{"id":349,"date":"2020-06-30T10:58:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:15:23","slug":"single-major-b-a-in-theatre-and-performance-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/single-major-b-a-in-theatre-and-performance-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Major B.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSingle Major B.A. in Theatre Studies\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/06\/banner21.jpg\" alt=\"banner21\" title=\"banner21\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tSingle Major B.A. in Theatre Studies (Cohort 2019 to 2020)\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tProgramme Requirements\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>To major in Theatre Studies, students need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pass TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Pass at least 44 units of TS or TS-recognised courses which include the following:<br \/>\n(1) \u00a0TS3103 Theatre Lab<br \/>\n(2) \u00a0A maximum of 8 units of TS-recognised courses<br \/>\n(3) \u00a0A minimum of 8 units from each of the following strands:<br \/>\n(i) \u00a0Framing Histories<br \/>\n(ii) Cultures in Practice<br \/>\n(iii) Researching Performance (including TS3103)<br \/>\n(4) \u00a0A minimum of 24 units at level 3000 or higher (including TS3103)<\/li>\n<li>The following TS-recognised courses may be read to fulfil TS Major requirements:<br \/>\nEL4222 or EL4222HM Stylistics and Drama <em>(5 units)<\/em><br \/>\nEN2203 Introduction to Film Studies<br \/>\nEN2204 Reading the Horror Film or EN3248 Reading the Horror Film<br \/>\nEN2271 Introduction to Playwriting<br \/>\nEN2272 Introduction to Writing Prose Fiction<br \/>\nEN2273 Introduction to Creative Writing<br \/>\nEN2274 Introduction to Screenwriting<br \/>\nEN3226 Shakespeare<br \/>\nEN3242 History of Film<br \/>\nEN3271 Advanced Playwriting<br \/>\nEN3272 Creative Writing<br \/>\nEN4242 or EN4242HM Modern Critical Theory <em>(5 units)<\/em><br \/>\nEN4244 or EN4244HM Topics in Cultural Studies <em>(5 units)<\/em><br \/>\nEN4245 Narrative, Narration, Auteur<em> (5 units)<\/em><br \/>\nEN4271 or EN4271HM Research Workshop <em>(5 units)<\/em><br \/>\nSE2224 Unmasked! An Introduction to Traditional Dance in SEA<br \/>\nGES1029 Singapore Film: Performance of Identity (See Note 2 below)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>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).<\/li>\n<li>Students majoring in TS (Cohort 2016 onwards) may read GES1029 to fulfil TS major requirements, OR General Education requirements. No double-counting is allowed. Students majoring in TS (Cohort 2016 onwards) cannot use GES1029 to fulfil UE outside major requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTS strands and TS courses in each strand \t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">(1) Framing Histories<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\"><i title=\"Collapse\">Collapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">TS2221<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Global Theatres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">TS2231<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">History and Theory of Western Theatre 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2232<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Asian Theatres: Tradition and the Contemporary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2233<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Making Contemporary Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2239<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Major Playwrights of the 20th Century<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2243<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Film Genres: Stars and Styles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2880A<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Makers of Modern Theatre in Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3231<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">History and Theory of Western Theatre 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3238<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Acting for the Screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3239<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Reading Asian Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3241<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Modern Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3244<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Voice and Text<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3248<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre and Orientalism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4880C<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Contemporary Performance Practices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">(2) Cultures in Practice <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">TS2234<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cultural Policy, the Arts and Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2235<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Marketing the Arts and Leisure Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2236<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Crossing Boundaries in Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2238<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore Film: Performance of Identity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2241<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Writing the Short Film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2242<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Intercultural Performance Practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3232<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance &amp; Social Space<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3233<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Southeast Asian Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3234<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance and Popular Culture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3235<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore English-Language Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3236<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre Ecologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3237<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Acting and Directing in Asian Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3242<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Intercultural Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3246<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Shakespeare and Asian Performances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4214<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Arts and the Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4216<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre and Gender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4217<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cultural Performance in Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4219<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Media and Popular Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">SSA2218<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore Film: Performance of Identity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">GES1029<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore Film: Performance of Identity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">GESS1021<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore Film: Performance of Identity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\">(3) Researching Performance <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">TS2217<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Introduction to Performance Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2237<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">As If: Actors and Acting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2240<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Voice Studies and Production<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2244<\/td>\n<td>Theatre, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS2880B<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Grotowski&#8217;s Approach to the Actor&#8217;s Craft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3103<br \/>\n<em>(8 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3222<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Applied Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3240<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre Criticism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3243<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stage and Screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3245<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Professional Theatre Internship<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3247<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Digital Archiving and Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS3880A<br \/>\n<em>(8 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Practice Research in Applied Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4212<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Playwriting: Practice and Production<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4213<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stylistics of Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4218<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre and Postmodernism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4220<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Shakespeare and Film<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4221<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4222<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance as Research in Applied Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4880B<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Applied Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">EL4222<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Stylistics and Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-3\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-3\">Non-stranded<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-3\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">TS1101E<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Introduction to Theatre and Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4401 (8 units) \/<br \/>\nTS4401HM<br \/>\n<em>(15 units)<\/em><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Honours Thesis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">TS4660<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Independent Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Single Major B.A. in Theatre Studies Single Major B.A. in Theatre Studies (Cohort 2019 to 2020) Programme Requirements To major in Theatre Studies, students need to: Pass TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance. This will be counted towards the Faculty Core or UE requirements. Pass at least 44 units of TS or TS-recognised courses which include the following: (1) \u00a0TS3103 Theatre Lab (2) \u00a0A maximum of 8 units of TS-recognised courses (3) \u00a0A minimum of 8 units from each of the following strands: (i) \u00a0Framing Histories (ii) Cultures in Practice (iii) Researching Performance (including TS3103) (4) \u00a0A minimum of 24 units at level 3000 or higher (including TS3103) 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13215,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/349\/revisions\/13215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}