Our courses information
Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.
- Location:
Mt Lawley - Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time - Delivery Mode:
On-campus - Duration:
1.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time - Faculty:
Education and Arts - School:
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - Code:
V96 - CRICOS:
060855M
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Bachelor of Arts (Performing Arts)
A flexible conversion programme for students who wish to pursue further studies in the creative arts or to access the profession from another perspective, usually as alternatives to mainstream practices.
Provides the arts industry with graduates who possess a high level of creativity balanced with administrative skills, a broad knowledge of the contemporary arts environment and inquiring minds that will enable them to function as self-motivated artists with intelligence, effectiveness and initiative.
Encourages self-initiative within collaborative environments and situates creative arts experiences within social, political and cultural dimensions.
Develops graduates with skills in communication, imaginative and critical thinking, problem solving, research and analysis and the initiative for greater flexibility to pursue careers in contemporary multi-arts environments.
Students will develop, produce and market projects as part of their course. In doing so they will achieve an appropriate understanding and awareness of artistic processes as research.
Admission requirements
In addition to minimum requirements, the following is required:
Applicants must have completed a vocational education and training or associate degree programme in the performing arts (Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts from WAAPA or equivalent Associate Diploma from other institutions) and have achieved distinction within their principal skills training practice.
Related careers
Actor, Actress, Performer, Entertainer,