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Workshops and master classes for Interdisciplinary artistic learning experience.
Highly practical, and actively immerse in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary practice to enter the competitive industry.
Includes a wide range of specialisms, including acting, dance, voice, music, etc.

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Programme Overview

This programme has been designed on the Learning Outcomes Curriculum Framework under UGC guidelines, offering flexibility within the programme's structure while ensuring a strong foundation and in-depth knowledge of the discipline. The learning outcome-based curriculum ensures its suitability to the present-day needs of the student towards higher education and employment. The Programme of Performing Arts aims to provide better education to equip future artists to achieve the highest levels of professional ability, in a learning atmosphere that fosters universal human values through the Performing Arts. The Programme of Performing Arts at Assam down town University is now offering a bachelor's programme with four specializations as Vocal music, Instrumental music percussion (Tabla), Theatre Art and Bharatnatyam.

Programme Educational Outcomes

To acquire the knowledge of specific art forms to a satisfactory level to join a higher degree.
To explore the new composition, direction methods and choreography in pursuit of new creativities.
To monumentalize the classical performing arts based on the Guru-Sishya Parampara (teacher-disciple tradition).
To translate the new innovative ideas in the form of developing new reference books, research and documents, photographs and audio-video recordings etc.

Programme Outcomes

Practical Knowledge: Gather practical knowledge and experience to Analyze, interpret and assess their compositions/Choreographies/production, music performances, instruments, and views on their field of study.
Social responsibilities: Develop a sense of responsibility and ability to protect the glorious tradition of Indian culture.
Proficiency: Use modern and latest technologies to enhance the quality of personal performance as well as overall enhancement of the entertainment industry.
Research: Design work for the development while exploring the new dimensions of Dance/Music/Theatre and other Performing Arts and set up educational institutes in these fields.
Communication Skill: Enhance skills in creating and nourishing interpersonal and group relationships with virtual and physical audiences.

Programme Specific Outcomes

To apply theoretical and practical knowledge in the various performing Arts specializations such as Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Dance, and Theatre.
To acquire a high standard of moral and ethical values in life with the practising part of performing arts focusing on the medium of entertainment and for proper channelization of emotions.
To apply the appropriate programme for further learning, and participate in seminars and conferences.
To Perform in any reputed events, music festivals and Theatre festivals.
To Direct and produce relevant products for the entertainment industry.

Curriculum Details

Odd Semester

This is the programme's first semester.

Courses for this semester

FUNDAMENTALS OF PERFORMING ARTS

Course Overview

The basic aim of the course is to cover the general overview of Performing Arts. The student will learn about the concepts and theoretical knowledge about Performing Arts profession and practice.

Course Outcomes

Will learn the significance of fine arts, visual arts, and performance arts
Learn about the evolution of dance music and drama
Will learn to appreciate art forms.

PERFORMING ARTS PRACTICAL

Course Overview

This course aims at introducing the students with some basic concepts in varied fields of performing arts with practice in the field of drama, dance, and music.

Course Outcomes

The students will learn basic hand and slokas used in Indian Classical Dance
The students will learn the different aspects of acting
The students will understand the basic concept on types of Hindustani music

CONCEPT OF DANCE DRAMA & MUSIC

Course Overview

The basic aim of the course is to cover the general overview of dance, drama and music . The student will learn about the concepts and aspects of dance ,drama and music and its relevance in the field of Performing Arts.

Course Outcomes

Learn about terms like- Sangeet, Laya, Raag, Jati, Taal, Matra, Sam, Khali
Learn the origin and difference of the dances of Shiva and Krishna.
Learn about the elements of drama.

INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Course Overview

The course is used to satisfy the social science masters requirement. This course is an introduction to the study of how individual impacts and is affected by the social context in which they live. It is about the scientific study of the relationships, groups, society, and world in which the individual lives. Topics to be emphasized include culture, socialization, institutions, deviance and social control, social inequality and stratification and globalisation.

Course Outcomes

Demonstrate the nature, scope, and significance of Sociology and its relationship with other social sciences.
Familiarise with elementary notions like society, community, association, norms, and values, etc.
Realize and recognize the presence of various social groups, social institutions and social processes in human society, which are responsible for the functioning of human society.

ENGLISH

Course Overview

The basic aim of the course is to cover the general appreciate and improve skills is areas such as writing skills, communication, reading and comprehension. Student will gather knowledge about how to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

Course Outcomes

Understand and enjoy the different genres of literature like short stories and poems.
Understand the rules and methods of writing letters, CV, and resume.
Develop the ability to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

ELEMENTARY ENGLISH

Course Overview

The purpose of the course is to enhance the performance of students in the field of listening, speaking, reading, and writing with the necessary knowledge and practice of grammar, vocabulary and phonetics. This will eventually lead to the usage of successful language skills.

Course Outcomes

Grammar exercises will enable the students to develop their speaking and writing skills.
Communication skills will help them express themselves informal and in formal situations.
Students will be able to generate simple sentences containing learned vocabulary and using appropriate grammatical structures.

Even Semester

This is the programme's second semester.

Courses for this semester

BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES

Course Overview

This course aims to understand the fundamental processes of psychology. The students will learn about the different fields of psychology both historic and current.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand human thought processes.
Learn to identify the major fields of study and theoretical perspectives within psychology and articulate their similarities and differences.
Learn to articulate the basic principles, major theories, and research concerning learning and cognition.

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH II

Course Overview

This course aims to analyze work(s) of literature in one or more interpretive contexts or frameworks. Students will use one or more theoretical approaches to literary interpretation.

Course Outcomes

Learn to analyze the role that intersections among race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or national or global history play in literary studies.
Learn to identify, analyze, interpret, and describe the critical ideas, values, and themes that appear in literary and cultural texts.
Learn about aesthetic structures for the genre in which they are writing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMING ARTS

Course Overview

This course aims at introducing the students to some basic concepts in varied fields of performing arts with practice in the field of drama, dance, and Music. The students will learn basic hand gestures and slokas using classical dance different aspects of acting basic concepts on types of Hindustani music and the difference in the talent system of Hindustani and Carnataki music.

Course Outcomes

Learn how to design a performance and the properties of the stage.
Learn basic concepts of sangeet.
Learn the concept of acting and how to prepare for acting.

INDIAN CULTURE AND ART

Course Overview

This course aims to generalize the idea of Indian art and culture. The students will learn about the various art forms of India, Indian architecture, an idea about Indian music Indian folk dances, and Indian theatre.

Course Outcomes

Learn concepts of visual arts.
Gain knowledge of performing arts- Indian Music, Indian Dance, Indian Theatre, and Martial Arts in India.
Gain knowledge of Indian religion, literature, and festivals.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF PERFORMING ARTS PRACTICAL

Course Overview

This course aims at introducing the students to some basic concepts in varied fields of performing arts with practice in the field of drama, dance, and music.

Course Outcomes

Learn basic hand and slokas used in Indian Classical Dance.
Learn the different aspects of acting.
Learn and understand the basic concept of types of Hindustani music.

ENGLISH II

Course Overview

This course aims to enable students to appreciate and improve skills in areas such as writing skills, communication, reading, comprehension, conversation, facing interviews, presentation skills, etc. The students will understand literary writings and analyze texts and poems.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand and enjoy the different genres of literature like short stories and poems.
Learn and understand the rules and methods of writing letters, CVs, and resumes.
Learn to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

Odd Semester

This is the programme's third semester.

Courses for this semester

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH-III

Course Overview

This course aims to encourage students to study various literary pieces and enhance their imagination and writing skills. The students will learn about figures of speech, poems types of novels, dramas, and types of drama.

Course Outcomes

Learn about the figures of speech, smiley, metaphors, personifications apostrophe paradox, etc.
Learn how to know some literary novels and the types of novels.
Learn to explain the relevance of themes of poems found in a literary text.

ENGLISH III

Course Overview

This course explores the different genres of literature like short stories, essays, plays and poems. It also includes a lesson on the composition of a CV for freshers and introduction to the concept of the interview the course focuses on imparting the skills required to make a student appreciate literature and also prepare them with a basic skill required to face an interview.

Course Outcomes

Learn to identify literary techniques and creative uses of language in a literary text.
Learn to adapt their text to particular audiences and purposes
Learn to explain the relevance of themes found in literary texts to contemporary personal and cultural values.

INDIAN THEATRE THEORY I

Course Overview

This course aims to enable the student to understand Indian theatre, Indian playwrights, and Indian theatre history to develop their theoretical knowledge of Indian theatre. The students will get to know about various Sanskrit plays plots characters themes, etc.

Course Outcomes

Develop knowledge about the Indian theatre.
Develop knowledge about the summer theatre and playwrights.
Gain knowledge about dasa rupakas, upa rupakas and concept of bhav, bibhaba, verities in pravarities.

DANCE AND MUSIC THERAPY

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to generalize the idea of dance and music therapy to the student. They will learn about music therapy and its historic miracles, the concept of dance, music therapy and its importance, human anatomy and physiology, physical and mental illness, therapeutic elements of dance and music therapy.

Course Outcomes

Learn about the music therapy and the historic miracles and the therapeutic elements of music .
Learn the concept of dance, music therapy and its importance.
Learn the historical evolution of dance movement therapy in India

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Course Overview

This course aims to generate awareness about our natural environment. environmental studies connect us to the world around us and impart knowledge about the current situation and prospects of nature. It raises awareness of issues affecting the environment and also teaches people to explore all the problems related to the environment and engage in wise ways of preserving it.

Course Outcomes

Learn the basic concepts of the environment in the ecosystem.
Acquire the knowledge on biodiversity and biodiversity conservation.
Learn about natural resources and natural resource management.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (VOCAL) THEORY

Course Overview

The aim of this course is to impact the general idea on Indian classical music. The students will learn the different aspects of Indian classical music, original development of music, different Raga, tala used in classical music.

Course Outcomes

Learn about the Indian music and the history of the Vocal music.
Learn about the Ragas and familiar with the jatis of Raga.
Acquire knowledge of the Ragas and familiar with its swaramalika.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC VOCAL PRACTICAL

Course Overview

This course aims to generalize the idea of Indian classical music practically. The students will learn the various aspects of Indian classical music like Malankara, various raga, tala, and the systems of Hindustani classical music.

Course Outcomes

Learn the advance exercise of Alankars.
Learn the structure of the Ragas, Arohan, avarohan, pakkad.
Learn and understand the tala pattern with layakari.

ACTING PRACTICAL

Course Overview

This course aims to practice various theatre exercises and scene work like yoga, warm-up, stretching, vocal exercises, breathing, articulation, and dialogue delivery to improve the flexibility and voice quality of students. The students will get to know about the different plays and stories and its presentation.

Course Outcomes

Learn the yoga, various physical exercises and voice and pitch exercises.
Learn various theatre exercise and scene work.
Learn mudras and its uses and mudra abhinaya and mukhaja abhinaya.

INDIAN INSTRUMENTAL PERCUSSION MUSIC

Course Overview

The primary objective of this course is to cover various definitions like Peshkar, Gat, Tihai, and Mohara. The students will be able to understand different methodologies about how to write and describe different types of layakaries, Tal Dash Pran, and gain knowledge of the Tal notation system as well. Through this course, they will gain an overview of theoretical knowledge about ancient Indian musical instruments.

Course Outcomes

Learn about the definitions of Tihai, Gat, Mohra, and Pushkar with examples.
Learn about how to create and compose different types of Layakaries and Tal Dash Prans.
Learn about different methods of writing a Tal notation system.

INDIAN INSTRUMENTAL PERCUSSION MUSIC ( PRACTICAL -I)

Course Overview

This course's sole purpose and goal is to teach students how to play the Tals in the Adi, Kuaw, and Biyar guns laya. Through this, they will be able to play the Quida, Rela, Chakradar, and Tihai correctly and flawlessly. Moreover, they will also be able to play accompaniment with instruments and Vocals, along with a demonstration of a solo performance.

Course Outcomes

Learn the layakaries in proper technique along with proper uttering or play in Adi gun, Dugun,Tingun, Chougun, Kuwar and Biyar Gun.
Learn how to play Quida, Rela, and Tihai.
Learn and understand the accompaniment method and basic rules of accompaniment with Vocal and Instrumental Music.

Even Semester

This is the programme's fourth semester.

Courses for this semester

ENGLISH IV

Course Overview

This course aims to generalize the idea of the human thought process. The students will learn about major fields of study and theoretical perspectives within psychology and articulate dear similarities and differences.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand and enjoy the different genres of literature like short stories and poems.
Learn and understand the rules and methods of writing letters, CVs, and resumes.
Learn to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH-IV

Course Overview

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand and enjoy the different genres of literature like short stories and poems.
Learn and understand the rules and methods of writing letters, CVs, and resumes.
Learn to write answers themselves based on reading and comprehension.

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY THEATRE

Course Overview

This course is about contemporary theatre in India. Students will learn various modern techniques of acting and theatre.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand contemporary theatre.
Gain knowledge about method acting / realistic acting.
Learn about what is absurd theatre, political theatre, third theatre, and forum theatre.

INDIAN THEATRE( THEORY II)

Course Overview

The purpose of the course is to enhance the knowledge about Indian Theatre like the history of Indian theatre, natyasashtra, etc.

Course Outcomes

Learn the history of Indian theatre.
Learn nayakaveda and nayikaveda.
Learn Indian plays and authors.

INDIAN THEATRE( PRACTICAL III)

Course Overview

The purpose of the course is to enhance the practical knowledge of theatre. They will learn acting style according to natysastra.

Course Outcomes

Learn four types of Abhinaya according to Natya sastra.
Learn rasa theory.
Learn natyadharmi and lokadharmi performance styles.

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

Course Overview

This course familiarizes students with the field of Contemporary Music. Topics include basic concepts of contemporary music with its characteristics. The students will learn about voice culture, its importance, and its range. The Course will dynamics in music and their importance.

Course Outcomes

Learn and understand contemporary music with its characteristics.
Gain knowledge about the voice culture with its importance and range.
Learn to analyze the dynamics in music and its importance.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC THEORY II

Course Overview

The basic aim of this course is to cover the general overview of Indian classical music. The students will learn about some theoretical knowledge of ragas, the life histories of some musical maestros' time theory of ragas, and the general overview of Indian talas.

Course Outcomes

Gain knowledge about Bageshri, Bhimpalashi, Kedar, Malkosh
Acquire knowledge and become familiar with the Ragas and its characteristics.
Gain concept of gharana,murchachan etc.

INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC PRACTICAL III

Course Overview

The basic aim of this course is to cover the practical knowledge of Indian classical music. The students will learn some practical knowledge of ragas. The students will learn about some musical genres and gather practical knowledge.

Course Outcomes

Learn to sing drut khayal
Learn Bada khayal of Raga.
Learn dhrupad and dhamar

CONCEPT OF PERFORMANCE /SOUND RECORDING (STAGE PERFORMANCE ,T V CHANNEL, RADIO,SOCIAL MEDIA EXPOSURE)

Course Overview

This course aims to visit local areas to watch performances/ stage performances etc.

Course Outcomes

Impart knowledge while visiting various local areas like shooting spots, and recording studios to learn the process.
Learn techniques of recording.
Learn and understand the techniques of stage performance.

Odd Semester

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