Oct 14, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Theatre and Performance PhD


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The graduate programs in theatre and performance feature a unique integration of scholarship and practice. We believe that if you know something theoretically but don’t know it practically, then you don’t truly understand its whole theory. Conversely, if you know something practically but don’t know it theoretically, then you don’t truly understand its whole practice. This program is designed to foster scholar artists who are well versed in research, scholarship and performance practice.

Curriculum


Required Core (9 credits)


Theatre Seminars (12 credits)


At least one course from each of the following sections:

Graduate Performance Studio (6 credits)


Elective Courses (33 credits)


With the understanding that Theatre & Performance Studies are inherently multidisciplinary, PhD Students are required to take graduate credits outside the department. These courses are selected to enhance and enrich a student’s perspective through the study of other fields’ methodologies, literature, and scholarship. Courses may include those in the humanities, such as English, Visual Studies, Media Study, as well as those in relevant social sciences, such as Anthropology, History, and Sociology. Courses are selected in concert with the student’s stated field of specialization and in consultation with a departmental advisor and the DGS.

Dissertation (12 credits)


Total Credit Hours: 72


Instruction Method


  • In Person (100 percent of courses offered in person)

Full/Part Time Options


  • Full Time

Credits Required


  • 72 Hours

Time-To-Degree


  • 5 Years

Application Fee


  • $75

SED Statement


This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED).

Online programs/courses may require students to come to campus on occasion. Time-to-degree and number of credit hours may vary based on full/part time status, degree, track and/or certification option chosen. Time-to-degree is based on calendar year(s). Contact the department for details.

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