MA Drama and Performance Studies
(Full-Time or Two years Part-Time)
The MA in Drama and Performance Studies offers you the opportunity to analyse, explore, and reflect on modern and contemporary theatre and performance in theory and practice. The programme allows students to develop their skills in analysing and evaluating theatre writing and performance, and invites you to engage with current theoretical and practical philosophies of performance. Depending on your choice of modules, you may tailor your programme to develop theoretical and/or process fields. Students may follow this programme full-time over one year, or part-time over two years. Teaching throughout the MA includes seminars, process, laboratory sessions, theatre visits, critical appraisals, and supervised research. All students are offered the opportunity to develop their research and analytical skills, and their presentation and teamwork skills.
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Core
- Thesis (12-14000 words) (40 Credits)
- Choreographing the Body in Performance (10 Credits)
- Research and Analysis in Drama and Performance (10 Credits)
- Issues and Perspectives in Theatre (10 Credits)
Options (Choose Two)
- Contemporary Irish Theatre in Performance (1) (10 Credits)
- Gender and Identity in Performance (10 Credits)
- European Theatre in Context (10 credits)
- Beckett & Contemporary Irish Theatre (10 credits)
(Modules may vary from year to year)
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Assessment
Students are assessed in a variety of ways including essays, class presentations, choreographic work, director’s notebook, process contributions, theatre reviews, and a minor thesis or research project.
Admission Requirements
We welcome applicants with academic qualifications and/or professional experience and expertise. The deadline for applications is 30th June. You are encouraged to apply early if your application is complete. Applicants may be called for interview in June. These will be scheduled in June. For further information please contact Dr. Cathy Leeney, Telephone (01) 7168967 or Dr. Eamonn Jordan, Telephone: (01) 716 8936.
Candidates may apply for a place on the M.A. Degree if they have obtained one of the following:
- B.A. Degree with at least Second Class Honours, Grade II, in a relevant subject and at least Second Class Honours, Grade II in the second subject; or
- B.A. Degree with at least Second Class Honours, Grade I, in a relevant subject; or
- Second Class Honours, Grade I, in a relevant post-graduate diploma; or
- Second Class Honours, Grade I, in the relevant M.A. Qualifying Examination.
We also welcome applications from prospective candidates, including mature students, who do not fulfill the normal academic requirements, but who have relevant professional expertise and experience.
