Once a topic is chosen in consultation with a Department Chair, it must be approved by the Dean of Arts & Social Sciences (who seeks advice from the Chairs of all disciplines involved in the topic area). Approval must be received after the first 60 credits of the degree

Bachelor of Arts in Community Studies (BACS) Major in Applied Theatre (48 Credits)

• 6 credits of 1000 level ENGL (1104. 1107, 1008 recommended)

• DRAM-1101: Play Production (3 credits)

• DRAM-2204: Improvisational Drama (3 credits)

• DRAM-2205: Applied Theatre (3 credits)

• DRAM-3107: Collective Creation and Devising (3 credits)

• DRAM-4100 Advanced Topics in Applied Theatre (6 credits)

• 6 credits of Dramatic Literature and Theory (DLT) – see below

• 6 credits of Arts Enterprise and Policy (AEP) – see below

• 6 credits of Theatrical Practice (DRAM) – see below

• 6 additional credits chosen from DLT/AEP/DRAM

In addition, note the standard BACS requirements:

• maximum of 9 credits at the 1000 level in courses counted towards the Major

• minimum of 24 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, of which at least 9 credits must be at the 4000 level. The BACS required core course, COMS-4100: Self-Directed Senior Project (6 credits) can be counted towards the 4000 level requirement.

Dramatic Literature and Theory course options (minimum 6 credits)

ENGL-2241               Shakespeare (3 cr)

ENGL-2606              Dramatic Literature by Women I (3 cr)

ENGL-2607              Dramatic Literature by Women II (3 cr)

ENGL-2642              A Survey of the Drama (6 cr)

ENGL-3122               Medieval Drama (3 cr)

ENGL-3241/ENGL3243 Renaissance Drama I & II (3 cr each)

ENGL-3301               Romantic Drama (3 cr)

ENGL-3303              Victorian Drama (3 cr)

ENGL-3320              Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (6 cr)

ENGL-3406             Canadian Drama (3 cr)

ENGL-3407             Dramatizing Ireland: Plays from 1950 – Present (3 cr)

ENGL-3441              Modern American Drama (3 cr)

ENGL-4240            Studies in Shakespeare (6 cr)

ENGL-4404            Indigenous Drama in Canada (3 cr)

Special topics can be used in this category when the special topic is focused on Dramatic Literature or Performance Theory.

Arts Enterprise and Policy course options (minimum 6 credits).

COMM-2104/HIST 3118: Stage Craft   **Approved 2024 – DRAM-2104 (replaced DRAM-3104)

COMM-3109             Strategic Corporate Communication

COMM-3105/HIST 3119: Memory & History in the Public Sphere

COMM-3115               Communication and Social Change

DRAM/MUSI-3108   Arts Management in the Creative Economy

FOLK/MUSI-3601     Cultural Tourism

MGMT-1603              Nature of Entrepreneurship

MRKT-1301                 Introduction to Marketing

MRKT-4305               Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations

POLS-3124                 Art and Politics

Special topics and alternate courses may be approved in consultation with the department chair or program lead, provided that approval is sought before registering for the course in question and the course Is justified in light of the student’s career intentions.

Theatrical Practice course options (minimum 6 credits).

DRAM-2101            Introduction to Acting

DRAM-2151            Voice Production

DRAM-2104          Stagecraft

DRAM-2203          Theatre for Children

DRAM-2621           Playwriting I

DRAM-2623          Playwriting II

DRAM-3101           Movement for the Theatre

DRAM-3103          Voice for the Theatre

DRAM-3105          Stage Management

DRAM-3106          Acting II

DRAM-3201           Directing  **Approved 2024 – DRAM-3201 (replaced DRAM-2201)

DRAM-4101          Site Specific and Environmental Theatre

Note that DRAM-1101, 2204, 2205, 3107, 3108, and 4100 do not fulfill the requirement for this category.

DRAM-2701/3701/4701 can be used in this category when the special topic is focused on theatrical practice.