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NB: Students in an English program who wish to take an introductory Shakespeare course must take ENGL 315 and not ENGL 215. If you took ENGL 215 prior to declaring your English program on Minerva, however, that course may count retroactively towards your program requirements in one of: Major Figure; Drama and Theatre with an Historical Dimension.
Theory and Criticism
317: Philosophical Approaches (Winter)
319: Authorship, Performance, and Reception (Fall)
346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
352: Theories of Difference (Fall)
Courses in Theatre History
312: Victorian and Edwardian Drama (Fall)
370: The Long 18C (Fall)
371: 19C US Popular Performance (Winter)
431: Pop Entertainment in the Long 18C (Winter)
467: Advanced Studies in Theatre History—The American Musical (Fall)
486: Special Topics in Theatre History—Costuming 1850-1979 (Fall)
Courses in Drama and Theatre Before 1900
312: Victorian and Edwardian Drama (Fall)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
370: The Long 18C(Fall)
371: 19C US Popular Performance (Winter)
431: Pop Entertainment in the Long 18C (Winter)
400-level
413: Special Studies in Canadian Drama and Theatre: Contemporary Political and Community Engaged Theatre (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare—Theatrical Adaptations of Shakespeare (Fall)
430: Studies in Drama—Modernism and the Theatre (Fall)
431: Pop Entertainment in the Long 18C (Winter)
458: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Theatricality and Performativity (Fall)
466D: Directing for the Theatre (Fall and Winter)
467: Advanced Studies in Theatre History—The American Musical (Fall)
486: Special Topics in Theatre History—Costuming 1850-1979 (Fall)
Canadian Component
313: Canadian Drama and Theatre (Winter)
413: Special Studies in Canadian Drama and Theatre—Contemporary Political and Community Engaged Theatre (Winter)
568: Studies in Dramatic Form: Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Theatre (Winter)
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—Clown and Mask (Fall)
377: Costuming for the Theatre 2 (Winter)
466D: Directing for the Theatre (Fall and Winter)
Shakespeare
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare—Theatrical Adaptations of Shakespeare (Fall)
Courses with a Theoretical Component, 400-level or above:
458: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Theatricality and Performativity (Fall)
489: Marxist Literary and Cultural Theory (Winter)
Additional Courses
314: Twentieth-Century Drama (Winter)
395: Cultural and Theatre Studies: Theatricality and Performativity
430: Studies in Drama: Modernism and the Theatre (Fall)
568: Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Theatre (Winter)
586: Modes of Communication 2: Affect, Emotion and Artistic Performance (Winter)