The Minor in Applied Theatre reflects the growing recognition among professionals in a range of fields that theatrical techniques and practices have wide and vital applications in fields outside of the theatre as traditionally conceived, including education, medicine, therapy, political activism, community work, and social services.The Minor in Applied Theatre is only open to current students of the Department of Drama.
The Minor in Applied Theatre offers interested students, both theatre specialists and non-specialists, the opportunity to learn how performance has been and can be a vital adjunct to non-theatrical professions and cultural practices.
The Minor consists of a minimum of sixteen credits, twelve of which must be from a list of designated Department of Drama courses, all of which address theatrical practices in broadly cultural contexts in which group sources and meanings are privileged. Fall 2012 Theatre Studies offerings towards the Minor include:
THEA-UT 625 Community-Based Theatre in US
THEA-UT 627 Radical Street Performance
THEA-UT 632.001 Theatrical Genres: Documentary Theatre
THEA-UT 673 Theatre and Therapy
THEA-UT 491 Internship in Applied Theatre
THEA-UT 741 Theatre of the Black Atlantic (THEATRE STUDIES C)
Finally, students need to do an Internship in Applied Theatre in order to earn the Minor, which is overseen by Rosemary Quinn. [2-4 credits.]
To Minor in Applied Theatre, please fill out the declaration form available from your academic advisor.
