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Students a-twitter as Monash Uni shakes up Bachelor of Performing Arts degree

Social media fans the rumour mill, but the future of Monash's Bachelor of Performing Arts is brighter than first feared.

30 Oct 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Photo: A Monash BPA student production. Credit: David Sheehey.

Fears that Monash University was set to phase out its Bachelor of Performing Arts (BPA) degree, a three-year, full time course based at Monash’s Clayton Campus, have eased this week with news that the BPA will be integrated with the existing Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts