Graduate Minor in Theatre & Performance
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Are you a graduate student who is working hard to earn a M.A. degree or a Ph.D. degree in any of the departments in the College of Humanities or the College of the Arts at The Ohio State University? You may consider increasing your employment opportunities by earning an additional degree - a Graduate Minor in Theatre and Performance - from the Department of Theatre.

The Graduate Minor in Theatre and Performance allows M.A. or Ph.D students from departments in the College of Humanities or the College of Arts to develop a supporting program in the Department of Theatre that will complement their own study. If the study of drama, theatre, and performance is vital in your discipline or in your interdisciplinary area, an academic concentration in theatre and performance will serve your academic interests well. The minor is designed for graduate students who plan to write on some aspect of dramatic literature, theatre history, or cultural performance in their own field of study.

The Minor in Theatre and Performance requires four courses with a grade of B or better in each that total 20 credit hours. When completed, this minor will appear on your transcript as a concentration in “Theatre and Performance.” All students pursuing this Minor must take Research Methods (TH 801). If you have taken its equivalent in your home department, then you must take another course from the Department of Theatre. From the remaining three courses, at least one course must be taken in the area of the critical theory of theatre and performance, another course must be taken in the area of the historical study of theatre and performance, and the last course must be taken in the area of literary study.

For admission:

1. Consult with your major advisor as well as a member of the M.A./Ph.D. Faculty in Theatre regarding how to incorporate the minor into your course of study.
   
2. Submit a letter of application, a graduate minor program form (available from the
   Theatre Department), and letter of support from your faculty advisor to the Director of Graduate Studies of The Department of Theatre. The application is reviewed by the M.A./PhD. program faculty members in History, Literature and Criticism.
   
3. The Graduate Studies Committee will review the request and advisory recommendations will notify the student whether or not the application is approved. Copies of the student’s approved program form will be sent to the Graduate School, the student’s advisor, and the Director of Graduate Studies in the student’s home department.
   
   For more information contact Department Chair, Professor Mark Shanda,
   shanda.1@osu.edu, 614-292-5821 or Damian Bowerman, Graduate Studies
   Coordinator, bowerman.11@osu.edu, 614-292-5821.

Courses:

A) Required core course:

Theatre 801 Research Methods: If you have taken its equivalent in your home department, then you must take another course from The Department of Theatre.

B) Courses in the Critical Theory of Theatre and Performance (Select one of the following)

Theatre 762 Theatrical and Cinematic Styles
Theatre 864 Theatre Criticism (Classical to Renaissance)
Theatre 865 Theatre Criticism (17th, 18th, 19th centuries)
Theatre 866 Theatre Criticism (20th, 21st centuries)

C) Courses in the Historical Study of Theatre and Performance (Select one of the following)

Theatre 871 Theatre History/Historiography (Classical to Medieval era)
Theatre 872 Theatre History/Historiography (Renaissance to Baroque)
Theatre 873 Theatre History/Historiography (18th to the 20th century)

D) Courses in the Literature of Theatre and Performance (Select one of the following)

Theatre 671 Theatre Topics I (Antiquity and the Middle Ages)
Theatre 672 Theatre Topics II (Renaissance and Baroque)
Theatre 673 Theatre Topics III (the modern period)
Theatre 675 Theatre and Aging
Theatre 774 Cinematic Representation
Theatre 779 World Film Culture
Theatre 833 Modern Drama
Theatre 834 Contemporary Drama
Theatre 802.03 Seminars in Dramatic Literature, Theatre History, or Performance

Note: Topics covered in the 802.03 series by various instructors in recent years include:

• African American Women Playwrights
• American Popular Entertainment
• Deconstruction and Theatre
• Irish Theatre and Drama
• Recycling the Classics
• Shakespearean Theatre History
• The Stage and Censorship
• Theatre Historiography
• Victorian and Edwardian Theatre History

(Students may take a maximum of two courses from the same theatre faculty member.)