Graduate Certificate in African American Theatre
Major: GCAATDegree Awarded: CERT
Unit: GA
Program Webpage: http://louisville.edu/theatrearts/academics/master-of-fine-arts-in-theatre-arts/aatp-certificate.html
Program Information
The first (and only) graduate program in African American Theatre in the region.
Requires 15 hours of graduate credit—nine (9) hours in African American Theatre, three (3) hours of theatre-related Community Service, three (3) hours of Electives.
Can be completed as a “stand alone” program or in conjunction with another graduate program (any area).
Specially designed for:
- Teachers, Government and Community Agency Professionals
- Graduate Students (at U of L or another institution)
- Persons preparing for professional careers in the theatre arts
- Community Residents
Curriculum
| History, Theory and Literature | |
| TA 566 Advanced African American Theatre History | 3 |
| and one of the following: | 3 |
| TA 664 Approaching African American Theatre | |
| TA 563 Advanced African American Women in Theatre | |
| TA 565 Advanced Theatre of the African World | |
| Performance/Design | |
| One of the following: | 3 |
| TZ 532 Advanced Directing the Black Experience | |
| TA 547 Advanced Black Aesthetic on Stage | |
| TA 625 MFA Performance Project | |
| TA 645 MFA Production Project | |
| Community Service | 3 |
| TA 654 Independent Study in Community Service | |
| Electives | 3 |
| one of the following: | |
| TA 650 Theatre Internship | |
| TA 655 Independent Study | |
| PAS Approved courses in Pan African Studies | |
| Minimum total hours | 15 |
Departmental Faculty
Russell J. Vandenbroucke
Professor
Chair
Garry Brown
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Nefertiti Burton
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Rinda L. Frye
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Zhanna Goldentul
Instructor
Instructor
Albert J. Harris
Professor
Professor
Michael F. Hottois
Professor
Director of Design
Professor
Director of Design
Lundeana Thomas
Professor
Director, African American Theatre Program
Professor
Director, African American Theatre Program
James R. Tompkins
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Zan Sawyer-Dailey
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty