Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Performing Arts

Course Content

This is a practical course which has options in Dance, Drama, Music and Mime. Units include:

• Performing Arts Business
• Acting Auditions
• Mime
• Performing to an Audience
• Physical Theatre
• Live Performance Workshop
• Dance Performance
• Deputy Stage Management
• Theatre for Children
• Music Performance Techniques

If you are accepted onto this course without a Grade C or above in Maths and/or English you will be required to complete the relevant Essential Skills qualification. This will be a compulsory part of your timetable.

Course Aims

• Obtain a qualification equivalent to 3 A Levels.
• Learn about employment opportunities.
• Develop skills needed to start or progress in a career.
• Develop a range of personal skills and attitudes.

Special Features

• Coursework is a major percentage of the overall assessment in the majority of units in year 1 and 2
• Students have the opportunity to improve their existing skills as well as learning new skills.
• All students take classes in all aspects of Performing Arts.

Assessment Methods

• Case studies, assignments and work-based assessments, along with projects, performance observation and time-constrained assessments.
• Assignments are designed using realistic scenarios which give students the opportunity to make maximum use of practical activities as part of their continuous assessment.
• Students will perform in full-scale productions two to three times per year, as well as being part of a touring company travelling with their Roadshow to local schools.