ATS3094 · Preparing for careers in the performing arts industry

Overview

This unit examines fundamental aspects of the Australian performing arts sector, focusing on the development of skills, knowledge and ways of working that will support your transition from study to industry. You will undertake a range of practical, research-led and reflective industry-focused tasks designed to enhance your self-awareness, your knowledge of the sector and your capacity for career planning and decision-making. Through industry-relevant learning activities and assessment tasks, you will discover how adaptability, independence and enterprise can help you design a unique professional identity and personalised career pathway.

Areas of study: Composition and music technology Ethnomusicology and musicology Music Music performance Critical performance studies

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify and analyse key issues that influence work opportunities and career pathways in the Australian performing arts sector.
2. evaluate persuasive communication techniques and apply these through industry-focused tasks.
3. apply career transition strategies (self-awareness, occupational awareness, decision-making and planning) to professional goals
4. reflect on how you might apply the core employability skills of adaptability, independence and enterprise during the course of your career.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.