These courses are designed to improve skills in thinking and writing and are an essential component in the faculty’s evaluation of students’ progress from term to term. Of particular importance in the program of study are the criticism workshops, which are taught by various members of the faculty and which students must take in each of six terms. Regarding the latter, while it cannot be guaranteed, every effort is made to give qualified students teaching experience within the University. The aim is to impart a comprehensive knowledge of theater and dramatic literature-a knowledge necessary to the dramaturg, the writer and editor, and the teacher. These may be supplemented by courses taught elsewhere in the University if approved by students’ advisers.
The Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism program encompasses multiple areas of theater and performance, offering intensive training to prepare students in three areas: to work in theaters as dramaturgs, artistic producers, literary managers, and in related positions to work in theater publishing as critics and editors as well as in other capacities to teach theater as practitioners, critics, and scholars.Īt the core of the training is a curriculum of seminars and practica that emphasize historical knowledge, conscientious writing, collaboration, and innovative artistic and academic research.
