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This list comprises 2018-19 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted by your advisor for credit towards your Drama and Theatre program.
This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2018-19. Do not take these courses in a different year and assume that they will count towards your Drama and Theatre program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.
There might be other courses in the Faculty of Arts for which you could receive Drama and Theatre program credit. If you feel you have identified a course with a strong Drama and Theatre methodology and/or list of readings, you must show your advisor the course syllabus in advance and, if he or she agrees, get the advisor’s initialled approval of the course on your program Audit Sheet.
Courses are listed below by the Drama and Theatre program requirements they fulfil.
The online Faculty of Arts course catalogue for 2018-19 can be found here: /study/2018-2019
Please verify the terms in which courses are offered (Fall or Winter) on the Department of English website: /english/undergrad/2018-2019-undergraduate-courses
Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.
Theory and Criticism:
317: Theory of English Studies 1 – Philosophical Approaches (Fall)
319: Theory of English Studies 3 (Winter)
346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
352: Theories of Difference (Winter)
460: Studies in Literary Theory – Theories of Comedy (Winter)
Courses in Theatre History:
312: Victorian and Edwardian Drama (Winter)
313: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Québec Theatre (Fall)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
345: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
390: The Private and the Public (Fall)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
460: Studies in Literary Theory – Theories of Comedy (Winter)
486: Theatre History After 1900 – History of Costume (Fall)
568: Topics in Dramatic Form - Melodrama (Winter)
Courses in Drama and Theatre Before 1900:
312: Victorian and Edwardian Drama (Winter)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
345: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
390: The Private and the Public (Fall)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
568: Topics in Dramatic Form - Melodrama (Winter)
400-level:
390: The Private and the Public (Fall – this will count)
395: Community and Politically-Engaged Theatre (Fall – this will count)
413: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Contemporary Aboriginal Theatre (Fall)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
459: Theories of Text and Performance 2 – Theatre and Feeling (Fall)
460: Studies in Literary Theory – Theories of Comedy (Winter)
486: Theatre History After 1900 – History of Costume (Fall)
Canadian Component:
313: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Québec Theatre (Fall)
395: Cultural and Theatre Studies – Community- and Politically-Engaged Theatre (Fall)
413: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Contemporary Aboriginal Theatre (Fall)
Performance Oriented Courses:
269: Introduction to Performance (Winter)
365: Costuming for the Theatre 1 (Fall)
368: Stage Scenery and Lighting 1 (Fall)
372: Stage Scenery and Lighting 2 (Winter)
376: Scene Study (Winter)
377: Costuming for the Theatre 2 (Winter)
465: Theatre Laboratory (Fall & Winter)
Shakespeare:
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
345: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
Courses with a Theoretical Component:
390: The Private and the Public (Fall)
395: Contemporary Canadian Community- and Politically-Engaged Theatre (Fall)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
459: Theories of Text and Performance 2 – Theatre and Feeling (Fall)
460: Studies in Literary Theory – Theories of Comedy (Winter)
Additional courses:
312: Victorian and Edwardian Drama (Winter)
313: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Québec Theatre (Fall)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
345: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
365: Costuming for the Theatre 1 (Fall)
368: Stage Scenery and Lighting 1 (Fall)
372: Stage Scenery and Lighting 2 (Winter)
376: Scene Study (Winter)
377: Costuming for the Theatre 2 (Winter)
390: The Private and the Public (Fall)
395: Community and Politically-Engaged Theatre (Fall – this will count)
413: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre – Contemporary Aboriginal Theatre (Fall)
416: Shakespeare and the Theatre of Conversion (Winter)
459: Theories of Text and Performance 2 – Theatre and Feeling (Fall)
460: Studies in Literary Theory – Theories of Comedy (Winter)
465: Theatre Laboratory (Fall & Winter)
486: Theatre History After 1900 – History of Costume (Fall)
568: Topics in Dramatic Form - Melodrama (Winter)