Graduate Institute Of Drama And Theatre( Master Program )
Educational Objectives
  1. Our graduate program provides students with a rigorous and solid training in the theatre studies, along with a vibrant liberal arts education.
  2. Our courses embrace both the Eastern and Western cultures, focusing on realms such as history, texts, theory, play-writing, humanities and aesthetics. Our intensive program prepares students for careers as researchers, educators, artists, and talents in creative marketing, media and communication.
  3. Theatre mirrors the nature of life. The program helps students to develop cognitive, emotional and physical skills.
  4. Students profit from working as a team, which helps enhance their physical and verbal communication skills.
Core Capabilities
  1. Chinese and Taiwanese Drama and Theatre
  2. Global Drama and Theatre
  3. Play Writing
  4. Studies on Acting and Directing
  5. Production Design
  6. Critical Thinking and Research Methodology
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Curriculum Planning
Curriculum Planning Map
Course List
Course TypeCourse Title (Recommended Year of Study)
Graduate Core Courses Thesis (M.A.)(1) Research Method：design(1) Research Method：theory(1) Readings in Western Dramatic Studies(1) Playwriting (Ⅲ)(1234) Readings in Chinese Dramatic Studies(1)
Chinese and Taiwanese Drama and Theatre Intercultural and Transnational Flows of Performance(1234) Drama and History(1234) Seminar on Taiwanese Opera(1234) Chinese Dramatic Theory(1234) Critical Readings of Chinese Drama(1234) Guided Readings of Modern Chinese Drama(1234) Seminar on the History of Taiwanese Theatre(1234) Seminar on Studies of Taiwanese Theatre(1234) Critical Readings of Chinese Classical Drama(1234) Critical Readings of Chinese Drama(1234) Modern Chinese Drama(1234) Folk Improvisational Theatre in Taiwan(1234) Readings in Chinese Dramatic Studies(1) Topics in Chinese Drama(1234) Seminar on Taiwanese Theatre(1234) Zhezixi and Beyond: Formation, transformation, and Reformation(1234) Ming and Qing Drama and Culture Topics(1234) Topics on Classical Chinese Drama(1234) Ming and Qing Drama and Culture Topics(1234) Seminar on Modern Taiwanese Theatre: The National and the Postcolonial(1234)
Global Drama and Theatre Seminar on Greek and Roman Drama(1234) Seminar on Western Dramatic Theories(1234) Seminar on Modern Drama(1234) Seminar on Contemporary English and American Drama(1234) Theory and Theatre(1234) Seminar on Performing Shakespeare(1234) Western Theatre and Drama(1234) Interpreting Drama(1234) Seminar on Scenes of Forgiveness in Shakespeare(1234) Ibsen and the Early Modern Drama(1234) Readings in Western Dramatic Studies(1) Dialectical Discourses of Enlightenment West and East and the Transcendence(1234) Postcolonial Literature and Drama(1234) Seminar on Shakespearean Studies(1234) Enlightenment and Modernity(1234) Artaud Study(1234) Trends in Contemporary French Drama and Theatre(1234) Intercultural and Transnational Flows of Performance(1234) Writing Madness: Six Case Studies of Shakespeare(1234) Research and Analysis of Shakespeare’s Problem Plays(1234) Theatre and Philosophy(1234) Theatre and Ecology(1234) Drama and History(1234) Dialogism of Madness: Foucault and Shakespeare(1234) Shakespeare’s Problem Plays and Shakespearean Criticism Since the 20th Century(1234) Italian Theatre in Historic Perspective(34) History of Western Costume(1234)
Acting and Directing: Theory and Practice Performance Studies: Theories & Practices in Artaud, Brook, Grotowski & Barba(1234) Intercultural and Transnational Flows of Performance(1234) Playwriting and Practicum in Traditional Chinese Drama(1234) Italian Theatre in Historic Perspective(34)
Play Writing Play Writing(1234) Playwriting (Ⅲ)(1234) Dramaturgy of Chinese Drama(1234) Critique and Dramaturgy of Chinese Drama(1234) Playwriting and Practicum in Traditional Chinese Drama(1234) Dramaturgy of Chinese Drama(234)
Production Design Semianr on Theatre Design and Lighting History(1234) Computerizing Simulation Moving Lighting Design(1234)
Comprehensive Realm Enlightenment and Modernity(1234) Fieldwork in Performance Art and Feature Writing(1234)
Other Courses Postcolonial Literature and Drama(1234)
Future Map
Future Map