Master of Arts in Performing Arts
Hybrid
Courses
Common Core
THT660A/B - Internship
THT516Anthropological Perspectives
1 credits
On this course, students will identify philosophical, anthropological and psychological perspectives in relation to the fields of their study. They will correlate the human dimensions with the artistic ones.
THT571Artistic Practices
3 credits
This course introduces students through practice, to the artistic an esthetic dimension in accordance with the clinical process (idealization, sublimation…etc.). They will be confronted with the analysis of the psychological work within the artistic practices.
THT556Ethical&Juridical Perspectives
2 credits
This course aims to introduce students to the ethical, juridical and deontological dimensions related to their domain of study, for professions in Lebanon and abroad. Students will have to submit an observation report after a field study.
THT626Method.&Thematical Seminar
2 credits
This seminar prepares students to work on specific themes related to the specialization. The research goes in depth into the most common data collection methods (interview, focus group and participant observation) and a selection of current data analysis approaches (thematic analysis, phenomenological analysis) in qualitative and quantitative research. The course also looks at the various criteria used to assess qualitative and quantitative research work and writing.
THT514Philosophical Perspectives
1 credits
On this course, students will identify philosophical, anthropological and psychological perspectives in relation to the fields of their study. They will correlate the human dimensions with the artistic ones.
THT631Psyche in Arts
3 credits
In this course, the students will learn how to extrapolate the emotion and the psyche then translate them into verbal and physical expression.
THT522Psychological Perspectives
1 credits
On this course, students will identify philosophical, anthropological and psychological perspectives in relation to the fields of their study. They will correlate the human dimensions with the artistic ones.
THT555Research Methodology
3 credits
This course aims to prepare students to examine criticism in theatre in a scholarly form. It introduces them to different methods in carrying out a research and acquaints them with a range of bibliographies and references relevant to the subject area. The course builds on the basic understanding of research.
Electives
THT637Arts &Tech of Adaptation to PA
THT638Creative Production
THT636Psychodrama or Sociodrama
3 credits
Course could be all psychodrama, all sociodrama or a combination of both. Sociometry should be covered in psychodrama and sociodrama courses. Students study the history of J. L. Moreno and the development of psychodrama. They discuss and experience the five instruments of psychodrama: the director, protagonist, auxiliaries, audience, and stage; the structure of a psychodrama: warm-up, enactment, de-rolling, and sharing; and key techniques such as the auxiliary ego, doubling, role playing and role reversal. Principles and techniques of sociometry are addressed. The use of psychodrama with various populations is discussed.
THT519Semiology &Performance Theories
3 credits
This course focuses on the semiotic analysis and performance studies. The students will distinguish semiotic systems and codes of performances. They will relate the study of motion to mimic codes and the semiotic function of the body of the performer. They will analyze the relation between the performer and the performance, as well as the relation with the audience focusing on the mechanisms of the reception, taking into account all the elements of performing arts.
THT624Topics (Dramaturgy, Writing)
3 credits
This course explores ideas of form, convention, style and context in performing arts. It focuses on different approaches to specified topics or schools. This is a research course that aims for a practical experimentation in relation with what is being researched. Apart from the research, the films and the documentaries studied, students will be encouraged to meet professionals who have worked in the field and try to conduct their own experiments in applying these approaches.
Capstone
Emphasis - Drama Therapy
THT636Psychodrama or Sociodrama
3 credits
Course could be all psychodrama, all sociodrama or a combination of both. Sociometry should be covered in psychodrama and sociodrama courses. Students study the history of J. L. Moreno and the development of psychodrama. They discuss and experience the five instruments of psychodrama: the director, protagonist, auxiliaries, audience, and stage; the structure of a psychodrama: warm-up, enactment, de-rolling, and sharing; and key techniques such as the auxiliary ego, doubling, role playing and role reversal. Principles and techniques of sociometry are addressed. The use of psychodrama with various populations is discussed.
THT635Psychopathology &Clinical DT
3 credits
This course will study the main categories of psychopathology (neurosis, borderline cases, psychosis…etc.). The students will integrate practices in different fields of application of art therapy. They will compile case studies and the contribution of arts therapies to treatments. The course will be illustrated by clinical cases.
THT632Pub. Practices & Areas of App DT
3 credits
This course will include the intervention of art therapists with different methodologies and specializations in the form of courses and workshops. It could lead to participation in international congresses. At the end of this course, students will be able to assess the methodologies studied and choose which ones to apply. They will demonstrate the capacity to participate in a symposium.
THT613Theories & Fund. of Drama Therapy
3 credits
This course investigates the main theories used in Drama therapy. Students will integrate 30 hours clinical participative observation in their work. They will compare multiple methods of evaluation. They will be confronted with different clinical and therapeutic approaches always keeping the ethical dimension perspective.
Emphasis - Theatre & Drama studies
Emphasis - Creative Production for Performing Arts
Mission
Performing Arts, Master Degree, enable students to produce high quality artworks and performances, compatible with theories of academic criteria. The basic goal is to educate Masters candidates under the guidance of qualified instructors. Graduate students complete a program with a rigorous study of critical theory, textual history, elements of production (directing, acting, choreography, writing, and design) and embodied research that aim to produce enriched thesis / projects generating an expanded perspective and awareness.
Program Educational Objectives
1. Graduates from the Master program will work successfully as professional members of the theatrical production process. They should be able to work in a broad range of positions involving tasks such as writing a scenario, directing, acting, and production.
2. Graduates will have the ability to produce their own personal pieces of theater.
3. Graduates will have the ability to function and communicate effectively in the field of theater as well as work as ethical and social individuals in society at large.
Program Outcomes
a. Students will acquire knowledge of critical and theoretical methodologies and their application to theater.
b. Demonstrate in critical essays and oral presentations an ability to analyze films via a variety of theoretical perspectives while using the critical vocabulary and methodologies of the discipline.
c. Develop a thorough understanding of the fundamental disciplines inherent in theater including acting, producing, directing, lighting, and sound.
d. Generate and develop ideas for theater that include writing from personal experience, and translating these ideas via acting, directing and technical excellence.
e. Function effectively on an individual as well as a group level in order to produce a communicative theatrical product.