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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
As the first of the third year advanced studio units, you will undertake activities that will integrate the various elements of your theatre craft. At this level, a greater degree of insight and personal reflection, as evidenced through practice, is expected. If you are studying the music theatre major, you will concentrate on pursuing greater skills as an actor, as well as developing more complex skills in dance routines building on increasing security in technique in ballet, contemporary, tap and jazz. If you are studying the drama major, you will concentrate on style in vocal delivery and physical expression associated with the performance of a variety of texts, as well as the development of more complex skills in voice and movement. If you are studying technical theatre major, you will you will explore the technical theatre process through more complex advanced level practical projects. You are expected to demonstrate cumulative levels of skill and knowledge through this series of units.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2025
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student communication
A continuation of in-class feedback, to maintain industry discipline and continual skill development.
Feedback will continue to be provided in class context, with the aim of encouraging and maintaining industry disciplines and standards of quality.
Feedback from In-class
Current industry trends to be maintained, in order to remain industry-ready.
Industry trends will be observed and repertoire adjustments made to maintain cutting-edge standards of quality. This includes the incorporation of solo professional development and working within an ensemble.
- Apply advanced level theatre skills, theatre craft and dramatic expression to more complex acting tasks
- Perform advanced dance or movement combinations of increasing complexity relevant to your discipline
- Apply advanced principles of breath usage, support and placement of the voice to various complex performance exercises
- Execute and critically analyse various advanced level production projects and technical tasks
- Critically reflect on your performance practice and artistic development within your chosen major.
Learning outcomes 1-3 apply to students enrolled in the music theatre and drama majors. Learning outcome 4 applies to students enrolled in the technical theatre major and learning outcome 5 applies to students enrolled in all majors.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||