Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
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) music, (ii) drama, (iii) dance, (iv) film and television, (v) visual/studio arts and (vi) creative writing. The course provides a balance of practical, theoretical, critical and contextual studies. Students will be involved in cooperative productions working in two or several art forms, for example in music theatre or dance-drama productions and sound sculpture exhibitions. The BPA has a greater orientation towards practical creative and performing art courses than have other subjects leading to 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. Creative work plays an increasingly prominent role in courses offered in the departments of Music, Visual Arts and English as well as the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies. 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 art 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.
+ provide a balance of critical, practical, theoretical and contextual studies of the arts;
+ develop interdisciplinary knowledge of academic depth and practical application across the performing, visual and literary arts;
+ present courses that result in performances by students specialising in each of the various art areas;
+ provide for the development of personal and management skills suitable for a variety of arts-orientated jobs.
On completion of the course, students should:
+ have acquired a practical, theoretical, critical, historical and contextual knowledge and understanding of and across the performing visual and/or literary arts;
+ have completed interdisciplinary courses resulting in performances of exhibitions requiring cooperative contributions from students in various art forms;
+ be able to demonstrate a balance of critical, practical, theoretical, historical and contextual knowledge in at least two of the following fields - drama, music, dance, visual arts, film and television and creative writing;
+ be able to demonstrate academic skills leading to postgraduate study and research into the arts;
+ be able to contribute to the community through well-developed skills in problem-solving and skills in communication;
+ have acquired a general education in and across the arts suitable for employment in fields which prefer a broadly based degree as a basis for on-the-job training.
Students must undertake (i) a major sequence of not less than fifty-two points and not more than sixty-four points in one of music, drama, dance, visual arts or film and television studies and (ii) a minor sequence in a different art form, or in a discipline taught by another department or faculty. Students who choose a fifty-two-point major may elect to complete a first-year sequence in a second (or third) art form. Students may not, however, undertake a major and a minor in the visual arts/film and television combination.
Students enrolling for the degree will normally complete all programs A-D as set out below. Please note that in 1996 majors are available only in music, drama, dance, visual arts and film and television studies.
Program First Second Third Total
year year year points
A Sequence in the 6 8 8/16 22/30
history, nature and
analysis of the arts
(rotating sequence of
courses) eg PER1010
B Interdisciplinary 6 8 8 22
studies sequence (such
as a production) eg
PER1040
C Major sequence in a 12/24 16 24/32 52/64
single artform (eg
music, drama, dance,
visual arts)
D Minor sequence in a 12 16 - 28
second art form
E First-year sequence 12 - - 12
in a third artform (for
students undertaking a
52-point major)
Total 48 48 48 144
Note:
First-year semester subjects = six points each and later-year subjects = eight
points each.
+ MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
+ MUS1100 Exploring Western music I*
+ MUS1110 Exploring Western music II*
+ MUS1120 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS1130 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS1980 Solo and duo performance and literature
+ MUS1990 Solo and duo performance and literature
+ PER1040 Interdisciplinary project
+ MUS2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I*
+ MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II*
+ MUS2140 Music of the Romantic ideal
+ MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
+ MUS2510 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire
+ MUS2520 Orchestral. choral and chamber performance and repertoire
+ MUS2980 Solo and duo performance and literature I
+ MUS2990 Solo and duo performance and literature II
* Indicates core unit
+ MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
+ MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble
+ MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
+ MUS3490 Indonesian gamelan and dance (special studies)
+ MUS3580 Contemporary music
+ MUS3980 Solo and duo performance and literature II
+ MUS3990 Solo and duo performance and literature III
A rotating genre or area study, for example:
+ MUS 3210 Vocal music
+ MUS 3880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
(ii) A minor sequence - twenty-eight points
+ MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
+ MUS1100 Exploring Western music I
+ MUS1110 Exploring Western music II
+ MUS1120 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS1130 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS2080 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
+ MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
+ MUS2140 Music of the Romantic ideal
+ MUS2480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
+ MUS2510 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire
+ MUS2520 Orchestral, choral and chamber performance and repertoire
+ MUS2880 Music of China, Japan and Korea
(iii) A first-year sequence - twelve points
Choose two of the following:
+ MUS1040 Music and popular culture in the twentieth century
+ MUS1050 Introduction to Asian music, dance and theatre
+ MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
+ MUS1100 Exploring Western music I
+ MUS 1110 Exploring Western music II
+ MUS 1120 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ MUS 1130 Orchestral and choral performance and studies
+ DTS1160 The place of performance*
+ DTS2050 Asian theatre: an introduction
+ DTS2100 Theatrical music (proposed to be offered next in 1998)
+ DTS2190 Postcolonial drama
+ DTS2210 The woman's part
+ DTS2270 Modern drama
+ DTS2320 Body, space, text: an introduction to the semiotics of performance
+ DTS2450 Contemporary drama
+ DTS2500 The study of dance
+ DTS2630 Shakespeare
+ DTS2830 Drama into film
+ DTS2940 Twentieth-century drama
+ DTS2941 The playwright as social critic
+ DTS3050 Asian theatre: an introduction
+ DTS3100 Theatrical music
+ DTS3190 Postcolonial drama
+ DTS3210 The woman's part
+ DTS3270 Modern drama
+ DTS3310 Indonesian theatrical tradition
+ DTS3320 Body, space, text: an introduction to the semiotics of performance
+ DTS3450 Contemporary drama
+ DTS3500 The study of dance
+ DTS3610 Seventeenth century French theatre (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
+ DTS3630 Shakespeare
+ DTS3810 Drama in Russian and east European literature*
+ DTS3830 Drama into film
+ DTS3940 Twentieth century drama
+ DTS3941 The playwright as social critic
(ii) A minor sequence - twenty-eight points
+ DTS1160 The place of performance
plus one other second-year DTS unit
(iii) A first-year sequence - twelve points
+ DTS1160 The place of performance
* Indicates core unit
+ VSA1020 Transformations of the visual
+ VSA2130 American and European postwar art, 1945 to the present
+ VSA2150 The other side of the avant-garde: twentieth-century women's art history (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2230 Australian art: 1880s to the present
+ VSA2250 Current architecture (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2270 Australian architecture, 1788 to the present
+ VSA2310 Modern architecture and urbanism, 1907-1968
+ VSA2410 History and theory of photography, part 1: 1839-1940 (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2430 History and theory of photography, part 2, 1940 to the present
+ VSA2510 Sixteenth-century studies (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2530 Baroque art
+ VSA2550 Italian medieval art
+ VSA2610 French medieval art (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2790 The idea of Venice
+ VSA3110 European art 1900-1940
+ VSA3130 American and European postwar art, 1945 to the present
+ VSA3150 The other side of the avant-garde: twentieth-century women's art history (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3230 Australian art: 1880s to the present
+ VSA3250 Current architecture (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3270 Australian architecture: 1788 to the present
+ VSA3310 Modern architecture and urbanism, 1907-1968
+ VSA3410 History and theory of photography, part 1: 1839-1940 (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3430 History and theory of photography, part 2: 1940 to the present
+ VSA3510 Sixteenth-century studies (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3530 Baroque art
+ VSA3550 Italian medieval art
+ VSA3610 French medieval art (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3790 The idea of Venice
(ii) A minor sequence
An approved sequence of twenty-eight points from the first and second-year subjects above.
(iii) A first-year sequence
+ VSA1020 Transformations of the visual
+ VSA1050 Introduction to the visual arts 5: contemporary popular film
+ PER1040 Interdisciplinary performance project
+ VSA2220 Alternative film and video
+ VSA2390 Screen production I
+ VSA2670 Asian cinema (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA2710 Alternatives in documentary film - an Australian focus
+ VSA2770 Television studies (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3190 Forms of narrative cinema
+ VSA3220 Alternative film and video
+ VSA3630 German cinema
+ VSA3670 Asian cinema (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
+ VSA3710 Alternatives in documentary film - an Australian focus
+ VSA3750 Indonesian and Southeast Asian film and television
+ VSA3770 Television studies (proposed to be offered next in 1997)
(ii) A minor sequence - twenty-eight points
Students may choose from the above first and second-year subjects.
(iii) A first-year sequence - twelve points
Students may choose from the above first-year subjects.
+ MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts
+ MUS2500 The study of dance
+ MUS2100 Music-dance interrelationships
+ MUS2580 New dances from old cultures or
+ DTS2580 New dances from old cultures
+ MUS3640 Fieldwork methods
+ MUS3470 Performance studies: early music ensemble
+ MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan
+ MUS3490 Indonesian gamelan and dance (special studies)
+ PER1040 Interdisciplinary project