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Masaryk University Faculty of Arts

Theatre Studies

Theatre is the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. (Thorton Wilder)

What will you learn?

The aim of the Bachelor studies is to make students familiar with the history of Czech and world theatre, staging practices and theories describing typical features, and rules of different theatrical genres and ways of researching into theatre and drama. In the undergraduate study programme, students are instructed in understanding that the primary function of theatre is not only to entertain, but also reflect on the nature of human existence in various contexts. A piece of theatre and/or drama is, thus, a unique and involved commentary on human reality in an aestheticized, yet no less telling, form.

The Bachelor study programme is targeted at those who are interested in understanding historical and socio-cultural processes through the medium of theatre and drama, assessing its aesthetic aspects, developing their analytical skills, and learning to formulate their opinions in writing and discussions with fellow students and teachers. Students are supposed to be interested in current theatre and drama, critical thinking about these phenomena, and development of their verbal and writing skills.

The major research interests of the Department of Theatre Studies is Czech and world theatre history, theatricality of non-theatrical phenomena, current Czech and world drama and staging techniques, translating for theatre, and theatre criticism.

Further information

More information about programme, research and other activities of the department are avaliable on web:

http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/

Career opportunities

The undergraduate gains not only the adequate professional knowledge and skills, but also other practical general skills usable in any other field of Humanities, as well as in personal life. These include the ability of working with different kinds of texts and assessing them critically, academic and journalistic writing skills, general knowledge of Czech and world history and culture, understanding of current socio-political issues, the capacity of deep and complex thinking analysis of various phenomena. In case the students seek employment in theatre filed, they are instructed to continue in Master, potentially even PhD programme in Theatre History and Theory. Graduates can find employment in numerous cultural fields, namely theatre and cultural journalism, editor in different types of publishing houses, theatre management, archives and museums, PR positions in cultural institutions, management of theatre festivals, promotion of theatre and drama, and in the academia.

Admission requirements

No information available

Application guide

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Combined studies

In this type of studies, the students focus on the main degree programme (120 credits) supplemented with another, minor, programme (60 credits). The student enrols in the degree programme in which he/she majors. Both the programmes are stated in the university diploma. You will find possible combinations on the websites of individual degree programmes.​ An exception is programmes preparing students for teaching professions, where both fields of study are equal and the thesis may be written in any of them.

Recommended combinations

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Other combinations

Study plans of this programme can also be studies in a combination with

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Arts

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Education

  • Social pedagogy (major) – Faculty of Education, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Economics and Administration

  • Economics (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Economic Policy (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Public Economics and Administration (major) – Faculty of Economics and Administration, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Informatics

  • Informatics (major) – Faculty of Informatics, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)

Combinations with programmes from Faculty of Social Studies

  • Media Studies and Journalism (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Psychology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Security & Strategic Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Political Science (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Environmental Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • International Relations (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Social Anthropology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Sociology (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Social Work (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • Public and Social Policy and Human Resources (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)
  • European Studies (major) – Faculty of Social Studies, full-time studies
    + Theatre Studies (minor)

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Single-subject studies

Combined studies

Follow-up studies

The undergraduate (when meeting the requirements for admission) can continue their studies in any of the follow-up Master programmes, preferably in Humanities or Social Sciences. Students are advised to combine, even at the undergraduate level, the Theatre History and Theory study programme with another one (e.g. Czech Language and Literature, foreign language, Art History, Philosophy, etc.), thus widening the scope of their knowledge, as well as theoretical and methodological background, and consequently the possibility of future employment.

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Arts
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined No
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies Yes
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

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Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.

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