Thursday, April 16, 2009

Why Theatre/Media at CSU in Bathurst?

Study drama, theatre production, digital media, scriptwriting, event management, and multiple forms of role performance. Theatre/Media graduates can be found throughout the entertainment, communication, information, and education industries - working on diverse cultural enterprises - within Australia and in many overseas locations.

UAC Listing: Bachelor of Communication (Theatre/Media)  -  UAC course code 211287

LINKS to FURTHER INFORMATION:
  • The Theatre/Media Twitter site gives you dozens of mini-blogs with links to stories about what our graduates are currently doing - and the many exciting and challenging projects they have engaged.
  • Are you on Facebook? If so, the Theatre/Media Facebook site provides you with more information about what our graduates do - and the discussion board gives you information and links to websites and articles that tell you about the types of the contribution that Theatre/Media graduates are making to diverse entertainment, communication, and information industries throughout Australia and in many overseas locations. This Facebook site is designed to give you further insights into the character of the Theatre/Media course at CSU in Bathurst.
This is a course for people who seek an active and productive career in the arts and design-based world of entertainment, communication and information.

An imaginative blend of:
* Innovative theatre making
* Improvising
* Devising
* Scripting
* Designing
* Producing
* Managing

Creative Use of Digital Media:
* Mediated performance
* Video
* Multimedia
* Website development
* Communication skills
* Researching
* Writing
* Publishing
* Marketing

Graduates work as administrators in sponsorship, publicity, marketing and box office management in both mainstream and alternative theatre.

They are event managers for local councils, workshop presenters for community groups and festivals; academics in universities and drama teachers in high schools. They own and operate their own commercial businesses. They are parents.

Their skills in the imaginative use of contemporary digital technology and new forms of social media make them keenly sought by employers.

They are creative producers - as production managers, writers, researchers, archivists, directors, arts officers, announcers, performers, designers, festival directors, video production personnel, website developers, journalists, and youth theatre facilitators.

With the addition of a DipEd they are drama teachers.