Foundation Studies Program (Standard) - Arts (X0F:1) (0100808) + Bachelor of Arts - Theatre and Performance (A3A) (001694A)

Program Description Foundation Studies Program (Standard) - Arts (X0F:1) (0100808):

The Foundation Studies program is a direct academic pathway to first-year undergraduate degree study, or an equivalent. The program acts as a bridging course for international students who wish to study a university undergraduate degree course but who don’t yet meet academic requirements and/or have the English language skills for tertiary study.

To successfully complete the program, students must achieve a 50% pass in all units, including English.

Upon successful completion of the course, graduates can enter one of the University of Tasmania’s undergraduate degree courses.

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre and Performance (A3A): Students are curious about the big questions of life, embrace the joy of open enquiry, and are on a life-long quest for knowledge and inspiration. At the University of Tasmania, students will be part of an academic community that cares deeply about the topics that we teach and study.

Students will learn to influence cultural and social change, and students will gain the knowledge and creativity to envision better futures. Students will take on the world’s cultural, environmental, and humanitarian challenges from multiple perspectives and gain the confidence to make a positive difference. In first year, students will have the opportunity to visit Country with an Aboriginal Elder or knowledge holder as part of the University of Tasmania's curriculum's reflection of the value and place of Indigenous knowledges and perspectives.

The Bachelor of Arts will equip students with a range of specialised and transferable skills that are highly sought after by employers: creative thinking, respect for multiple perspectives, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Students entering the Theatre and Performance program will develop skills through practice-led learning, to become creative, critical and resilient practitioners. At the same time students will explore the history and theory of theatre and performance, delving into the history of theatre, and the future of performance practice, enriching their capacity to create innovative work that responds to the twenty-first century world.

Through critical and reflective engagement students will learn how to manage creative projects, lead collaborative processes and develop communication and problem-solving skills. Students will develop practical and technical skills for performance within wider artistic, social, political and environmental contexts while exploring the best of contemporary theatre practice. Through University of Tasmania Creative Curriculum units, students will have the opportunity to extend their skills through work-integrated learning placements in acclaimed Tasmanian festivals like Dark MOFO, Mona Foma, Ten Days on the Island, The Unconformity or Junction Arts Festival.