Drama and Theatre Studies A.B.

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Drama and Theatre Studies requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.

Major Requirements

Required courses: 24 sh

DTS 1001DRAMA, THEATRE AND THEORY

4 sh

DTS 4970SENIOR SEMINAR

4 sh

ENG 2580MODERN DRAMA

4 sh

ENG 3420SHAKESPEARE

4 sh

DTS 1015ACTING I

4 sh

TDT 2150TECHNICAL PRODUCTION IN THEATRE

4 sh

Select one of the following: 4 sh

ENG 3600POSTMODERNISM: PINTER, STOPPARD, CHURCHILL

4 sh

ENG 3610PSYCHOANALYTICAL THEORY: ALBEE O'NEILL

4 sh

ENG 3620RACE THEORY: WILSON, PARKS, LEE

4 sh

ENG 3630CULTURAL MATERIALISM: BAKER & CHEKHOV

4 sh

Select one of the following: 4 sh

DTS 2015DEVISING THEATRE

4 sh

TDT 3300LIGHTING DESIGN AND STAGE ELECTRICS

4 sh

TDT 3500COSTUME DESIGN

4 sh

TDT 3600SCENIC DESIGN

4 sh

TDT 3650SCENIC PAINTING

4 sh

Select two of the following: 8 sh

DTS 3001THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE I

4 sh

DTS 3002THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE II

4 sh

DTS 3003THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE III

4 sh

Select eight hours of Performing Arts, English, or World Languages: 8 sh

  • Courses must be 3000-4000 level 
  • Performing Arts courses include DAN, ACT, TDT, and MTE 
  • English courses must have a focus on Dramatic Literature
  • World Languages courses must have a focus on Dramatic Literature

Total Credit Hours: 48

Program Outcomes

Like any traditional liberal arts major, the study of theatre and drama is a longstanding and unique approach to understanding the world. Unlike other liberal arts majors, the study of theatre and drama historically has been interdisciplinary—housed between departments or shifting from department to department over time. The inseparable teaching of both drama and theatre has been shared in higher education among English professors, theatre historians, and theatre practitioners. Studying plays requires the context of literary traditions and an understanding of written language. Studying performance requires the context of cultural traditions and an understanding of the conversation among many languages: verbal, musical, physical, and scenic. Drama and Theatre Studies embraces drama/theatre’s inherent interdisciplinarity and offers students a program that combines textual analysis, theatre history, hands-on theatre performance, and dramatic theory.

In addition, majors have multiple opportunities to explore dramaturgy, devising theatre, and playwriting. They can participate in program-specific study abroad and are encouraged and supported in undergraduate research opportunities. There is no audition required for this program. Our graduates go on to careers in: arts administration, arts education, comedy, film and television, heritage and museums, higher education, non-profit theatre, music, law, medicine, theatre for young audiences, playwriting, public relations, as well as graduate studies.

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