Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Creative Arts (Drama) requires 1 year of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time). The course specialisation is offered by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.The course specialisation articulates with the 18 unit Graduate Certificate in Creative Arts (Visual Effects) and the 72 unit Master … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program of study overview

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
English Language requirements

Aims

The course specialisation aims to provide a high quality postgraduate program in which writers, actors, directors and producers can enhance their creative and practical skills within a framework of academic study. It fulfils the need for professional studies in drama at postgraduate level.

In particular, the course allows students to undertake a highly flexible one-year program where they can acquire relevant creative, practical and academic skills that prepare them for a range of possible career and study pathways.

The Graduate Diploma can function as qualifying studies enabling students to continue on to the second year of the Master of Creative Arts where they focus on a sustained creative project (thesis) in their chosen art form.

Further study towards a research degree is then possible. The Graduate Diploma also provides the option for students to conclude their studies after the first year and exit with a degree.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:
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Demonstrate the refined creative skills required by professional practitioners in the creative industries and show evidence of creativity by producing original work
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Demonstrate enhanced conceptual and interpretive skills necessary for producing and promoting original work and solve complex problems as part of this process
3.
Demonstrate high-level knowledge of and the practical skills to apply the processes involved in producing creative work
4.
Analyse and critically evaluate ideas, and set and solve research problems
5.
Demonstrate effective participation in a creative team
6.
Work within employment structures in a chosen field and identify and pursue some of the employment opportunities available in the creative industries

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