School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Australian Theatre and Performance in Context
  • Unit Code

    BPA2110
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Sharon Leigh MATTHEWS

Description

In this unit students examine the social and historical factors that influence the development of Australian theatre. The unit covers a range of influential plays and playwrights with an additional focus on the emergence of contemporary performance and the socio-cultural factors that influenced these significant works. The unit therefore addresses important themes in the development of Australian theatre and performance from mid twentieth to the twenty-first century such as representations of cultural diversity, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Australian theatre and performance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Effectively communicate ideas about Australian theatre and performance in a range of formats using appropriate academic conventions and disciplinary specific vocabulary and terminology.
  2. Investigate concepts of identity and diversity in Australian theatre in contemporary and historical pieces and productions including work by women, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists.
  3. Analyse the socio-cultural factors that influenced the development of Australian theatre and performance.
  4. Create a digital portfolio of visual media.

Unit Content

  1. Communication and digital literacy skills including critical writing and creation of ePortfolios.
  2. Identity and Australian 'voice' in theatre and performance.
  3. Historical and socio-political events in 20th and 21st century Australia.
  4. Representation, access and diversity.
  5. Australian plays and playwrights and contemporary performance works.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered22 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Annotated Bibliography Annotated bibliography20%
AssignmentWritten exercise30%
PortfolioElectronic visual portfolio 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Annotated Bibliography Annotated bibliography20%
AssignmentWritten exercise30%
PortfolioElectronic visual portfolio 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Australian Theatre and Performance in Context
  • Unit Code

    BPA2110
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Sharon Leigh MATTHEWS

Description

In this unit students examine the social and historical factors that influence the development of Australian theatre. The unit covers a range of influential plays and playwrights with an additional focus on the emergence of contemporary performance and the socio-cultural factors that influenced these significant works. The unit therefore addresses important themes in the development of Australian theatre and performance from mid twentieth to the twenty-first century such as representations of cultural diversity, including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Australian theatre and performance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Effectively communicate ideas about Australian theatre and performance in a range of formats using appropriate academic conventions and disciplinary specific vocabulary and terminology.
  2. Investigate concepts of identity and diversity in Australian theatre in contemporary and historical pieces and productions including work by women, and Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists.
  3. Analyse the socio-cultural factors that influenced the development of Australian theatre and performance.
  4. Create a digital portfolio of visual media.

Unit Content

  1. Communication and digital literacy skills including critical writing and creation of ePortfolios.
  2. Identity and Australian 'voice' in theatre and performance.
  3. Historical and socio-political events in 20th and 21st century Australia.
  4. Representation, access and diversity.
  5. Australian plays and playwrights and contemporary performance works.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 2Not Offered22 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Annotated Bibliography Annotated bibliography20%
AssignmentWritten exercise30%
PortfolioElectronic visual portfolio 50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Annotated Bibliography Annotated bibliography20%
AssignmentWritten exercise30%
PortfolioElectronic visual portfolio 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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