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Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)

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The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) is a future-focused program nurturing the next generation of culturally aware actors for the international stage and screens.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
3 years full-time
Course Code
094861K
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Mar

About this course

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) is a future-focused program nurturing the next generation of culturally aware actors for the international stage and screens.

The course offers intensive studio-based actor training that uses a conservatoire-style approach to prepare you to work across all areas of the profession for stage, screen and digital media, including animation and gaming.

The structure of the course allows intensive skills training and practice to take place alongside rehearsal processes and a wide variety of performance situations. With small class sizes in a studio-based environment, you will develop a creative methodology and sense of self in your artistic practice, working in concentrated workshop environments and on public productions and showings.

Breadth subjects at each year level enable you to explore cross disciplinary studies from the wider University community, accessing multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills that will build on existing knowledge or present opportunities for you to investigate and develop new interests.

Entry requirements

Units 3 & 4: A study score of at least 25 in English/English Language/Literature or at least 30 in EAL.

Study locations

Southbank

What you will learn

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) is a three-year full-time degree that provides you with an intensive studio-based learning environment at the Victorian College of the Arts where you will develop holistically as an actor.

The program focuses on the rigorous preparation of actors working across all areas of the profession for stage, screen and digital media, exposing you to current cultural and methodological practices in the profession. It offers you the opportunity to engage in national and international engagement projects, building on existing expertise and approaches to industry readiness for the autonomous, ensemble and company actor.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) will enable you to enter the profession with effective clarity, preparedness and skills. The structure of the course allows intensive skills training and practice to take place alongside rehearsal processes and a wide variety of performance situations.

Collaborative practice is regarded as an important element of contemporary theatre and is therefore integral to our training. Our graduates work at all levels of the theatre, film and television industries, and are renowned for their capacity to work creatively and collaboratively in both traditional and ground-breaking performance contexts. Graduates establish careers in professional theatre, community arts and education, film, television, radio, new media and education.

Career pathways

Careers

Our graduates work at all levels of the theatre, film and television industries, and are renowned for their capacity to work creatively and collaboratively, in both traditional and ground-breaking performance contexts. Students establish careers in professional theatre, community arts and education, film, television, radio, new media and education.

If the world's your stage, gain a career in a diverse range of fields, including:

  • Professional theatre
  • Community arts & education
  • Film
  • Television
  • Radio
  • New media
  • Education

How to apply

Domestic students

There are three components to the application process:

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Creative Arts courses at University of Melbourne.
74.6%
Overall satisfaction
77.4%
Skill scale
71.2%
Teaching scale
47.3%
Employed full-time
$52.2k
Average salary