The undergraduate curriculum of the Department of Theatre Studies is designed to offer students a strong academic foundation in theatre, while also allowing them to shape a personal course of study through a combination of compulsory and elective courses.
The curriculum combines obligatory courses, which form the basis of the Department’s academic training, with a broad range of elective courses. In addition, some obligatory courses offer flexibility as to when students may attend them, allowing each student to gradually form a study path that reflects individual academic interests.
Core courses that provide the essential theoretical, historical, and methodological foundations of theatre studies.
A range of options that allow students to broaden or deepen their engagement with specific fields and themes.
Students are able to shape a more personal programme of study within the overall framework of the Department’s curriculum.
The degree awarded by the Department is uniform and academic in nature. Although the curriculum includes courses related to directing, scenography and costume, acting, improvisation, and other areas connected with theatre practice, the Department does not provide systematic vocational training for actors, directors, set designers, or other theatre professions.
Its mission is the cultivation of theatre education and the advancement of theatre studies as an academic discipline. Students who wish to pursue substantial professional practical training are therefore encouraged to attend specialised Drama Schools.
Studies in the Department extend over eight semesters. Each academic year is divided into two semesters, fall and spring, while the detailed curriculum of each year is shaped in cooperation with other Departments where relevant.
The curriculum may be revised by decision of the Department General Assembly, in order to respond to academic needs and institutional developments.
The curriculum also includes courses offered by other Departments, while the Department of Theatre Studies contributes courses to other Departments of the School as well. In this way, the programme maintains a broader academic dialogue within the University.
