ATS3297 Musical theatre 2: Skills and performance
Faculty of Arts
ATS3297 Musical theatre 2: Skills and performance is a level 3, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3297. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS3297
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3297
No unit lists ATS3297 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2297, ATS2478, ATS3478
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The unit provides students with a sustained opportunity to work on the creation and performance of a musical theatre piece, from exploratory workshops to full public production. Students work with industry professionals and staff members to devise and perform an original piece of musical theatre. It will build on the theoretical and practical frameworks established in ATS2296/ATS3296 (Musical theatre 1: History and form) by applying those analytical and performance skills to the generation of a new work in the genre. The unit entails semester-long concurrent performance skills workshops in singing, dancing and technical aspects.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Classwork10%
- Song Analysis25%
- Song Writing20%
- Reflection Task25%
- Documentation20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
An understanding of aspects of creative processes in the field, and of the procedures appropriate to the collaborative development of new work;
- 2
An increased familiarity with the distinctive methodological issues involved in the study of the form, and of the languages appropriate to their articulation and analysis;
- 3
A practical knowledge of the implications of structural choices in the evolution of a musical theatre text;
- 4
Skills in the performance and technical areas related to the genre;
- 5
The ability to work collaboratively in a team throughout a creative process from inception to execution;
- 6
The capacity to articulate critical analyses in systematic written argument, and in clear and confident oral presentations.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3297 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Fleur Kilpatrick
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Fleur Kilpatrick
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3297?
ATS3297 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3297 offered?
In 2020, ATS3297 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3297?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3297 have an exam?
No. ATS3297 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3297?
ATS3297 is part of Musical Theatre.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Critical Performance Studies
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020