Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre)

About this Course

Provides technical training in singing, music skills, specific dance forms, improvisation, and acting, including acting for the camera.

The course also provides the opportunity for student performers to acquire specialist skills such as the creation and production of self-devised material, arts management and musical skills such as accompanying.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.

Course Entry

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

• Academic Admission requirements (Band 3)

  The following course-specific admission requirements are mandatory and must be satisfied by all applicants. These requirements are in addition to or supersede the minimum requirements outlined within the Academic admission requirements band section below.

  All applicants are required to attend an audition. In accordance with ECU's Admissions Policy, applicants are required to participate in an audition process (or supply specific audition material) in order to demonstrate capability as required for the course. Additionally applicants must attend an interview. The audition and interview are comprehensive, information relating to requirements and procedures is available from WAAPA.

  For more information, including guidelines for specific disciplines, please see our Interviews, folios and auditions web page.

  All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

  • AQF Cert IV;
  • Successfully completed 0.25 EFTSL of study at bachelor level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
  • Undergraduate Certificate;
  • Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test;*
  • University Preparation Course;*
  • Indigenous University Orientation Course; or*
  • Experience Based Entry Scheme.*

  * Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.

  For international students, requirements include your secondary school results.

Applications for this course are not accepted through ECU's Experience Based Entry Scheme.

Career Opportunities

This course prepares graduates to enter the performing arts industry as elite practitioners with skills and knowledge in music theatre. Transferrable skills provide graduates the potential to pursue work as administrators, producers, directors, choreographers, writers, as well as performers in other media including film and television, radio, broadcasting, commercials and promotional work. Practical applications of skills and knowledge in simulated workplace environments throughout the course ensure that graduates are ready for work.

Possible future job titles

Actor, Singer, Performer, Entertainer, Dancer, Music Theatre, Musical Theatre, Broadway, Writer, Cabaret