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Degree Types: PhD
The Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama (IPTD) is a cross-school program featuring faculty and coursework that span the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts. We train outstanding students for lifetime careers both within and beyond the academy, emphasizing the simultaneous development of intellectual excellence in scholarship with pedagogical skills. We seek students with exceptional promise as researchers who may also have backgrounds in theatre, dance, or performance in order to examine historical and contemporary theatrical practice from multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives.
IPTD gives students the opportunity to choose classes and work with professors from any department in the School of Communication or the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, while providing a home base in the Department of Theatre. Individual students in IPTD work with a committee unique to their interests and, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies and their advisors, design a program of study incorporating theatre, dance, or performance research with one or more other academic fields.
Students in this program are encouraged to participate in TGS’s Interdisciplinary Initiative program. For more information on how you can have a second intellectual “home” outside of your department or program, please visit the Interdisciplinary Clusters page.
The Department of Theatre also offers MFA programs in Acting, Directing, and Stage Design.
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The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
(Students starting in Fall 2022 have the choice of adhering to the new or former core course requirements)
The PhD in Theatre and Drama consists of 18 course units, including six required core courses that emphasize a breadth of historical coverage as well as significant methodological inquiry into historical and theoretical practices. Courses satisfying these requirements are identified each year by the Director, and only those so approved can satisfy the requirement.
Total Units Required: 18
Course | Title |
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Required Core Courses (6 units) | |
TH&DRAMA 501-0 | Doctoral Studies in Theatre & Drama (Research Methods and Methodologies) |
TH&DRAMA 502-0 | Topics in Theatre (Research Design and Prospectus) |
At least four 400-level or 500-level course in areas below: * | |
Three classes in theatre/dance/performance history and theory with geographical and temporal breadth (at least one of which must focus on pre-1920) | |
One class in arts practice, pedagogy, or public humanities | |
Electives (12 units) |
(Students starting in Fall 2022 have the choice of adhering to the new or former core course requirements)
The PhD in Theatre and Drama consists of 18 course units, including six required core courses that emphasize a breadth of historical coverage as well as significant methodological inquiry into historical and theoretical practices. Courses satisfying these requirements are identified each year by the Director, and only those so approved can satisfy the requirement.
Total Units Required: 18
Course | Title |
---|---|
Required Core Courses (6 units) | |
TH&DRAMA 501-0 | Doctoral Studies in Theatre & Drama (Research Methods and Methodologies) |
TH&DRAMA 502-0 | Topics in Theatre (Research Design and Prospectus) |
At least one 400-level or 500-level course in each area below: * | |
European theatre and drama prior to 1650 | |
European theatre and drama after 1650 | |
Performance theory | |
Theatre and drama of the Americas, Africa, or Asia | |
Electives (12 units) |
Courses satisfying theses requirements must have prior approval of the program director.
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