B.A (Theatre Studies)

Course description for B.A (Theatre Studies)

Structure of programme

LEVEL 100

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 102: Literary Orientation to Theatre Arts
2
 PAS 105: Basics of the Living Theatre
1
PAS103: Applied Music, Choral and Ensemble Work    
2
 PAS 106: Applied Music and Choral Rehearsal
2
Cognate Courses
6
 PAS 109: Introduction to Playwriting
2
ENG 105: Communicative Skills
3
 Cognate Courses
6
ASP: African Studies
2
 ENG 105: Communicative Skills
3
IRC 101: Information Retrieval
1
 ASP: African Studies
1
 
Inter-Faculty Courses
3
Total Credits
16
 Total Credits
18

LEVEL 200

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 203: Introductory Choral and Ensemble Work.(core)
2
 PAS 210: Play Analysis and Interpretation I.(core)
2
PAS 204: Introduction to the Theatre(core)
2
 PAS 211: Intermediate Choral and Ensemble Work.(core)
3
PAS 207: Basic Skills in Applied Music and Musicianship(core)
2
 PAS 217: Production Participation : Ghanaian Dramatic Works(core)
2
PAS 223: History of Drama and Theatre (beginnings to Shakespeare’s Age)(core)
3
 PAS 224: Traditional African Theatre(core)
2
Subject B
6
 Subject B
6
Electives
Electives
PAS 205: Intermediate Dance Techniques
3
 PAS 218: Theory and Practice of African Traditional Music, Dance and Theatre
3
PAS 206: Acting
3
 PAS 214: Film Theory and Criticism
3
PAS 219: Music in Christian Liturgy
3
 PAS 225: Traditional African Dance Forms
3
PAS 220: Music and Dance in African Traditional Religion and new religious movements
3
  
Total Credits
18
Total Credits
18
       

* Students will choose one course from the elective courses.

LEVEL 300

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 303: Choral Rehearsal :African and Western Works—Simple Pieces.
1
 PAS 311: Choral Rehearsal: African and Western Works—Major Pieces.
1
PAS 304: Play analysis and Interpretation II
3
 PAS 329: Screenwriting
3
PAS 327: History of Drama and Theatre (Shakespeare to 1850)
3
 PAS 330: Acting for stage and screen 
2
PAS 307: Drama in African Societies
2
 PAS 331: Drama theories and Criticism
3
One or two courses in cognate Subject B
3/6
 PAS 399: Research Methods*
3
One or two courses in cognate Subject B
3/6
Electives
Electives
PAS 308: African Dance Performance: Court Dance
3
 PAS 317: Production Participation : African and Western Dance Forms
3
PAS 322: Introduction to Popular Music Performance and Compositional Techniques: Highlife Music
3
 PAS 312: Production participation
3
PAS 328: Film history
3
 PAS 316: Playwriting    
3
Total Credits
PAS 332: Film production
3
 
PAS 333: Drama in Education: An Introduction
3
 
PAS 334: Feminist Film Criticism
3
Total Credits
15/18
Total Credits
15/18

1.All Theatre Studies major students will be required to register for PAS 399.   
2.Students may choose either one or two courses from the electives. 

LEVEL 400

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 402: Advanced Choral and Ensemble Work: Contemporary African and Western Pieces(core)
3
 PAS 409: Choral and Ensemble Work: Music and Dance of Africans in the Diaspora(core)
3
PAS 404: Theatre and Development(core)
3
 PAS 424: African-American Theatre.(core)
3
PAS 410: Contemporary West African Drama (core)
3
 PAS 425: Scenic Design For Stage And Screen (core)
3
One or two courses in cognate Subject B(core)
3/6
 One or two courses in cognate Subject B(core)
3/6
Electives
Electives
PAS 405: Theatre Management
3
 PAS 426: Directing  
3
PAS 411: Media & Society 
3
 PAS 427: Make-up
3
PAS 423: Production Participation (Stage &Film)  
3
 PAS 499: Project Work2
3
Total Credits
18
 Total Credits
18

1.Students may choose either one or two courses from the electives. 
2.All Theatre Studies major students will be required to register for PAS 499. 

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