Performing Arts

Presentation

The Performing Arts course aims to train professionals in the field of performing arts and meet the current demands of graduates as agents of cultural and artistic development in various contexts with different audiences. In this sense, the course provides the acquisition of interpersonal, systemic and instrumental skills, capable of ensuring appropriate working tools to achieve the following objectives:

– Mastering specific scientific and technical knowledge in the field of performing arts;
– Acquiring competence in the procedures and methodologies for creating and implementing projects geared towards cultural and social interests, through creative and playful engagement in order to promote cultural literacy in a professional context;
– Develop activities capable of energising and stimulating individuals and groups, establishing fruitful relationships between them that foster personal and collective development;
– Provide participatory and reflective training that is flexible to innovation and constantly updated, stimulating conscious and active involvement adapted to a demanding and constantly evolving professional practice;
– Acquire technical, artistic and cultural skills for the development of interactive activities in the areas of recreation, art, culture and social interaction.

Career Opportunities

The course aims to train professionals whose diverse skills, versatility and flexibility of professional profile are suited to both the private sector and to roles in local authorities, foundations, museums, libraries, artistic and cultural production companies, leisure organisations, educational services, tourism companies, private social solidarity institutions, adult education and training centres, cultural and recreational associations, and local and community development associations. Among others, the activities to be performed by these professionals may include:

– Performer;
– Organiser and manager of artistic and cultural events;
– Artistic programmer;
– Cultural events producer;
– Artistic director, commissioner, curator of artistic events;
– Performing arts producer;
– Artistic animator and/or creator in the performing arts.

Study Plan

1º year 1º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120220 Theater and Literature 1 54 30 2 EN
318120221 Body, Movement and Improvisation 1 108 45 4 EN
318120222 Information Technology Workshop 1 108 45 4 EN
318120223 Expression and Creativity I 1 108 45 4 EN
318120224 Arts Workshop I 1 243 135 9 EN
318120225 Art and Culture 1 54 30 2 EN
318120226 Performance and Community Development 1 135 45 5 EN
           
1º year 2º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120227 Dramatic Text Analysis 1 54 30 2 EN
318120228 Video Workshop 1 108 45 4 EN
318120229 Expression and Creativity II 1 108 45 4 EN
318120230 Arts Workshop II 1 243 135 9 EN
318120231 Foreign Language and Culture 1 108 45 4 EN
318120232 Groups Dynamics 1 81 30 3 EN
318120233 Research Methodology 1 108 45 4 EN
           
2º year 1º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120234 Creative Writing in Screenwriting and Script 1 81 30 3 EN
318120235 Interpretation I 1 108 45 4 EN
318120236 Paracenic Arts Workshop I 1 108 45 4 EN
318120237 Reflexive-Postural Motricity 1 108 45 4 EN
318120238 Arts Workshop III 1 189 120 7 EN
318120239 Cultural Anthropology 1 108 45 4 EN
318120240 Multimedia Workshop 1 108 45 4 EN
           
2º year 2º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120241 Management and Cultural Marketing 1 108 45 4 EN
318120242 Paracenic Arts Workshop II 1 108 45 4 EN
318120243 Interpretation II 1 108 45 4 EN
318120244 Artistic Intervention in the Community 1 108 45 4 EN
318120245 Arts Workshop IV 1 189 120 7 EN
318120246 Theory of Performative Arts 1 108 45 4 EN
318120247 Language Processing in Artistic Context 1 81 30 3 EN
           
3º year 1º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120248 Projects and Cultural Creation Seminar 1 189 120 7 EN
318120249 Globalization, Values and Citizenship 1 108 45 4 EN
318120250 Digital Art 1 135 60 5 EN
318120251 Physics of Scenic Structures (Sound and Lighting) 1 108 45 4 EN
318120252 Human Resources Management 1 81 30 3 EN
318120253 Artistic Direction 1 108 45 4 EN
31813068 Op. Escrita Criativa 1 81 30 3 EN
3181200945 Op. Interpretação para o Audiovisual 1 81 30 3 EN
3181200948 Op. Direção de Atores 1 81 30 3 EN
           
3º year 2º Semester
Code Curricular Unit Plano Work Hours Contact Hours ECTS ECTS File
318120255 Creation and Performance 1 135 60 5 EN
318120256 Sociology of Organizations 1 81 30 3 EN
318120257 Social Theater 1 108 45 4 EN
318120258 Project /Internship 1 405 210 15 EN
31813068 Op. Escrita Criativa 1 81 30 3 EN
3181200494 Op. Ritmos e Cantares Tradicionais 1 81 30 3 EN
3181200945 Op. Interpretação para o Audiovisual 1 81 30 3 EN
           

Order No. 5056-R/2017 (DR No. 109 of 6 June 2017 – 2nd Series)

Applications

Entrance exams:
18 Portuguese
and
One of the following exams:
03 Drawing
06 Philosophy
10 Descriptive Geometry
12 History of Culture and Arts
11 History
16 Mathematics

Minimum Grades
Application score: 100 points
Entrance exams: 95 points

Calculation Formula
Secondary school average: 50%
Entrance exams: 50%

Regional preference
Percentage of places: 50%
Area of influence: Viseu

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Accreditation

A3ES accreditation status –Accredited
Date of publication of the A3ES decision – 24 October 2022
Number of years accredited – 3 years
A3ES decision –Link
Accreditation – Link
Self-assessment guide – PDF
External assessment report – Link
Course assessment report – 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | 2021/2022 | 2020/2021

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Course

Performing Arts

Degree awarded:

Bachelor’s Degree

Duration:

3 academic years / 6 semesters

Department:

Communication and Art

Coordinator:

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Employability

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