Undergraduate - Area of study Theatre

The Centre for Theatre and Performance at Monash offers a wide range of units in the making and analysis of theatre and performance in the context of the theatre major. Units are typically both practical and theoretical and reflect the premise that an understanding of performance processes and an active engagement with them is essential to the reading of dramatic texts or theatre history.

The theatre stream focuses on the study of the past, present and future of the performance. It is grounded in both theoretical frameworks and reflective, participatory explorations of key themes and questions. Course units cut across a wide range of approaches to theatre and performance and strive to achieve a balance between performance opportunities and a challenging academic program.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the major students will be able to:

• demonstrate a broad a coherent knowledge in the field of theatre and be able to apply such knowledge to specific case studies
• apply their learning to professional work or to advanced studies and be able to demonstrate insight into the breadth and diversity of theatre and its place within the broader scope of the arts and social sciences
• develop an in-depth knowledge of key areas of theatre history, theory and practice within both educational and professional contexts
• apply their knowledge to diverse case studies and traditions thereby generating new knowledge and forming a basis of life-long learning
• gain skills in traditional research and research through performance and be able to apply such skills in a transdisciplinary manner
• communicate clearly and effectively in verbal and written form, and work independently and collaboratively in an ethical, congenial manner, characterised by mutual respect
• further build upon their industry skills with units available in directing and advanced scriptwriting
• apply research skills to specific case studies
• become independent thinkers and learners who are self-directed and self-disciplined; who are responsible for their own learning, embody the values of professionalism and carry themselves out in an internationalised world adhering to a professional code of conduct.