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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
at University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

Tuition Fee AU$ 32,896
Country Rank#2
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 79

Program Overview

The Theatre specialisation is an intensive studio-based training program for actors and theatre makers that prepares artists to become both accomplished performers and skilled devisers of their own work.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) course is an innovative and unique training program for actor-creators. Throughout the course, you will develop your own voice and vision as a theatre artist and build your expertise across various facets of contemporary theatre practice - acting, theatre making, devising and performing in a variety of contexts, writing, dramaturgy and self producing, while also selecting breadth subjects from a huge range across the University to pursue your individual interests.

Course Content
300-point program

3 years full-time
- Year 1
  100 pts
- Semester 150 pts
COMPULSORY
- Stories Of Place
- CREA10002
- 6.25 pts
CORE
- Contextual Studies 1
- DRAM10032
- 12.5 pts
CORE
- Performance Preparation 1
- DRAM10033
- 18.75 pts
BREADTH
- 12.5 pts
- Semester 250 pts
CORE
- Contextual Studies 2
- DRAM10034
- 12.5 pts
CORE
- Performance Preparation 2
- DRAM10035
- 25 pts
BREADTH
- 12.5 pts
- Year 2
  100 pts
- Semester 150 pts
CORE
- Theatre Practice 1
- DRAM20032
- 25 pts
CORE
- Theatre Skills 1
- DRAM20033
- 12.5 pts
BREADTH
- 12.5 pts
- Semester 250 pts
CORE
- Theatre Practice 2
- DRAM20034
- 25 pts
CORE
- Theatre Skills 2
- DRAM20035
- 12.5 pts
BREADTH
- 12.5 pts
- Year 3
  100 pts
- Semester 150 pts
CORE
- Theatre Practice 3
- DRAM30033
- 25 pts
CORE
- Theatre Skills 3
- DRAM30034
- 12.5 pts
CORE
- Professional Practice Theatre 1
- DRAM30035
- 12.5 pts
- Semester 250 pts
CAPSTONE
- Theatre Practice 4
- DRAM30036
- 25 pts
CORE
- Theatre Skills 4
- DRAM30037
- 12.5 pts
CORE
- Professional Practice Theatre 2
- DRAM30038
- 12.5 pts
Entry Requirement
PREREQUISITES

These are the subjects (with minimum scores) you must have completed to be eligible for entry to this course.

English. Three Indian State Board Examinations are accepted as a direct entry pathway: Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Higher (Secondary) School Certificate and Karnataka Pre-University Certificate. To calculate a final average, you should determine the average of your best four final-year subjects.

ADDITIONAL

Selection into the Bachelor of Fine Arts is talent-based. The selection process for this specialisation includes an audition.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements, you can satisfy the English language requirements in a number of ways. If you have an English-speaking background or education, you need to check that you meet our requirements here. If you are not from an English-speaking background or education, you need to meet the English Language requirements through IELTS, TOEFL, Pearson Test of English (academic) or Cambridge English (CAE).
- TOEFL (internet-based): total score at of least 79 and scores of 21 for writing, 18 for speaking, 13 for reading and 13 for listening. To submit your scores when you apply, use our TOEFL Institution Code: 0974.
- IELTS: total score of at least 6.5 in the Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no bands less than 6.0.
Fees & Scholarships
- Indicative first year fee AUD$32,896
- Indicative total course fee AUD$103,744
Career Prospect
Our graduates work at all levels of the theatre, film and television industries, and are renowned for their capacity to work creatively and collaboratively, in both traditional and ground-breaking performance contexts within the multifaceted theatre industry in the Asia-Pacific and beyond as:
- Actors and performers
- Devisers and theatre-makers
- Community Cultural Development Artists

Cost Of Studying At University of Melbourne

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre) at University of Melbourne