Programme 01130117
Programme 01130117
Programme 01130117
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.