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University of Pretoria Yearbook 2023

Bachelor of Drama [BDram] (01130117)


Department School of the Arts
Minimum duration of
3 years
study
Total credits 386
NQF level 07

Programme information
This programme is directed towards the study of performance in relation to theatre, drama/theatre in education,
performing arts management, film and television and the interface between technology and performance. The
programme guides the student towards an understanding of the academic discourses and the practical skills
required to interrogate, create, manage and promote multiple forms of performance.

Admission requirements
Important information for all prospective students for 2023
The admission requirements below apply to all who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a
National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications. Click
here for this Faculty Brochure.
Minimum requirements
Achievement level
APS APS
English Home Language or English First
(Grade (NSC/IEB
Additional Language
11) completed)
Applicants must complete and pass
5
30 28 an audition process.
* To retain admission, you must obtain an APS of at least 28 in the NSC.
Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
You will be considered for final admission to degree studies if space allows, and if you have a National Senior
Certificate (NSC) or equivalent qualification with admission to bachelor’s degree studies, and comply with the
minimum subject requirements as well as the APS requirements of your chosen programme.
Applicants with qualifications other than the abovementioned should refer to the Brochure:
Undergraduate Programme Information 2023: Qualifications other than the NSC and IEB, available at click here.
International students: Click here.
Transferring students
A transferring student is a student who, at the time of applying at the University of Pretoria (UP) is/was a
registered student at another tertiary institution. A transferring student will be considered for admission based

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on NSC or equivalent qualification and previous academic performance. Students who have been dismissed from
other institutions due to poor academic performance will not be considered for admission to UP.
Closing dates: Same as above.
Returning students
A returning student is a student who, at the time of application for a degree programme is/was a registered
student at UP, and wants to transfer to another degree at UP. A returning student will be considered for
admission based on NSC or equivalent qualification and previous academic performance.
Note:
● Students who have been excluded/dismissed from a faculty due to poor academic performance may be
considered for admission to another programme at UP, as per faculty-specific requirements.
● Only ONE transfer between UP faculties and TWO transfers within a faculty will be allowed.
● Admission of returning students will always depend on the faculty concerned and the availability of space in the
programmes for which they apply.
Closing date for applications from returning students
Unless capacity allows for an extension of the closing date, applications from returning students must be
submitted before the end of August via your UP Student Centre.

Additional requirements
Prospective students from other universities, who successfully passed the first year of study, may only register at
the beginning of the second year of study.
Admission is subject to the presentation of a programme, as well as the successful completion of a preliminary
examination.
Audition:
During August the Department conducts an audition (practical and theory) in order to admit the most eligible
candidates to study for this degree. The Department will communicate the date for the audition directly to the
prospective students. The Department reserves the right to exclude a candidate based on the outcome of the
audition.

Other programme-specific information


Note:
● Choices within the particular third-year level modules will be made in consultation with the programme
coordinators and the lecturers involved.
● Productions: Requirements will be determined by the head of department.
Academic literacy
The academic literacy of all students who enrol at the University of Pretoria for the first time and all new students
enrolling with the Faculty of Humanities for the first time will be assessed at the start of the academic year by
means of their NSC marks Grade 12 English mark.
Students who have obtained a mark of 4 or lower in English Home Language are deemed at risk in terms of
academic literacy and must register for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
Students who have obtained a mark of 5 or lower in English First Additional Language are deemed at risk in

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terms of academic literacy and must register for ALL 110 and ALL 125.
All students in the Faculty of Humanities who are not at risk in terms of their academic literacy, are compelled to
obtain at least 12 credits in language modules
Department of English
ENG 110 Introduction to literature in English (I)
ENG 120 Introduction to literature in English (II)
ENG 118 English for specific purposes
Departement Afrikaans
AFR 110 Afrikaanse taalkunde en letterkunde
AFR 120 Afrikaanse taalkunde en letterkunde
AFR 114 Afrikaans vir sprekers van ander tale (I)
Department of African Languages
NDE 110 Introduction to isiNdebele grammar – Capita selecta
* Students who want to take isiNdebele in the second semester, should also register for AFT 121 (African
languages literature: Capita selecta)
ZUL 110 IsiZulu for beginners
ZUL 111 Introduction to isiZulu grammar – Capita selecta
* Students who want to take isiZulu in the second semester, should also register for AFT 121 (African languages
literature: Capita selecta)
SEP 110 Sepedi for beginners
SEP 111 Introduction to Sepedi Grammar – Capita selecta
* Students who want to take Sepedi in the second semester, should also register for AFT 121 (African languages
literature: Capita selecta)
STW 110 Setswana for beginners
STW 111 Introduction to Setswana Grammar – Capita selecta
*Students who want to take Setswana in the second semester, should also register for AFT 121 (African
languages literature: Capita selecta)
Department of Modern European Languages
DTS 104 German for beginners
DTS 113 German: Cultural-professional (1) *Prerequisite: Grade 12 German
FRN 104 French for beginners
FRN 113 French: Cultural-professional (1) *Prerequisite: Grade 12 French
SPN 101 Spanish for beginners
SPN 102 Spanish for beginners
PTG 101 Portuguese for beginners
Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures
HEB 110 Hebrew
LAT 110 Latin
GRK 110 Greek
LANGUAGE GROUPS FOR SELECTION IN PROGRAMMES
Note: Consult the yearbook for module-specific requirements/prerequisites by searching for the relevant
language module.
Module group 1 – Afrikaans
Year level 1

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• As a first language: AFR 110, 120
• For speakers of other languages (also for speakers of other languages who are registered for qualifications in
education and law) AFR 114
Year level 2
• As a first language: AFR 214, AFR 210 ,220
• For students following a programme in education: AFR 214, AFR 220
Year level 3
• As a first language: AFR 311, 321
• For students following a programme in education: Any modules with alpha codes AFR offered at year level 3.
Module group 2 – English
Year level 1
• For special purposes: ENG 118
• For academic purposes: ENG 110, 120
Year level 2
ENG 210, 220
Year level 3
• ENG 310, 320
• ENG 311, 322
Module group 3 – French
Year level 1
• For beginners: FRN 104
• Cultural-professional (for students who have passed French in Grade 12): FRN 113, 123
Year level 2
FRN 211, 221
Year level 3
Cultural-professional: FRN 361, 362, 363, 364
Module group 4 – German
Year level 1
• For beginners: DTS 104
• Cultural-professional (for students who have passed German in Grade 12): DTS 113, 123
Year level 2
DTS 211, 221
Year level 3
Cultural-professional: DTS 361, 362, 363, 364
Module group 5 – Greek
Year level 1
GRK 110, 120
Year level 2
GRK 210, 220
Module group 6 – Hebrew
Year level 1
HEB 110, 120
Year level 2

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HEB 210, 220
Module group 7 – Latin
Year level 1
LAT 110, 120 (students who passed Latin in Grade 12 may start immediately with Latin at year level 2)
Year level 2
LAT 210, 220
Year level 3
LAT 310, 320
Module group 8 – IsiNdebele
Year level 1
For speakers of isiNdebele as home language or first or second additional language
NDE 110, AFT 121
Year level 2
NDE 210, AFT 220
Year level 3
NDE 310, AFT 320
Module group 9 – IsiZulu
Year level 1
• For beginners: ZUL 110, 120
• For speakers of isiZulu as home language or first or second additional language: ZUL 111, AFT 121
Year level 2
• For students who did ZUL 110, 120 at year level 1: ZUL 210, 220
• For students who did AFT 121: ZUL 111 at year level 1: AFT 220, ZUL 211
Year level 3
ZUL 310, AFT 320
Module group 10 – Sepedi
Year level 1
• For beginners: SEP 110,120
• For speakers of Sepedi as home language or first or second additional language: SEP 111, AFT 121
Year level 2
• For students who did SEP 110, 120 at year level 1: SEP 210, 220
• For students who did AFT 121, SEP 111 at year level 1: AFT 220, SEP 211
Year level 3
SEP 310, AFT 320
Module group 11 – Setswana
Year level 1
• For beginners: STW 110, 120
• For speakers of Setswana as home language or first or second additional language: STW 111, AFT 121
Year level 2
• For students who did STW 110, 120 at year level 1: STW 210, 220
• For students who did AFT 121, STW 111 at year level 1: AFT 220, STW 211
Year level 3
STW 310, AFT 320

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Module group 12 – Spanish
Year level 1
For beginners: SPN 101, 102
Year level 2
SPN 211, 221
Year level 3
SPN 311, 321
Module group 13 – Portuguese
Year level 1
• For beginners: PTG 101
• Portuguese language and culture (for students who have passed Portuguese in Gr 12): PTG 113, 123
Year level 2
PTG 211, 221
Year level 3
PTG 311, 321

Promotion to next study year


Promotion to the second year of study:
Obtain 12 credits from the fundamental modules, including all ALL modules, as well as 50 credits from the core
modules in the first year of study.
Promotion to the third year of study:
Obtain all first-year credits as well as 90 credits from the second year.
Any deviation from these requirements may only be done subject to the approval of the Dean, on the
recommendation of the head of department.

Pass with distinction


A student must obtain a weighted average of at least 75% (not rounded) in all the theoretical modules as well as
75% in the TNP praxis module at third-year level.

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Curriculum: Year 1
Minimum credits: 100

Fundamental modules
Academic information management 111 (AIM 111)
Module credits 4.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Service modules
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Information Science
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Find, evaluate, process, manage and present information resources for academic purposes using appropriate
technology.

Academic information management 121 (AIM 121)


Module credits 4.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Service modules Faculty of Law
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Informatics

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Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
Apply effective search strategies in different technological environments. Demonstrate the ethical and fair use of
information resources. Integrate 21st-century communications into the management of academic information.

Academic literacy 110 (ALL 110)


Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 05
Faculty of Health Sciences
Service modules
Faculty of Theology and Religion
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Unit for Academic Literacy
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
This module intends to equip students to cope more confidently and competently with the reading and
understanding of a variety of texts, to apply these skills in a variety of contexts and to follow the conventions of
academic writing.

Academic literacy for Humanities 125 (ALL 125)


Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 05
Service modules Faculty of Health Sciences
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Unit for Academic Literacy
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
This module equips students to understand and use a range of discipline-specific terminology; apply the
strategies of critical and comprehensive reading to their own academic literacy; apply the conventions of
academic writing to their own writing, using the process approach, to produce intelligible academic texts and
use the correct referencing technique as required by the faculty.

Academic orientation 101 (UPO 101)


Module credits 0.00

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NQF Level 00
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Humanities Deans Office
Period of presentation Year

Core modules
Drama and film studies 110 (DFK 110)
Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
The languages of drama and film
This module introduces the languages of drama and film as well as approaches to drama and film analysis. In
addition, historical and contemporary drama and film theories will be used to read various drama and film texts.
A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016.

Drama and film studies 120 (DFK 120)


Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites DFK 110
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Drama and film genres: This module introduces the notion of genre as part of a wider concept of narrative
building and storytelling in both drama and film. Different types of genre are introduced and discussed with
regard to film and drama and furthermore linked to the idea of emerging identities in contemporary storytelling.
All these parts are conceptually introduced and provide an introduction to reading, interpretation and giving
meaning to various discourses in film and drama narratives.

A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016

Live and digital performance studies 111 (SBT 111)


Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Text analysis and performance
The self in relation to role, character, persona, embodiment and the creation of performance metaphors will be
explored through analysis of prose, poetry and drama texts in order to establish a relationship between
structural and aesthetic contents of the text and the construction of meaning in performance.

Live and digital performance studies 122 (SBT 122)


Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Bodied Spaces
This module explores the ways in which the elements of scenography engage with the body to make meaning in
a theatrical performance. The course demonstrates how visual codes can be used as narrative devices and how
components of the spatial field can be used to support the primacy of the body as a maker of meaning in
theatrical performance.

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Performance studies:Praxis 110 (TNP 110)
Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 05
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time Twelve times per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Year
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*Students have to pass all components of this module in order to be promoted to the next year level
Basic techniques of acting will be introduced. Aspects of self, other and space will be explored and applied by
means of acting exercises, theatre games, improvisation and interpretation of applicable material. The notions
of storytelling/narrative/playmaking/construction and interpretation/recreation will be explored.
The module further introduces experiential somatics for the actor and performer. Students will engage with the
building blocks of body/voice integration towards the safe, interactive and heightened use of the body and voice
in performance. Students will apply these building blocks in discipline-specific skills training and in performance,
including acting.

Theatre studies: Theory 111 (TNT 111)


Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Performing arts management
In this module students will be introduced to the current state of the performing arts in South Africa. Students
will explore the language and technical aspects of theatre. It includes the processes involved with creation and
performance of theatre productions. Focus will be placed on the ways in which the creative vision of the director
is supported and manifested, to consolidate the aesthetical quality and conceptual framing of the production.
The skills and responsibilities of the technical and creative theatre practitioners will be explored and put into
context.

Theatre studies: Theory 122 (TNT 122)


Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 05

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Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Theatre and performance studies
In this module students will explore the fundamental principles of role play and important elements are
identified and described. The framing of a role play in various social, cultural and political arenas and the
strategies applied forms the point of departure for this investigation. Students develop the skills to draw lines
from the duality of text as well as life during the process of character development.

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Curriculum: Year 2
Minimum credits: 126

Core modules
Drama and film studies 210 (DFK 210)
Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites DFK 120
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Historical modes of Western performance
The module involves a study of the socio-political contexts of Western Classical and Renaissance theatre,
redirecting the focus to the notion of violence in performance during the age of Enlightenment.
A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016.

Drama and film studies 220 (DFK 220)


Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites DFK 210
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Realism and contemporary South African performance
Concepts of naturalism and realism will be interrogated in relation to dramatic texts and performance values in
both drama and film. Ways in which dramatic realism emerges from and reflects historical perspectives since
the "Age of Reason" will be offered. Against this background, the concept of "realism" will be interrogated in
relation to performance texts and performance values in the emergence of interdisciplinary framework of
performance studies. Ways in which dramatic realism emerges from and reflects historical perspectives will be
offered and discussed, so as to draw connections between realism, and contemporary South African
performance.
A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016.

Live and digital performance studies 211 (SBT 211)


Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Performance: body/ voice studies
There are many points of convergence between the foundational principles of various voice and body movement
pedagogies for performers. These commonalties pivot around the organic principles of kinesiology and vocology
(function) that can be applied to performance (expression). This module will identify these common principles
across a range of voice and body movement pedagogies and explore the ways in which they inform
performance.

Live and digital performance studies 222 (SBT 222)


Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Digital media
This module trains students to utilise available hardware and software used in filmmaking processes. With its
emphasis on camera and editing technologies, the module introduces students to studies of mise-en-scene,
decoupage and haptic criticism in engaging with the visual image. Students will also be introduced to radio as
medium for fiction by interrogating the dynamics and processes of radio as a medium for communicating fiction.

Community arts in practice 210 (SOA 210)


Module credits 6.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 other contact session per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Year
Module content
Programme-specific execution of a community-related project.

Performance studies: Praxis 210 (TNP 210)


Module credits 30.00
NQF Level 06
Prerequisites TNP 110 + DS
Contact time Sixteen times per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Year
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*Students have to pass all components of this module in order to be promoted to the next year level
Performance techniques will be explored and located within selected modes of performance linked to the notions
of enactment and embodiment by way of acting exercises, improvisation and interpretation of suitable material.
Students will further apply somatic principles to various modes of performance involving the heightened use of
the body and voice in the context of discipline specific skills training. This module will facilitate the development
of heightened physical and vocal dynamics in expression and communication in performance.

Theatre studies: Theory 211 (TNT 211)


Module credits 15.00

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NQF Level 06
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Directing
In this module students will interrogate the ritual mode of performance as the embodiment of self-expression
versus role-play as a representational mode of performance. The purpose of the course is to explore the
dialectical notion between these differentiated modes of performance and directing. The aim is also to
conceptualise the dynamic position of the director in the application of a multidimensional approach to the
process of directing.

Theatre studies: Theory 222 (TNT 222)


Module credits 15.00
NQF Level 06
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
Applied theatre
The module investigates the use of theatre as methodology and participatory practise in a variety of socio-
cultural and educational contexts. The module frames applied theatre as a medium of communication that
stimulates action, reflection and transformation. The module culminates in practical applied theatre
programmes.

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Curriculum: Final year
Minimum credits: 160

Core modules
Drama and film studies 310 (DFK 310)
Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites DFK 220
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
Reading cultural representation
Against the framework of post-colonialism, issues of signification, representation and meaning in performance
will be considered in relation to selected theoretical approaches to performance and their concern with gender
in theatre and film. Representation and subjectivity and how they are revealed as gendered fictions rather than
"natural", inevitable realities will be explored through various drama and film texts. The student will explore how
the body, as codified cultural product, can become a symbolic battleground for cultural supremacy in and
through performance.
A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016.

Drama and film studies 320 (DFK 320)


Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites DFK 310
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
Counter discourses
Social relations, material conditions, discursive practices, identity and representational structures will be studied
in relation to Marxist Materialism, cross-cultural theatre, postmodern discourse and post-theory ideas. Key
figures and ideas from relevant critical theory will guide an interrogation of popular performance and cinema as
well as non-dominant cinemas and modes of performance.

A & B: For students who enrolled for the BA Drama programme prior to 2016, as well as for students entering
the BDram programme in 2016.

Live and digital performance studies 311 (SBT 311)


Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites SBT 211
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 1

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Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*This module offers a choice between writing for stage and film and intermediate body, voice and movement
studies
Performance: intermediate body/voice studies
This module investigates selected voice and body movement pedagogies related to physical theatre, dance,
theatre voice, acting and music theatre in depth. Referring to the common principles amongst these
pedagogies, the module further explores the differing ways in which each pedagogical approach engages with
these common principles in a performance context.
or
Writing for stage and film
Writing allows a choice between writing for stage and screenwriting. These options are exclusive from one
another.
Admission requirements: to register for this option of SBT 311 you need to have successfully completed DFK
110, 120, 210 and 220.
Screenwriting (one quarter) introduces students to narrative construction and narrative theory that draws mostly
on classical dominant story modes. Certain film and television texts will be studied in order to guide discussions
and analyses of the narrative modes and genres under discussion.
Intermediate screenwriting (one quarter) immediately follows basic screenwriting and explores alternative
narrative modes that deviate from and subvert dominant storytelling modes. Critical theory will guide students
in explorations of seminal film movements and their positions in film studies with direct relevance for
screenwriting.
The writing for stage component of this module takes on the notion of play and improvisation as a key to
activate creative impulses within the practice of writing for stage. Theatre Sport's improvisational skills will be
explored along with other methods of writing that articulate ideas of "play". Improvisation is the key
dramaturgical focus of method and practice that suggests ways of unleashing creativity, play and observational
skills as a fundamental to the world of storytelling. The module then moves to writing as and from the self as in
autobiographical and testimony writing/theatre. Themes of obsession, witnessing, time, space and identities will
be explored. The module will culminate in written and performed monologues.

Live and digital performance studies 322 (SBT 322)


Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites SBT 222
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2

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Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*This module offers a choice between intermediate digital media and presenting for the media
Intermediate digital media
This module explores the use of technology and media in film and theatre through a conceptual engagement
with notions of intermedial performance and frameworks of non-fiction filmmaking. Selected case studies guide
an interrogation of intermedial performance theory while also engaging with image ontologies.
or
Presenting for the media
This module will focus on advanced radio techniques and TV presentation within the broader context of the
South African digital media practices.

Performance studies: Praxis 310 (TNP 310)


Module credits 40.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites TNP 210+DS
Contact time Twenty times per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Year

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Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*Students have to pass all components of this module in order to be promoted to the next year level
Live performance and digital performance
This module employs the notions of making, appreciating and performing to explore selected modes of
contemporary live theatrical performance as well as performance for the digital media.
This module further offers discipline specific skills training in relation to selected voice and body movement
pedagogies in the context of making, appreciating and performing. Students need to select two of the four
available skills training options (physical theatre/dance; singing voice, theatre voice, movement for the actor) in
consultation with lecturers.
This module consolidates the conceptual, vocal and physical skills acquired in the previous two years and
focuses on the application of heightened physicality and vocality in performance.
NOTE:
Students will have to align their TNP 310 praxis choices with their choices within each third-year level theory
module. Choices within TNP 310 are:
● Performance (Acting)
● Theatre voice
● Singing
● Movement for the actor
● Physical theatre and dance
● Digital media
● Directing/Theatre making
● Writing for stage and film
● Music theatre (musical theatre and cabaret)
● Radio
● Camera acting
Students who want to proceed to the Drama department's honours programme need to consider the following:
● DRA 702 (Performance studies) needs Performance (Acting), Theatre voice and Movement for the actor as
entry level requirements
● DRA 705 (Physical theatre) needs Performance (Acting), Physical theatre and Theatre voice as entry level
requirements
● Musical theatre needs Physical theatre and dance, Performance (Acting) and Singing as entry level
requirements
● Cabaret needs Performance (Acting), Movement for the actor and Singing. (TNT 211 and TNT 311 [Directing]
will be favourable)

Theatre studies: Theory 311 (TNT 311)


Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites TNT 211 or TNT 222
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts

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Period of presentation Semester 1
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*This module offers a choice between Applied drama and Intermediate directing
Applied drama
The module investigates the use of drama as methodology in educational, community and corporate contexts.
The interface between applied theatre and applied drama will be explored. The module culminates in a practical
project.
or
Intermediate directing
This module investigates the notions of concept, space, style, method and aesthetic in order to harness a praxis
in directing. The module aims to activate conceptualisation skills and refers to contemporary directing
methodologies in its aim to develop a directorial praxis. The module further provides the opportunities to begin
to develop a distinctive directing style and voice while studying contemporary directing methods and concepts.
The module culminates in a short directing scene.

Theatre studies: Theory 322 (TNT 322)


Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 07
Prerequisites TNT 111 or TNT 122
Contact time 3 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department School of the Arts
Period of presentation Semester 2
Module content
*Closed – only for BDram students
*This module offers a choice between intermediate performance studies and intermediate performing arts
management
Intermediate performing arts management: Managing the production and managing the artist
Being subjected to constant flux and change, the current state of the performing arts industry in South Africa (as
introduced in TNT 111), will be reconsidered in this module. Aspects of production management, including
organisation and administration, the writing of proposals and budgeting for productions/performances will be
investigated. To enable students to secure a career in the industry, they will be introduced to the notion of
managing the self/the artist as a business/product. This will include, amongst others, negotiating contracts,
compilation of CVs and portfolios and preparation for interviews and auditions (interacting with TNP 310).
or
Intermediate theatre and performance studies
In this module students will explore and interrogate selected western and non-western theories, paradigms and
practices of actor and performer training with particular emphasis on embodiment by the performer. The work of
key contemporary practitioners will be examined in order to establish how their training systems and
approaches relate to performance traditions and how they have changed our perception of the artist's
body/instrument in contemporary performance.

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Regulations and rules
The regulations and rules for the degrees published here are subject to change and may be amended
after the publication of this information.

The General Academic Regulations (G Regulations) and General Student Rules apply to all faculties and
registered students of the University, as well as all prospective students who have accepted an offer of
a place at the University of Pretoria. On registering for a programme, the student bears the
responsibility of ensuring that they familiarise themselves with the General Academic Regulations
applicable to their registration, as well as the relevant faculty-specific and programme-specific
regulations and information as stipulated in the relevant yearbook. Ignorance concerning these
regulations will not be accepted as an excuse for any transgression, or basis for an exception to any of
the aforementioned regulations.

University of Pretoria Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) verification project


The higher education sector has undergone an extensive alignment to the Higher Education Qualification Sub-
Framework (HEQF) across all institutions in South Africa. In order to comply with the HEQSF, all institutions are
legally required to participate in a national initiative led by regulatory bodies such as the Department of Higher
Education and Training (DHET), the Council on Higher Education (CHE), and the South African Qualifications
Authority (SAQA). The University of Pretoria is presently engaged in an ongoing effort to align its qualifications
and programmes with the HEQSF criteria. Current and prospective students should take note that changes to UP
qualification and programme names, may occur as a result of the HEQSF initiative. Students are advised to
contact their faculties if they have any questions.

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