- Last updated:
- 16 January 2019
Version 1.1
Overview
About Drama
Drama fosters creative and expressive communication. It interrogates the human experience by investigating, communicating and embodying stories, experiences, emotions and ideas that reflect the human experience. It engages students in imaginative meaning-making processes and involves them using a range of artistic skills as they make and respond to dramatic works.
Subject summary
| Subject type | Assessment | QCE credits | Contributes to ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| General |
Internal assessment (75%) External assessment (25%) | Up to 4 | Yes |
What will students learn?
In studying Drama, students will learn:
- how drama promotes shared understandings of the human experience
- how drama is shaped to reflect lived experience
- how drama can be used to challenge our understanding of humanity
- how dramatic practice can be transformed.
How will students be assessed?
Students will complete the following assessments:
- performance (20%)
- project — dramatic concept (20%)
- project — practice-led project (35%)
- examination — extended response (25%).
Where can Drama lead?
Studying Drama can lead to:
- arts administration and management
- communication
- education
- public relations
- research
- science and technology.
More information
Email Drama@qcaa.qld.edu.au or phone (07) 3120 6120.
The Arts
- Arts in Practice (2019)
- Dance (2019)
- Dance in Practice (2019)
- Drama (2019)
- Drama in Practice (2019)
- Film, Television & New Media (2019)
- Media Arts in Practice (2019)
- Music (2019)
- Music Extension (Composition) (2020)
- Music Extension (Musicology) (2020)
- Music Extension (Performance) (2020)
- Music in Practice (2019)
- Visual Art (2019)
- Visual Arts in Practice (2019)