{"id":353,"date":"2020-06-30T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T10:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ell\/?page_id=353"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T02:47:15","slug":"minor-in-theatre-and-performance-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/minor-in-theatre-and-performance-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Theatre and Performance Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t Minor in Theatre and Performance Studies\n\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\" \/>\n<h3>\n\t\tMinor in Theatre and Performance Studies (Cohort 2021 onwards) \n\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\tProgramme Requirements\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Pass at least 20 units of TS courses (excluding TS3103 and TS3245), which include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 4 units from each of the following strands:\n<ul>\n<li>Framing Histories<\/li>\n<li>Cultures in Practice<\/li>\n<li>Researching Performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 4 units at TS level-3000 or higher<\/li>\n<li>TS3103 Theatre Lab and TS3245 Professional Theatre Internship cannot be read by TS minor students as they can only be read by TS major students.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Only TS-coded courses can be used to fulfil the TS Minor requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Up to 8 units may be used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., College, Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Please refer to the guidelines\/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myportal.nus.edu.sg\/studentportal\/fas\/ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FASS Student Portal<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/academic-information-policies\/undergraduate-students\/special-programmes\/minor-programmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registrar&#8217;s Office (Minor programmes) website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\n\t\tMinor in Theatre Studies (Cohort 2019 to Cohort 2020)\n\t<\/h3>\n<h4>\n\t\tProgramme Requirements\n\t<\/h4>\n\t<p>Pass at least 20 units of TS courses (excluding TS3103 and TS3245), which include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 4 units from each of the following strands:\n<ul>\n<li>Framing Histories<\/li>\n<li>Cultures in Practice<\/li>\n<li>Researching Performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A minimum of 4 units at level 3000 or higher<\/li>\n<li>TS3103 Theatre Lab and TS3245 Professional Theatre Internship cannot be read by TS minor students as they can only be read by TS major students.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Note:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Only TS-coded courses can be used to fulfil the TS Minor requirements.<\/li>\n<li>A maximum of 8 units from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor.<\/li>\n<li>Please refer to the guidelines\/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myportal.nus.edu.sg\/studentportal\/fas\/ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FASS Student Portal<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/registrar\/academic-information-policies\/undergraduate-students\/special-programmes\/minor-programmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registrar&#8217;s Office (Minor programmes) website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>\n\t\tTS strands and TS courses in each strand \n\t<\/h4>\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 width=\"120\">TS2231<\/td>\n<td>History and Theory of Western Theatre 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2232<\/td>\n<td>Asian Theatres: Tradition and the Contemporary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2233<\/td>\n<td>Making Contemporary Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2239<\/td>\n<td>Major Playwrights of the 20th Century<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2243<\/td>\n<td>Film Genres: Stars and Styles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS2880A<\/td>\n<td>Makers of Modern Theatre in Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3231<\/td>\n<td>History and Theory of Western Theatre 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3238<\/td>\n<td>Acting for the Screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3239<\/td>\n<td>Reading Asian Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3241<\/td>\n<td>Modern Drama<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3244<\/td>\n<td>Voice and Text<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS3248<\/td>\n<td>Theatre and Orientalism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TS4880C<\/td>\n<td>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\" width=\"0\">TS2235<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Marketing the Arts and Leisure Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS2236<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Crossing Boundaries in Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">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\" width=\"0\">TS3232<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance &amp; Social Space<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3233<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Southeast Asian Performance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3234<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Performance and Popular Culture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3235<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Singapore English-Language Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3236<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre Ecologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3237<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Acting and Directing in Asian Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3242<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Intercultural Theatre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS3246<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Shakespeare and Asian Performances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS4214<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Arts and the Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS4216<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Theatre and Gender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS4217<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Cultural Performance in Asia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"0\">TS4219<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Media and Popular Performance<\/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<\/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\u00a0<em>(8 units) \/<br \/>\nTS4401HM<br \/>\n(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>Minor in Theatre and Performance Studies Minor in Theatre and Performance Studies (Cohort 2021 onwards) Programme Requirements Pass at least 20 units of TS courses (excluding TS3103 and TS3245), which include: TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance A minimum of 4 units from each of the following strands: Framing Histories Cultures in Practice Researching Performance A minimum of 4 units at TS level-3000 or higher TS3103 Theatre Lab and TS3245 Professional Theatre Internship cannot be read by TS minor students as they can only be read by TS major students. Note: Only TS-coded courses can be used to fulfil the TS Minor requirements. Up to 8 units may be used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., College, Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement. Please refer to the guidelines\/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the\u00a0FASS Student Portal\u00a0and the\u00a0Registrar&#8217;s Office (Minor programmes) website. Minor in Theatre Studies (Cohort 2019 to Cohort 2020) Programme Requirements Pass at least 20 units of TS courses (excluding TS3103 and TS3245), which include: TS1101E Introduction to Theatre and Performance A minimum of 4 units from each of the following strands: Framing Histories Cultures in Practice Researching Performance A [&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-353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353","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=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12649,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions\/12649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/elts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}