Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film (BDTF)

Description

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Programme Objectives

• To offer theatre and film education that responds to the demands of the Twenty-first Century at different levels: local community, national, regional and globally.
• To offer an education with transferable skills that can enable the Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film graduates to create jobs.
• To produce all-round graduates that are critical, adaptive, reflective, reflexive, and aware of their society and surrounding phenomena and environment.
• To contribute to the aims and objectives of Uganda’s national development goals, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set forth by the United Nations (UN), the UNESCO Convention for safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of 2003, as well as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
• To train students to be arts entrepreneurs who understand the history and background of Uganda’s and the rest of the world’s Theatre and film industry.
• To equip students with research skills that are applicable in the performing, film and leisure arts.

Programme Outcomes

1. Graduates with theatre and film skills that are responsive to the demands of the performing, creative and screen arts industry of the Twenty- first century.
2. Graduates with transferable skills that can enable them to create jobs, which is an urgent intervention that is needed to propel Uganda’s economy.
3. All-round graduates that are critical, adaptive, reflective, reflexive to, and aware of their society and surrounding phenomena and environment.
4. Graduates that will contribute to the aims and objectives of Uganda’s national development goals, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) set forth by the United
5. Nations (UN), the UNESCO Convention for safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of 2003, as well as the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
6. Enterprising graduates who understand the history and background of Uganda’s and the global Theatre and film industry.
7. Graduates with research skills that are applicable in the performing, film and leisure arts.

Employment Prospects

The BDTF graduates have career projections that include but are not limited to the following

areas:

i)Creative Writing

1. Television Camera Operators, Producers (Film and Theatre)

iii) Arts Administrators

1. Community Arts Educators and Consultants
2. Film Directors
3. Talent Developers and Managers

vii) Production designers (Theatre, film, Television)

viii) Theatre and Film criticism

1. Curation and Documentation
2. Lights and Sound Managers
3. Festival Organisers

xii) Film and Theatre Events Managers

Conduct of the Programme

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Target Group

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Duration

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Tuition

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Admission Requirements

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Course Categorisation

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