Courses in Drama

Proposed courses for 2013-14

Updates to follow:

For information on a MINOR Concentration in DRAMA see Drama Minor Concentration
For courses outside the Dept that count as DRAMA click here
For Shaw Festival course descriptions see Shaw Festival Courses
For more information email Lee Atkinson

Course Descriptions click on the orange link or see the
Arts & Science Calendar

100/200 Level Courses

Course / Units / Term

300 Level Courses

Course / Units / Term

DRAM 100 (6) F/W

DRAM 200 (6) F/W
DRAM 205 (3) W
DRAM 216 (3) F *

DRAM 220 (3)
DRAM 237 (3) F*
DRAM 237 (3) W
DRAM 238 (3) F

DRAM 240 (3) F
DRAM 241 (3) W
DRAM 242 (3) W
DRAM 246 (1.5) F or W (for 2nd yr students only)
DRAM 247 (1.5) F or W (for 2nd yr students only)

DRAM 251 (3) F*
DRAM 251 (3) W

Summer Courses 2014
DRAM 371 (3)
DRAM 373 (3)

More courses that can count as DRAM
LLCU 200 (3) see info below
IDIS 210 (3) F*
MUSC 373 (3) W


DRAM 300 (6) F/W see below
DRAM 303 (3) F - First Nations Playwrights
DRAM 311 (3) W*
DRAM 323 (3) W*
DRAM 331 (3) F*
DRAM 339 (3) W - Special Studies Acting
DRAM 342 (3) F - Design *
DRAM 344 (3) F *
DRAM 345 (3) F/W *
DRAM 348 (3) F - Theatre Admin *
DRAM 350 (6) F/W*

STSC 300 (3) F *

400/500 Level Courses

Course / Units / Term
DRAM 400 (9) F/W see below
DRAM 419 (3) W see below

IDIS 410 (3) F* (for 4th yr STSC or Medials)

DRAM 501 Playwriting (F/W)
DRAM 502 Independant study
DRAM 541 (3) F/W
DRAM 545 ( 3)F/W

DRAM 419 (3.0 units or .5 credit) Fourth year seminar/studio: Generating Space

This course will consider how defined spaces generate and are generated by drama, theatre and performance. Our study will be divided into four sections:

1. Considering plays which inscribe a defined space as part of their dramaturgy.
2. Considering theatre that takes on site-specificity as integral to performance and dramaturgy.
3. Considering selected theoretical approaches to the study of space as applicable to theatre and performance.
4. Finally, an exploration through experiments bearing on the understanding and expression of performance spaces in an age of virtual spaces.


LLCU 200 (3) TBA Introduction to Semiotics and Communication

This course presents a critical study of the interpretative acts underlying the understanding of signs. It traces the development of semiotics from an historical perspective through the works of theoreticians such as F.de Saussure, C.S.Peirce, R.Barthes, A.J.Greimans, U.Eco, and S.Lange. Particular attention will be paid to the function of verbal and non-verbal signs in the literary and linguistic fields as well as communication through theatre, cinema, art, and the media.