Performance Studies - Northwestern University

Performance Studies from Northwestern University is a Campus Master Theatre degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. The School of Communication\'s graduate program in performance studies is rooted in the analysis and exploration of performance as both artistic practice and scholarly method, and as a means for engaging history, culture, and human expression. Students in the program produce provocative research and creative work in cultural studies and ethnography, performance theory and criticism, and the adaptation and staging of narrative texts. The Department of Performance Studies works closely with other departments and programs within the university. In your coursework and research you will draw from such fields as Anthropology, African Studies, African-American Studies, Gender Studies, Radio-TV-Film, Theatre & Drama , and others. Performance studies PhD students may also earn a graduate certificate in Gender Studies or African Studies while pursuing their degree . Performance Studies also participates actively in the Graduate School?s recently developed Cluster initiative, which fosters interdisciplinary study and interdepartmental connections. As part of the Critical Studies in Theatre & Performance cluster, the department has helped to offer workshops for graduate students on such topics as collegiality and ethics, grant applications, job interviews, and publication of the dissertation. View more details on Northwestern University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Theatre courses.