Academic Calendar 2025-2026

Drama – Specialization (Arts) – Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Subject: Administered by the DAN School of Drama and Music.
Plan: Consists of 60.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: DRAM-S
Program: The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree.

1. Core
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
Thinking Locally
and Acting Globally
or
Introduction to Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies
B. Complete the following:
DRAM 200Theatre Histories and Traditions6.00
DRAM 220Play Reading and Analysis3.00
DRAM 240Introduction to Theatre Production I3.00
DRAM 248Theatre Practicum3.00
C. Complete 3.00 units from the following:3.00
Introduction to Acting
Elementary Acting
D. Complete the following:
DRAM 300Theatre and Drama in the 20th and 21st Centuries6.00
2. Option
A. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
DRAM at the 400-level or above
B. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
DRAM_Theory_Literature_Options
C. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list:9.00
DRAM_Applied_Practice_Options
D. Complete 6.00 units from the following:6.00
DRAM
DRAM_Subs
Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements60.00
Total Units120.00

3. Additional Requirements

A. Maximum of 6.00 units from the following: BADR 100/3.0, BADR 101/3.0, DRAM 100/6.0. 

4. Notes

A. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.

Drama Course Lists

The following lists may contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation 2.6 (Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.

DRAM_Theory_Literature_Options

DRAM 103Theatre and Pop Culture3.00
DRAM 211Introduction to Theatre for Young Audiences3.00
DRAM 219Special Studies I3.00
DRAM 290Structures of Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 296Sex and Violence in Performance3.00
DRAM 301Theories of the Theatre3.00
DRAM 303Indigenous Playwrights3.00
DRAM 306Drama and its Performance in Canada3.00
DRAM 319Special Studies II3.00
DRAM 321Histories and Theories of Directing3.00
DRAM 344Scenography3.00
DRAM 371Modern Drama at the Shaw Festival3.00
DRAM 382Research Methods in Performing Arts3.00
DRAM 383Theatre and Music of Africa and the Diaspora3.00
DRAM 401Performance Studies3.00
DRAM 419Special Studies III3.00
DRAM 476Theatre as Witness3.00
DRAM 482Performance in Times of Crisis3.00

DRAM_Applied_Practice_Options

DRAM 235Stand-up Comedy3.00
DRAM 236Public Presentation3.00
DRAM 239Special Topics in Practice and Performance I3.00
DRAM 241Design and Theatre3.00
DRAM 242Introduction to Theatre Production II3.00
DRAM 251Introduction to Playwriting3.00
DRAM 275Major Production Performance3.00
DRAM 294Dance for Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 311Theatre for Young Audiences3.00
DRAM 323Practical Concerns in Directing3.00
DRAM 330Intermediate Acting6.00
DRAM 331Playing Shakespeare3.00
DRAM 332Performing with Masks3.00
DRAM 335Acting for the Screen3.00
DRAM 339Special Topics in Practice and Performance II3.00
DRAM 342Elements of Design Practice3.00
DRAM 345Applied Technical Production3.00
DRAM 346Introduction to Props Design3.00
DRAM 347Puppetry3.00
DRAM 348Mask Making3.00
DRAM 350Playwriting III6.00
DRAM 351Playwriting and Dramaturgy III3.00
DRAM 373Scene Study at the Shaw Festival3.00
DRAM 384Dancer-Singer in Music Theatre3.00
DRAM 386Arts Professionalism3.00
DRAM 389Music Theatre Creation Lab3.00
DRAM 395Internship3.00
DRAM 422Directing Practicum I3.00
DRAM 431Advanced Acting3.00
DRAM 439Special Topics in Practice and Performance III3.00
DRAM 448Arts Administration3.00

DRAM_Subs

CLST 312Greek and Roman Drama3.00
ENGL 254Shakespeare3.00
ENGL 259Global Shakespeare3.00
ENGL 326Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama6.00
ENIN
FREN 305Le théâtre depuis 19453.00
GNDS 427Towards the Human: Race and the Politics of Expression3.00
ITLN 357Pirandello's Theatre3.00
LLCU 200Semiotics: Interpreting the World3.00
LLCU 257Pirandello's Theatre3.00
LLCU 339XX-Century Italian Playwrights: In Search of the Theatre3.00
MAPP
MUSC
MUTH