Bachelor of Arts
Drama - unit set code MJ-A000031
This major sequence provides skills in contemporary drama practices and perspectives, together with an understanding of their application in a wide range of artistic and social contexts. It includes acting theory and practice, performance styles and processes, theatre history, text studies, community theatre and technical studies.
On successful completion of the Drama major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:
- an ability to develop individual vocal technique and voice production
- an ability to understand and respond to the technical, expressive and/or compositional demands of a range of performance styles and genres
- an ability to successfully achieve performance realisation based on chosen compositional and performance strategies
- an ability to analyse, compose and collaborate in order to build effective relationships between actor, director, designer and writer in processes of performance realisation.
Level 1
Trimester 1
| ACP101 | Principles of Live Performance (B) |
Trimester 2
| ACP177 | Modern and Postmodern Drama (B) |
Level 2
Trimester 1
| ACP205 | Performance for Alternative Spaces (B) |
| ACP279 | The Integrated Performer (B) |
Trimester 2
| ACP206 | Processes of Realisation (B) |
| ACP280 | Performance, Text, Realisation (B) |
Level 3
Trimester 1
| ACP378 | Out of the Ether: Devised Performance (B) |
Trimester 2
| ACP323 | Out of the Box: Theatre Practice in Alternative Contexts (B) |
Note: The following unit may also be taken in addition to the prescribed major sequence.
Trimester 1, trimester 2 or trimester 3
| ALX321 | Creative Industries Internship (B, G, W, X) * |
* ALX321 - Internship units are normally undertaken in third level (or equivalent) and are subject to completion of specified prerequisite units and special application requirements. Interested students should contact Arts and Education Student Support and Enrolment Enquiries on their campus for further information.
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