Drama [Graduate]

General Information

The Department of Drama offers graduate programs leading to the degree of PhD in Performance Studies, Master of Fine Arts degrees in Theatre Design, Directing, Theatre Voice Pedagogy, and Theatre Practice and Master of Arts in Drama degree.

The Department offers students access to a range of professional facilities during their studies including performance, workshop, rehearsal and classroom space, libraries, graduate student offices, and access to computers and seminar rooms. The Timms Centre for the Arts provides a fully equipped, 289-seat-proscenium theatre, a black box second playing space, theatre collections, props shop, production offices, wardrobe, dressing rooms and a green room. The Fine Arts Building offers students the opportunity to study and work from a media room, corner stage, movement studio, sound studios and design studios.

In addition, the theatre collection in the library is extensive. It offers particular opportunities for work in expressionism; German, French, and Spanish drama; and includes a substantial collection of research materials on Canadian theatre.

The aim of the MFA programs is to train candidates to a level of competency sufficient to enter the profession.

The MA program, essentially research oriented, also offers training in dramaturgy as one of the means by which candidates may be actively involved in the creative pursuits of the Department, and also prepares for further PhD studies.

The PhD in Performance Studies offers students advanced-level scholarship, study and research in Drama and Performance, with a thorough interdisciplinary focus. The program is designed so that students pursue individual performance studies projects that engage creatively with the interrelationships between aesthetic practices and critical reflection.

Inquiries should be addressed to the Graduate Coordinator, Department of Drama.

Entrance Requirements

The Department’s minimum admission requirements are an undergraduate degree with an average of 3.0 in the last two years of undergraduate work (or graduate work) at the University of Alberta, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution, and a TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 88 (Internet-based) where applicable (see English Language Requirement ). Interested applicants should check further application details as they relate to their intended area of specialization on the Department’s website (www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/drama/prospectivegrad.cfm).

Financial Assistance

Graduate assistantships are available to qualified students. Graduate students are also eligible to compete for University and provincial scholarships.

Graduate Program Requirements

• The Degree of MFA
   
• The Degree of MA
   
• The Degree of PhD in Performance Studies
   

Graduate Courses

Graduate courses can be found in Course Listings , under the subject heading Drama (DRAMA).

Graduate courses offered by other departments may be taken with the consent of the student’s Drama department advisor.