The Ph.D. in Performance Studies is a four-year program. In the first two years of study, students develop an understanding of twentieth and twenty-first century performance by drawing from a range of regular course offerings in the field to identify, explore, and define a field or fields of research. Students are required to complete four core courses out of five. Each individual program is then built from seminar and practice as research courses, as well as independent or group studies in the department, including those in acting, directing, design and choreography. Courses may also be taken in other departments (for example Comparative Literature, Technocultural Studies, English, Music), and designated emphases are available in Critical Theory, and Feminist Theory and Research.

While an M.A. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted.

This program is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group.

For more information, visit the Performance Studies Web site.

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