Combined Honours in Theatre & Film Studies and Another Subject (B.A.)

Programs in Theatre & Film Studies

The School of the Arts offers a broadly based program of study in the history, theory, and critical understanding of dramatic performance in both live and recorded media. Experiential learning in the program centers on devising, an approach that allows students to learn multiple methods for building a live performance work by taking up a broad range of cultural experiences. The program requirements provide an overview of the field at Level I, build core skills at Level II, and offer differentiated applications of skills and knowledge at Level III. Courses at Level IV synthesize and expand these skills and knowledge. Students are advised to note carefully the prerequisites for all courses and to take note of which courses are offered in alternate years.

Admission

Completion of any Level I program and a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 including a grade of at least C in THTRFLM 1T03 .

Note

A number of courses that directly pertain to Theatre & Film Studies are offered by other departments: French, Kinesiology and Religious Studies. These are recommended as electives listed at the beginning of the Theatre & Film course descriptions. Up to nine units from the list may be made available as substitutes for Theatre & Film courses, and counted toward the fulfillment of a program in Theatre & Film Studies. Students are advised that there may be restrictions on enrolment in these courses.

Course List 1

• THTRFLM 3AA3 - Modernist Drama and Theatre in Europe
• THTRFLM 3DD3 - Contemporary Canadian Drama and Theatre
• THTRFLM 3FF3 - Cinema History to WWII
• THTRFLM 3L03 - Cinema History from WWII
• THTRFLM 3M03 - Analyzing Entertainment Culture
• THTRFLM 3U03 - Pleasure and Critique in Dramatic Performance
• WOMENST 3BB3 - Women and Visual Culture

Course List 2

• THTRFLM 3N03 - Artists’ Alternative Film and Video
• THTRFLM 3OP6 A/B - Organizing the Performance Space
• THTRFLM 3PC3 - Performance and Community Outreach
• THTRFLM 3PR3 - Text-based Devising: Research and Development
• THTRFLM 3PS3 - Devising New Plays: Research and Development
• THTRFLM 3S03 - Major Production Workshop
• THTRFLM 3SD3 - Scripting the Devised Performance
• THTRFLM 3VS3 - Visual Storytelling
• THTRFLM 3WW3 - Acting and the Voice: Devising from Classical Texts
• THTRFLM 3XX3 - Acting and the Body: Devising Physical Theatre

Course List 3

• ARTHIST 2A03 - Visual Literacy
• ARTHIST 2R03 - The History of Fashion and Identity
• ARTHIST 2T03 - Art, Theatre and Music in the Enlightenment
• ARTHIST 3Q03 - Colours of the World
• CLASSICS 2E03 - The Ancient World in Film
• CLASSICS 2YY3 - Greek Tragedy
• CMST 2G03 - Performance and Performativity
• ENGLISH 2CR3 - Shakespeare: Comedies, Problem Plays, and Romances
• ENGLISH 2HT3 - Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies
• ENGLISH 3CC3 - Reading Film
• GERMAN 2S03 - The Split-Screen: Modern Germany Through Cinema (Taught in English)
• MUSIC 2F03 - Music for Film and Television
• MUSIC 2TT3 - Broadway and the Popular Song

Requirements

120 units total (Levels I to IV), of which 48 units may be Level I