溫莎大學(xué)

Affectionately known as DRED, this program has a focus on practical learning. It is one of Canada’s most unique undergraduate programs involving drama. You could develop presentations, performances and workshops around pressing social issues. Work in schools, art galleries, museums, hospitals, senior citizen residences and multicultural organizations. It’s perfect for students with an interest in using drama as a teaching tool or in community development. You can follow this up with our consecutive education program and become qualified to teach.

Sample Courses: Nature of Theatre, Introduction to Drama in Education and Community, Improvisation and Self Development, Creative Movement and Voice, Drama in the Classroom, Theatre for Social Action

FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE

• Expressing oneself confidently, assertively, and purposefully in front of an audience using both verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
• Speaking persuasively and articulately to convey a variety of project goals and occasion desired reactions in audience members
• Collaborating in the production of knowledge within the studio and classroom in a participatory, active process of exchange which links both theory and practice
• Articulating the interrelationship between the various disciplines of theatre production (performance, direction, creation, management, and design)
• Becoming a full theatre practitioner, versed in practical elements of theatre production, as well as the ways of applying theatre and performance studies to life and work, supporting personal goals, contributing to the field, and benefitting the community during the program and after graduation
• Applying the basic skills and theoretical practices involved in design for the theatre
• Applying principles and elements of design to create effective solutions to design challenges

Career Tracks: Theatre for young audiences’ performer or coordinator, teacher, child and youth counsellor, theatre for social action practitioner, arts administrator.