BA Honours Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

Help future generations learn by using Drama as an educational device. Bachelors of Art Honours, Applied Drama: Theatre in Education, Communities and Social Contexts Programme Code: AHA00 Drama for Life within the Wits School of Arts is an arts centre for social transformation and healing. Our postgraduate academic, research and community engagement department brings together the disciplines of Applied Drama and Theatre, Performance Ethnography, Performance Studies, Performance as Research, Drama in Education and Arts Education, Drama Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapies within the context of a critical reflexive praxis.

Faculty: Humanities | Department: Wits School of Arts | Duration: 1 - 2 years | Study mode: full-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

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Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree or Postgraduate Diploma specializing in Applied Drama and Theatre demonstrate excellent teaching skills in drama and theatre Outstanding Performers, Theatre-Makers, Performing Arts Managers, Arts Educators, Community-Based Theatre Practitioners Work experience in Capacity Development, HIV/AIDS, Civic Society, Health Education, Arts Therapies, Universities and Arts & Culture Experience in at least one of the following fields is recommended: * HIV/Aids Education, activism and therapy, * Human Rights and Social Justice, * Peace Building, Transformation and Diversity Management, and * Environmental Sustainability would be an asset Additional requirements may apply.

Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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