B.A(PERFORMING ARTS

Course descriptions for B.A (PERFORMING ARTS)

Structure of programme

LEVEL 100

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 101: Introduction to Music Theory and Composition
2

PAS 104:Intermediate Course in Music Theory and Composition
2
PAS 102
: Literary Orientation to Theatre Arts
2

PAS 105: Basics of the Living Theatre
1
PAS 103: Applied Music, Choral and Ensemble Work
2

PAS 106: Applied Music and Choral Rehearsal Cognate Courses
2
Cognate Courses
6
 Cognate Courses
6
ENG 105
:Communicative Skills
6
 ENG 105:
Communicative Skills
3
ASP:
African Studies
3

ASP: African Studies
1
IRC:
Information Retrieval
2

Inter-Faculty Courses
3
Total
18
Total
18


LEVEL 200

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits

PAS 201: Music Theory and Composition: Melody Writing
2
 PAS 209:
Music Theory and Composition: Usage of Chords
2
PAS 202: Introduction to Dance Composition
2
 PAS 210:
Play Analysis & Interpretation I
2
PAS 203:
Introductory Choral and Ensemble Work
2
 PAS 211:Intermediate Choral and Ensemble Wor
2
PAS 204: Introduction to the Theatre
3
 PAS 212: Intermediate Dance Composition
2
Subject B
6
 Subject B
6
Electives*
Electives*
PAS 205: Intermediate Dance Techniques
3
 PAS 213: Popular Music and Dance in Ghana: Historical and Social Background
3
PAS 206:
Acting
3
 PAS 214: Film theory and criticism
3
PAS 207:
Basic Skills in Applied Music and Musicianship
3
 PAS 215: Traditional African Dance Forms
3
PAS 208:
History of Western Musical Styles: 1600-1850
3
 PAS 216: History of Western and African Performing Arts Styles: 1850-2000
3
 
PAS 217: Production Participation: Ghanaian Works.
3
PAS 218: Theory and Practice of Traditional African Music, Dance and Theatre
3
Total
18
Total
17


LEVEL 300

First Semester
Second Semester
Courses
Credits
Courses
Credits
PAS 301:Music Theory and Composition: Introduction to Art Music Compositional Technique   PAS 309: Music Theory and Advanced Compositional Techniques
3
PAS 302: Dance Composition: Traditional Dance forms   PAS 310: Introduction to Labanotaion
2
PAS 303: Choral Rehearsal: African and Western Works—Simple Pieces.   PAS 311: Choral Rehearsal: African and Western Works—Major Pieces
1
PAS 304: Play analysis and Interpretation II   PAS 312: Production Participation: Plays Written by West African Author
3
One or two courses in cognate Subject B   PAS 399: Research Methods1
3
Electives*
   One or two courses in cognate Subject B
3/6
PAS 305: Historical and Comparative Dance Studies   Electives*
PAS 306: Introduction to Musicology   PAS 313: Stagecraft
3
PAS 307: Drama in African Societies   PAS 314: Aesthetic Evaluation of Selected Works of Ghanaian and Western Composers
3
PAS 308: African Dance Performance: Court Dance   PAS 315: Field Work in Musicology
3
    PAS 316: Playwriting   
3
    PAS 317: Production Participation: African and Western Dance Forms
3
Total
15/18
Total
15/18

*Students will choose either one or two courses from the electives.

  1. 1All music 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 401: Music Theory and Composition: Twentieth Century Compositional Technique
3
 PAS 408: Music Theory and Composition: Extended Western and African Art Music Composition
3
PAS 402: Advanced Choral and Ensemble Work: Contemporary African and Western Pieces
3
 PAS 409: Choral and Ensemble Work: Music and Dance of Africans in the Diaspora.
3
PAS 403: Dance Performance Management
3
 PAS 410: Contemporary West African Drama
3
One or two courses in cognate Subject B
3
 One or two courses in cognate Subject B
3/6
Electives
Electives
PAS 404: Theatre and Development
3
 PAS 411: Media and Society
3
PAS 405: Theatre Management
3
 PAS 412: Special Dance Study
3
PAS 406: Dance Production
3
 PAS 413: Advance Study of Compositional and Performance Techniques: Popular Music from the Diaspora
3
PAS 407: Seminar in Dance Education
3
 PAS 414: Dance Aesthetics and Criticism
3
    PAS 499:
Project Work
3
Total
18
Total
18

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