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Sunway Diploma of Performing Arts curriculum includes two major disciplines: theatre and film. Students spend two years actively developing their knowledge and developing their essential skills in both disciplines: onstage, backstage, in front of the camera, and behind the scenes. A different, experienced, and dynamic faculty that reflects current industry practices supports students. Students study with demonstrations, practical sessions, tutorials, viewings, conversations, performances, and field trips in addition to lectures. Students are encouraged to establish their own voice and to evaluate their own work. They also have several opportunity to create for the present.
| Intakes | April |
| Duration | 2 Years |
Program Structure
Sunway Diploma of Performing Arts is a three years program and its curriculum is as following.
Year 1
- Improvisation
- Theatre Practices
- Introduction to Audio-Visual Production
- Cinema Studies
- Professional Skills
- Audio-Visual Production
- Thought & Writing
- Media & Culture
- Script Writing
- Acting & Text
- Theatre Project
- Production Management
Year2
- Production Design Theory
- Modern Theatre
- Directing for the Camera
- Audio-Visual Post-Production
- Career Management
- Malaysian Arts & Culture
- World Cinema
- Collaborative Screen Production Project or Collaborative Stage Production Project
- Community Service
- Internship
MOHE Compulsory General Subjects
Local Student
- Appreciation of Ethics and Civilization
- Moral Education / Islamic Studies
- Community Service
- Bahasa Kebangsaan A (applicable to students who did not sit for SPM or did not obtain a Credit in SPM Bahasa Malaya)
International Student
- Malay Language for Communication 2
- Moral Education / Islamic Studies
- Community Service
Entry Requirements
- SPM / O-Level
Pass with minimum 3 credits (including a pass in Art /Technical Drawing / Portfolio) - UEC
Pass with minimum 3 Grade Bs (including a pass in Art /Technical Drawing / Portfolio)
General Requirements
- Any other equivalent qualifications
Applicant with no standard qualification will be considered on a case-to-case basis
English Requirements
- IELTS or equivalent 5.0
Career Options
- Actor/Performer, Various Platforms
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Assistant Director
- Production Designer
- Production Editor
- Stage manager
- Production Manager
- Production Researcher
- Scriptwriter
- Playwright
- Technical Crew
