Creative Arts (Acting)
JMC ACADEMY
Courses included
This course has been cancelled
About
Acting at JMC Academy provides an exciting and immersive pathway into your professional career as an actor for film, theatre, television and new media. Our program will prepare you to pursue a professional and sustainable career in performance - preparing not only the actor's knowledge and skill base but also the actor's process to meet the specific needs and nuances in this changing and diversifying performing arts industry.
Our Bachelor of Creative Arts (Acting) will nurture talent and performance craft, whilst supporting the creation of new ideas, projects and creative ventures, ensuring our graduates are able to fully and confidently participate with personal leadership in all facets of their industry.
JMC take practical experience seriously, throughout the duration of your studies, gain a wide range of performance experience across stage, screen and new media including animation and game design in collaboration with students from across JMC’s creative disciplines including working on our very own Film Student productions Then take your skills beyond our advanced design campus and perform in fully staged productions at some of Sydney’s best theatre spaces including Belvoir St Theatre and the Sydney Opera House.
With world class campuses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, a dedicated team of academics and industry professional lecturers, and the opportunity to participate in international masterclasses and study abroad programs, JMC Academy is committed to ensuring our graduates make their own indelible mark on industry.
JMC Actors graduate with a complete graduation package including a professional showreel, industry showcase and head-shots ready for us (and you!) to share with industry.
All JMC bachelor degree graduates are eligible to apply for entry into JMC Academy's Master of Creative Industries, or relevant post-grad qualifications at any Australian university.
Areas of study
Acting, acting career, acting techniques, acting for film, acting for new media, acting for stage, acting for television, devised theatre, drama, entrepreneurship, filmmaking, heightened language, heightened voice, improvisation, internship, musical theatre, performance, performing arts, professional practice, theatre, voice and movement.
Career opportunities
Actor, film actor, television actor, theatre actor, voice-over artist for film or radio, computer-generated (CGI) or animation character actor, motion-capture actor, music theatre performer, television commercial actor, live entertainment performer.
Fees and charges
Domestic students have the option of paying tuition fees prior to the commencement of each trimester or deferring payment through FEE-HELP. To be entitled to FEE-HELP you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa. Visit the JMC Academy website for the latest fee information.
Essential requirements for admission
Interview: Once we've received your application, we'll give you a call and organise for you to come in for a consultation with one of our student recruitment advisers. During this appointment they'll be able to confirm your application details, assess the best course & study options for you.
Audition: All applicants must showcase their talents at an audition to demonstrate their style and musicianship. Two contrasting pieces of music of your own choice must be performed – either with a live accompanist or backing track – and should not exceed 10 minutes in total. All students will receive feedback on their performance on the day. Interview and Audition can happen in most instances on the same day.
Admission criteria
Applicants with recent secondary education
Satisfactory completion of Year 12 or equivalent. No ATAR required. Minimum age 17.
All applicants
Refer to JMC's general admission criteria.
Advanced standing
You may be entitled to credit for prior learning, whether formal or informal. Formal learning can include previous study in higher education, vocational education, or adult and community education. Informal learning can include on the job learning or various kinds of work and life experience. Credit can reduce the amount of study needed to complete a degree.
JMC credit transfer and recognition of prior learning
How to apply
Apply online at the JMC website. Do not apply through UAC.
Further information
View full details of this course on the JMC website.
JMC Academy is recognised as follows:
• Registered Australian Higher Education Provider
• Accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)
• Registered on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and courses for Overseas Students
• Accredited by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)
• Certified Avid Training location
• Registered FEE-HELP provider for all Higher Education Programs
• AUSTUDY/ABSTUDY approved for all full-time courses.
ATAR profile
ATAR-based offers only (semester 1, 2024)
Use all ATAR profile data as a guide only; it provides a broad overview of the ATARs and selection ranks of previous Year 12 students admitted into that course. ATARs and selection ranks required for entry in 2020 may be different. If you are unsure about including a course among your preferences, contact the relevant institution.
- This ATAR profile table is in line with Commonwealth Government transparency requirements. It is based on offers to recent school leavers (ie completed Year 12 in the last 2 years) who were selected solely or partly on their ATAR. Note that some institutions further differentiate this information on their websites.
- The ATAR values exclude any adjustment factors.
- The selection ranks include the ATAR and any adjustment factors.
Abbreviations
– = data is not available.<5 = less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made.
N/A = no offers were made on the basis of ATAR.
NC = new course
NP = Not provided by institution
NR = No reportable profile
NS = No Semester 1 offers
NN = Unavailable (other)
NO = Entry on other criteria