Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Performance

Outcomes

1. Understand and manipulate quantitative information provided in tables, graphs and sets of equations###
2. Critically understand written texts of descriptive and argumentative characters###
3. Produce written texts of descriptive, prescriptive and argumentative characters to accepted international standards in his or her specific fields of training (as these may exist at the time of his or her graduation)###
4. Find information of professional relevance efficiently and independently and
5. Use and organise such information to conduct systematic research aimed at providing answers to questions whose resolutions are not antecedent known, or to verifying answers that are assumed on the basis of accepted wisdom':
6. Understand and critically appreciate the contribution of major artistic and cultural activities and performances to community and national life###
7. Use information-technology standard in professional offices (at the time of his or her graduation) efficiently and independently###
8. Use the internet to find access information###
9. Understand when and how to acknowledge the limitations of his or her own expertise and elicit the more###
10. Appropriate expertise of others###
11. Appreciate the importance of life-long learning and the importance of self-initiative in pursuing it###
12. Understand and internalise as a personal value the importance of conducting professional activity within the scope of national, provincial, municipal and international law. Specific Outcomes, including professional outcomes, contextually demonstrated. The BA (T&P) learner will be competent to: Perform a range of classical and contemporary theatre and/or musical theatre pieces in a variety of contexts and languages at a basic professional level### Perform in the film and television media according t basic acting for camera principles### Use the voice effectively in a range of audio-visual media### Conceptualise, create and produce original pieces of theatre and/or music theatre, individually and in groups, in a variety of contexts and languages at a basic professional level### Organise, plan and undertake drama and theatre education sessions, workshops or projects with a targeted group, school class or community### Manage the technical and human resource aspects of theatre production### Employ lateral thinking skills to transform/adapt knowledge and skills acquired for theatre work from the symbolic realm of 'pure' drama activity and research to other fields such as human resource development, the media industry, marketing, education and management### Appreciate the workings and conventions of the theatre industry and the accepted standards of professional ethical practice operating in the industry. In addition the BA (T&P) learner will be conversant with: A range of theatrical and performance traditions from different cultural contexts### The major elements of current performance theory and examples of contemporary performance practice### The philosophical, theoretical and methodological aspects of Drama in Education and Theatre for Development### and will be competent to apply the above to: Critically analyse performance### Engage in current debates pertaining to contemporary theatre practice in South Africa and internationally### Construct a theoretical argument in a systematic manner### Inform the learner's own theatre and performance practice.

Assessment Criteria