School: Education

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 Drama
  • Unit Code

    DST3120
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit introduces the student to Australian theatre and drama text. Australian theatre history will be examined through the study of key playwrights. An understanding of social and political influences will be explored through this context, including the performance of selected plays.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create performances using and interpreting Australian play texts.
  2. Demonstrate through performance an understanding of the influences on, and developments in, current Australian play text and performance.
  3. Demonstrate through their research and performance a clear understanding of Australian performance culture and heritage.
  4. Evaluate through presentation the theories and methods used by a range of local and national performance practitioners.
  5. Review and analyse their own performance work as well as the work of others.

Unit Content

  1. A study of representative Australian play texts and their translation into performance.
  2. Development of Australian drama from the late 19th century to the present day.
  3. Reviews of professional performances.
  4. The manner in which theatre engages ethnicity, gender and region in framing diverse social and cultural issues.
  5. The new nationalism of the seventies and notions of cultural criticism.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops Seminars

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 Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceContemporary Australian Drama40%
AssignmentDramaturgical Resource60%

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: Education

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 Drama
  • Unit Code

    DST3120
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christina Claire GRAY

Description

This unit introduces the student to Australian theatre and drama text. Australian theatre history will be examined through the study of key playwrights. An understanding of social and political influences will be explored through this context, including the performance of selected plays.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create performances using and interpreting Australian play texts.
  2. Demonstrate through performance an understanding of the influences on, and developments in, current Australian play text and performance.
  3. Demonstrate through their research and performance a clear understanding of Australian performance culture and heritage.
  4. Evaluate through presentation the theories and methods used by a range of local and national performance practitioners.
  5. Review and analyse their own performance work as well as the work of others.

Unit Content

  1. A study of representative Australian play texts and their translation into performance.
  2. Development of Australian drama from the late 19th century to the present day.
  3. Reviews of professional performances.
  4. The manner in which theatre engages ethnicity, gender and region in framing diverse social and cultural issues.
  5. The new nationalism of the seventies and notions of cultural criticism.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Practical workshops Seminars

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 Board of Examiners.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PerformanceContemporary Australian Drama40%
AssignmentDramaturgical Resource60%

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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