| Graduate Study
Master’s Degree
The department offers an MA focusing on interpersonal
and organizational relations. Course work, seminars, and student
research in the program develop a cross-situational understanding of
theory and research in the three areas central to the discipline:
message processing, relational communication, and social influence.
All applicants for the MA program in speech must
supplement the application and transcripts required by the Graduate
Division with three letters of recommendation (preferably from
professors with whom the applicant has worked), a one-page statement of
goals, and the GRE General Test scores. These supplementary items should
be sent directly to the department.
Intended candidates for the MA should have a strong
undergraduate preparation in speech or a closely allied discipline.
Students who lack this preparation must make up deficiencies either
before or during graduate study. In the latter case, the student will be
admitted conditionally, pending removal of the deficiencies.
Further details on the program and the faculty, as
well as any changes in course offerings, may be requested from the
department.
Requirements
The department offers both Plan A (thesis) and Plan B
(non-thesis) programs. Plan A requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of
graduate work, at least 24 of which must be in speech courses numbered
600 and above, including 6 credit hours of SP 700 Thesis Research. Plan
B requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate work, at least 24 of
which must be in speech courses numbered 600 and above. Speech courses
numbered 400 to 499 and courses from allied disciplines may be counted
toward the degree only with prior consent of the graduate chair. SP 601
and 602 are required for both Plan A and Plan B programs.
For graduation, each candidate must present an
acceptable thesis (applied research report for Plan B) and must pass a
final oral examination based on the thesis for Plan A or on course work
and the research report for Plan B.
Theatre and Dance
College of Arts and Humanities
Kennedy Theatre 115
1770 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7677
Fax: (808) 956-4234
Web: www.hawaii.edu/theatre
Faculty
*E. Wichmann-Walczak, PhD (Chair)--Asian theater
*M. Boyd, MFA--technical theater
*J. Brandon, PhD--Asian theater
*J. Burk, PhD--dramatic literature, theory
*G. Cannon, AB--acting, directing, TV/film
*W. D. Carroll, PhD--playwriting, directing, theory
*J. Dodd, MFA--scene design
*S. Finney, MA--costume design
*E. Fisher, MA--modern techniques, dance history, choreography
*P. Gaither Adams, MFA--modern dance, choreography
*P. Hunt, EdD--dance and theater for children
*T. Hunt, PhD--theater for children, puppetry, creative drama
*T. Knapp, Dipl--acting, directing
*G. Lizenbery, BFA (Director of Dance)--modern dance, kinesiology
*R. Long, PhD--Asian theater, acting
*L. O’Malley, PhD--theater history, dramatic literature
K. Pauka, PhD--Asian theater
*J. Van Zile, MA--dance ethnology, notation
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
M. Cristofori, MA--theory and dance history
H. Glass, MA--improvisation, choreography
P. Leong, MA--Asian theater, movement
M. Wong, MA--modern dance, choreography
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: BA in dance, BA in theatre,
BFA in dance theatre, MA in dance, MA in theatre, MFA in dance, MFA in
theatre, PhD in theatre
The Academic Program
The Department of Theatre (THEA) and Dance (DNCE) is
comprised of two separate but related disciplines.
Theater includes the study of dramatic literature and
theory; acting and directing; stage, costume, and lighting design;
stagecraft; playwriting; and Asian and youth theater. Imaginative and
creative individuals interested in the disciplined, practical
application of classroom theory are suitable candidates as theater
majors. Teaching and professional stage, film, and television work are
typical professions of theater majors, but the analytical and practical
skills, discipline and self-confidence, creativity, problem solving, and
ability to work toward common production goals are applicable to all
professions. The theater major will benefit from a comprehensive
curriculum that includes the world’s most noted Asian theater program
and a nationally respected youth theater program.
Dance is the art of human motion. It encompasses the
study of human movement as it relates to the physical sciences, music,
theater performance and production, history, cultural context,
education, visual design, and human expression. Dance majors find
careers in the areas of performance, choreography, teaching, arts
administration and production, therapy, history and criticism, and
research. The University's dance program offers comprehensive theory
courses and a wide variety of dance techniques and styles. The program
is considered unique due to its offerings in dance ethnology and Asian
and Pacific dance.
Affiliations
The department’s Asian theater program is affiliated
with the Association for Asian Performance.
The dance program is affiliated with the American
College Dance Festival Association and the Council of Dance
Administrators.
Advising
After being admitted as majors in the theater program,
undergraduates must consult each semester with the theater undergraduate
adviser. Newly admitted theater graduate students should consult each
semester with the director of graduate studies in theater for initial
advising. After one year of study, a graduate student is expected to
select from the graduate faculty a permanent adviser well-versed in the
area of the student's concentration.
In dance, undergraduate majors must consult with the
dance undergraduate adviser every semester. Graduate students should
consult with the director of graduate studies in dance.
Undergraduate Study
Bachelor’s Degree
BA in Theatre
Students must complete 42 credit hours, including:
• THEA 240, 311, 312,
411, and 412
• Two courses in Asian theater (one in
theory/history/literature, one in performance)
• One course each in acting, voice/movement, directing, design,
and youth theater
• 6 credits of theater workshop
• Recommended additional courses: ART 101, DNCE 150 or 255, MUS
106 or 107, and PHIL 200
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