The EdD is a professional doctorate with a commitment to Arts-Based Research and practice-led inquiry. Unlike the PhD, the Doctor of Education prepares the next generation of artist educators who are not solely interested in a conventional career in the Academy, but whose desired pathway is more aligned to qualitative investigations and work in the arts professions, schools and cultural institutions.
A total of 42 points beyond the master’s degree (depending on the student’s previous academic background) is required for the Ed.D. This includes general degree requirements in educational theatre to be selected in consultation with a doctoral adviser, according to the student’s area of interest and professional goals. Doctoral students must complete a minimum of 36 points in residence beyond the master’s degree.
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Upon completion of coursework, students must register for a one-point Collegium in performing arts education research each semester in order to maintain matriculation (MPAIA-GE 3400 Performing Arts Research Collegium).
Ed.D. students will develop a culminating study drawn from one or more of the programs’ specializations: Drama in Education, Applied Theatre, or Theatre for Young Audiences and Play Production. This might include dramatic work or other arts-based project, action research project, internship, and/or other applied theatre residency in lieu of a research-based dissertation. This will also require a formal proposal, faculty mentorship, and subsequent presentation and defense before a faculty committee.
Students should consult the Doctoral Policies published by the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development for additional information regarding doctoral study. Course substitutions for any of the general degree requirements must be approved by the academic adviser, the department chairperson, and the vice dean.
EDTC: Educational Theatre in Colleges and Communities EdD Program of Study
Common Core |
9 points |
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MPAET-GE 2077 |
Methods and Materials of Research in Educational Theatre |
3 |
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RESCH-GE 2140 |
Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry | 3 |
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MPADT-GE 2100 |
Intro to Arts Based Research | 3 |
Content Knowledge (Selected By Advisement) |
6 points |
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MPAET-GE 2075 |
Drama and Youth: Theoretical Perspectives |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2076 |
Drama and Youth: Practical Implications |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2106 |
Advanced Playwriting |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2978 |
Applied Theatre Praxis |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2982 |
Directing Youth Theatre Productions |
3 |
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AMLT-GE 2054 |
Organizational Theory II |
3 |
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AMLT-GE 3301 |
Educational Reform and Leadership in the New Economy |
3 |
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ASPP-GT 2006 |
Special Topics: Trauma and Creativity |
4 |
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ASPP-GT 2048 |
Imagination and Social Change |
4 |
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EDLED-GE 3005 |
Educational Policy Analysis |
3 |
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EDLED-GE 3015 |
Information Strategies for Education Policy and Practice |
3 |
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PERF-GT 2313 |
Culture of Social Performance: Performance of Everyday Life |
4 |
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PERF-GT 2407 |
Topics in Latin American Performance: Memory, Trauma and Performance |
4 |
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PERF-GT 2560 |
On Improvisation |
4 |
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PERF-GT 2602 |
Performance and the Law: Constituting the “Good Life” |
4 |
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PERF-GT 2647 |
Tokenism, Fetishism and Idolatry: Fetish in Performance |
4 |
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PERF-GT 2746 |
Drama, Theatre, and Performance: Embodiment and Performance |
4 |
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PERF-GT 4206 |
Performance Composition: Performance and Revolution |
4 |
Methods of Inquiry (Selected By Advisement) |
3 points |
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RESCH-GE 2135 |
Historical Research |
3 |
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RESCH-GE 2141 |
Case Study and Ethnographic Inquiry |
3 |
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RESCH-GE 2142 |
Interview and Observation |
3 |
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RESCH-GE 2143 |
Participatory Action Research |
3 |
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RESCH-GE 2147 |
Fieldwork: Data Collection |
3 |
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APSTA-GE 2001 |
Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences I |
3 |
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APSTA-GE 2002 |
Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences II |
3 |
Practical Knowledge (Selected By Advisement) |
12 points |
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The practical knowledge requirement includes graduate level courses that are designed to broaden students’ access to practical applications of educational theatre methodology. To this end, courses are considered practical when they (1) Provide workshop experiences; (2) Strongly rely on current scholarship from theatre education; and (3) Have wide applicability to common practices in the students’ specialization and profession. |
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Specialization Course Electives (Selected By Advisement) |
9 points |
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Drama in Education |
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MPAET-GE 2030 |
Dramatic Activities in the Elementary Classroom |
2 |
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MPAET-GE 2031 |
Dramatic Activities in the Secondary Classroom |
2 |
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MPAET-GE 2065 |
Theory of Creative Drama |
2 |
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MPAET-GE 2069 |
Methods of Conducting Creative Drama |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2955 |
Drama across the Curriculum |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2960 |
Drama with Special Populations |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2970 |
Exploring Shakespeare in the Classroom |
1 |
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MPAET-GE 2971 |
Teaching Literacy through Drama |
1 |
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MPAET-GE 2988 |
Assessment of Student Work in Drama |
1 |
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ENGED-GE 2540 |
The English Teacher as Reflective Practitioner |
3 |
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Applied Theatre |
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MPAET-GE 2101 |
Applied Theatre I |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2102 |
Applied Theatre II |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2114 |
Creating Ethnodrama: Theory and Practice |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2115 |
The Ethnoactor and Verbatim Performance |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2400 |
Seminar in Applied Theatre Research |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2965 |
Introduction to Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2966 |
Advanced Techniques of Theatre of the Oppressed |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2976 |
Exploring Social Issues through Drama |
1 |
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MPAET-GE 2977 |
Understanding Diversity: Teaching Pluralism |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2979 |
Creating Meaning through Community Drama |
3 |
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Theatre for Young Audiences and Play Production |
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MPAET-GE 2021 |
Development of Theatre |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2075 |
Drama and Youth: Theoretical Perspectives |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2076 |
Drama and Youth: Practical Implications |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2091 |
Studies in Dramatic Theory and Criticism I |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2106 |
Advanced Playwriting |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2107 |
Learning through Youth Theatre I |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2108 |
Learning through Youth Theatre II |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2152 |
Theatre Practices: Problems in Play Production |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2980 |
Creating Theatre with Young People I |
1-6 |
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MPAET-GE 2981 |
Creating Theatre with Young People II |
1-6 |
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MPAET-GE 2982 |
Directing Youth Theatre Productions |
3 |
Culminating Study |
3 points |
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MPAET-GE 3005 |
Doctoral Proposal Seminar |
3 |
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Students will develop a project drawn from one or more of the programs’ specializations: Drama in Education, Applied Theatre, or Theatre for Young Audiences and Play Production. This might include dramatic work or other arts-based project, action research project, internship, and/or other applied theatre residency in lieu of a research-based dissertation. |
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TOTAL |
42 points* |
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*Prerequisites in theatreform competence are required, especially in theatre history, dramatic literature, acting and directing, and drama criticism. Applicants who have not taken courses in these area at the undergraduate or master’s level must take them before fulfilling the Specialization Course Electives requirement, even if it means that more than 42 points are required to complete this EdD program. Additional courses in theatreform in excess of those required for this degree may be selected by advisement.
Prerequisites |
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MPAET-GE 2021/2022 |
Development of Theatre I/II |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2091 |
Studies in Dramatic Theory and Criticism I |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2097 |
Advanced Directing |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2099/2100 |
Styles of Acting and Directing I/II |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2251 |
Acting: Scene Study |
3 |
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MPAET-GE 2252 |
Acting: Character Study |
3 |