE of the following:

  • a three year bachelors degree with credit average in the final year of the degree, or
  • a three-year arts diploma with the equivalent of three years of professional experience in the performing arts industry.

All applicants will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.

Course structure

Core unit

  • DTH4000 Dramatic criticism, theory and methods (12 points)

Electives

  • DTH4001 Design for theatre (12 points)
  • DTH4002 Creating the new: theatre and its experiments (12 points)
  • DTH4003 Performance investigation (12 points)
  • DTH4004 Rethinking theatre history (12 points)

Other units within the school or faculty, such as CLS 4760 (Gender, body and performance), may be accredited as electives with approval from the course coordinator.

Articulation

Students may apply to transfer to the Master of Theatre program after successful completion of at least 24 points if they achieve a minimum credit grade in the core unit and a credit average overall.

Contact details

Course coordinator

Dr Rob Baum

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