Drama - Minor

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Program Requirements

18 credits total: 3 Discovery hours, 9 Learning Areas hours, and 6 Focused Inquiry hours.

Discovery (3 credit hours)

These courses provide foundational ideas, practices, and methods in theatre studies.

Choose one of the following courses:
DRAM 2010 - Theatre Design, Technology, & Production Credits: 3
DRAM 2050 - Performance and/as Theory Credits: 3
DRAM 2060 - The Body and Performance Credits: 3

Learning Areas (9 credit hours)

Each learning area includes several mid-level courses addressing key specialties within the fields of theatre and dance.

Students will choose one course from three of the following areas.

Interpretation and Invention

These courses explore how we create and tell stories through performance history, text, or creative media.

DRAM 2620 - Sound Design Credits: 3
DRAM 3050 - Making Theatre Histories Credits: 3
DRAM 3080 - Script Analysis: Dramatic Structure and Theatrical Production Credits: 3
DRAM 3710 - Playwriting I Credits: 3
DRAM 3820 - Video Design I Credits: 3

CRITICAL RESPONSES AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT

These courses analyze theatre, performance, dance, and/or popular entertainment within broader political and cultural contexts.

DRAM 3070 - African-American Theatre Credits: 3
DRAM 3090 - Theatre and Social Change Credits: 3
DRAM 4020 - Comedy as Protest Credits: 3
DANC 3400 - Dance and Culture Credits: 3

Creating Performance

These courses prepare students for production-oriented learning in embodiment and performance.

DRAM 2020 - Acting I Credits: 3
DANC 2300 - Dance Improvisation Credits: 3
DRAM 3420 - Voice for Theatre Credits: 3
DANC 3640 - Screendance Credits: 3

Crafting Performance

These courses explore the complex structures that surround performance through technology, media, management, and engaging an audience.

DRAM 2110 - Lighting Technology Credits: 3
DRAM 2210 - Scenic Technology Credits: 3
DRAM 2310 - Costume Technology Credits: 3
DRAM 3030 - Dramaturgy Credits: 3
DRAM 3210 - Scene Design I Credits: 3
DRAM 3652 - Producing Theatre Credits: 3
DRAM 3825 - Media Design Studio Credits: 3

Focused Inquiry (6 credit hours)

Working with their advisors, students craft a plan for further opportunities to specialize or for exploration into new areas they’ve not yet explored in theatre.

6 credit hours of Drama courses at the 2000 level or above.
- 3 of these credits must be at the 3000 level or above.

Possible courses: refer to the Course Descriptions list in the Programs, Degrees & Course Info section of the Undergraduate Record.

Additional Information

For more information, contact Associate Professor Doug Grissom, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Drama, Drama Building, 109 Culbreth Rd., P.O. Box 400128, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4128; (434) 243-7752 or (434) 924-3326; www.virginia.edu/drama.