To major in Theatre Studies, students need to:

1. Pass TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.
2. Pass at least 84 units of TS or TS-recognised courses which include the following:
   (1)  TS3103 Theatre Lab
   (2)  A maximum of 8 units of TS-recognised courses
   (3)  A minimum of 8 units from each of the following strands:
   (i)  Framing Histories
   (ii) Cultures in Practice
   (iii) Researching Performance (including TS3103)
   (4)  A minimum of 64 units at level 3000 or higher (including TS3103), with
   (i) a minimum of 40 units at level 4000 or higher
   (ii) a minimum of 35 units of TS courses at level 4000 or higher
   (iii) a maximum of 1 level 5000 TS course (subject to department’s approval)
   Level 4000HM courses count for 5 units each except the Honours Thesis which counts for 15 units .
3. The following TS-recognised courses may be read to fulfil TS Major requirements:
   EL4222 or EL4222HM Stylistics and Drama (5 units)
   EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
   EN2204 Reading the Horror Film or EN3248 Reading the Horror Film
   EN2271 Introduction to Playwriting
   EN2272 Introduction to Writing Prose Fiction
   EN2273 Introduction to Creative Writing
   EN2274 Introduction to Screenwriting
   EN3226 Shakespeare
   EN3242 History of Film
   EN3271 Advanced Playwriting
   EN3272 Creative Writing
   EN4242 or EN4242HM Modern Critical Theory (5 units)
   EN4244 or EN4244HM Topics in Cultural Studies (5 units)
   EN4245 Narrative, Narration, Auteur (5 units)
   EN4271 or EN4271HM Research Workshop (5 units)
   SE2224 Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA
   GES1029 Singapore Film: Performance of Identity (See Note 2 below)

Note:

1. Students majoring in TS will be exempted from the pre-requisites for these TS-recognised courses. To read the TS-recognised level 4000 courses, students must fulfil the general pre-requisites of level 4000 courses. Level 4000 courses carry a general pre-requisite of having completed 80 units including 28 units in the Major, with a minimum GPA of 3.20 OR being on the Honours Track (some level 4000 courses may have different pre-requisites).
2. Students majoring in TS (Cohort 2016 to 2020) may read GES1029 to fulfil TS major requirements, OR General Education requirements. No double-counting is allowed. Students majoring in TS (Cohort 2016 to 2020) cannot use GES1029 to fulfil UE outside major requirements.