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This list comprises 2023-24 courses in the Department of English that will be accepted for credit towards your Drama & Theatre program.
This list applies only to these courses as they are offered in 2023-24. These courses in a different year may not necessarily count towards your Drama & Theatre program; please check the list for the year in which you took the course.
Courses are listed below by the program requirements they fulfill.
Course descriptions may be found on the 2023-24 Undergraduate Courses page.
Other ENGL courses than those listed here may sometimes fulfill the program requirements given below. If you note a course not listed that seems to fulfill a given requirement, please see an advisor.
Theory and Criticism:
ENGL 317, Theory of English Studies 1: Philosophical Approaches (fall)
ENGL 318, Theory of English Studies 2: Socio-Historical Approaches (fall)
ENGL 319, Cultural Theory Now (winter)
ENGL 322, Theories of the Text: Concepts of Criticism, 1850-1950 (winter)
Practice-Based Courses:
ENGL 269, Introduction to Performance (winter)
ENGL 365, Costuming for the Theatre I (fall)
ENGL 368, Stage, Scenery and Lighting 1 (fall)
ENGL 372, Stage, Scenery and Lighting 2 (winter)
ENGL 377, Costuming for the Theatre II (winter)
Performance-Oriented Courses:
ENGL 269, Introduction to Performance (winter)
ENGL 367, Acting 2 (fall) (cap 15, permission)
ENGL 375, Interpretation Dramatic Text: Narrative Improv 1 with Acting Simulations for CAFT (fall)
ENGL 376, Scene Study: Narrative Improv 2 with one 13-week simulation for CAFT (winter)
ENGL 469, Acting 3 (winter)
Courses in Theatre History:
ENGL 306, Theatre History: Medieval and Early Modern (winter)
ENGL 308, English Renaissance Drama 1 (winter)
ENGL 313, Canadian Drama and Theatre (fall)
ENGL 315, Shakespeare (fall)
ENGL 371, Theatre History, 19th to 21st Centuries: U.S. Popular Entertainments, 1820-1940 (winter)
ENGL 431, Studies in Drama: Latin American and Caribbean Theatre (winter)
ENGL 467, Advanced Studies in Theatre History: Bertolt Brecht (fall)
Courses in Drama and Theatre Before 1900:
ENGL 306, Theatre History: Medieval and Early Modern (winter)
ENGL 308, English Renaissance Drama 1 (winter)
ENGL 315, Shakespeare (fall)
ENGL 371, Theatre History, 19th to 21st Centuries: U.S. Popular Entertainments, 1820-1940 (winter)
400-level:
ENGL 431, Studies in Drama: Latin American and Caribbean Theatre (winter)
ENGL 460, Studies in Literary Theory: Theorizing the Comic (winter)
ENGL 467, Advanced Studies in Theatre History: Bertolt Brecht (fall)
ENGL 469, Acting 3 (winter)
Canadian Component:
ENGL 313, Canadian Drama and Theatre (fall)
Shakespeare:
ENGL 315, Shakespeare (fall)
Courses with a Theoretical Component:
ENGL 460, Studies in Literary Theory: Theorizing the Comic (winter)
ENGL 467, Advanced Studies in Theatre History: Bertolt Brecht (fall)
Additional courses:
All of the above courses can count as additional courses on the audit sheet if they are not fulfilling another particular requirement.