The B.A. (Drama and Theatre Arts) degree is market-related and outcomes-based. Graduated students are equipped for a career as senior professional actor; director; designer; writer; technical theatre consultant for amateur or professional stage, television, film or community work; director and actor in industrial theatre projects in the private sector; cultural worker within the community; radio presenter; voice artist; tutor of drama and theatre in private studios; school teacher; college lecturer; and, with further qualifications, a university lecturer.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 year full time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subject:
- Introduction to drama and theatre as an art form
- Drama and theatre semiotics
- History and text analysis of the classic to the renaissance periods
- Theatre genres, styles and acting techniques
- Mime and movement
- Technical theatre terminology and practice
- Acting techniques
- Basic speech theory and practice
- Practical theatre programme: planning and execution
Second year subjects:
- Technical theatre: décor, props, sound and lighting
- Fantasy and children’s theatre
- Theatre make-up
- Theatre costumes
- Theatre practice
- Neo-classical and romantic theatre
- Realistic theatre
Third year subjects:
- South African theatre: history and theory
- South African theatre: text analysis
- South African theatre: design
- South African theatre: casting procedures
- African theatre: technical aspects
- African theatre: directing and performance
- Avant Garde theatre: design
- Avant Garde theatre: history and theory
- Avant Garde theatre: technical aspects
- Avant Garde theatre: directing and performance
- Theatre criticism
- Radio techniques
- Television
Careers: actor; director; designer; writer; technical theatre consultant.
Source: www.ufs.ac.za