Current Undergraduate Courses

Drama Specialist, Major, and Minor programs are designed to be flexible, so that students can select courses from a range of disciplines that inform the study and practice of theatre. In all drama courses, class size is limited to ensure individual instruction. 

2026-2027 Courses

Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar: Full course descriptions, along with detailed requirements regarding required course-work for each program. 

Timetable Builder: Schedule – including undergraduate course times, locations, and instructors – enrolment controls, and spots available. Search "DRM" in the department field then search for courses. 

Faculty of Arts & Science Dates & Deadlines: Academic dates include enrolment dates, drop deadlines, exam periods, petition deadlines and more.

Courses are divided into five groups:

Acceptance into Studio Group B courses is based on an audition and/or interview after applying online by March 10th. Many Studio Group B courses require the submission of portfolio materials. Second round applications for DRM200Y1 are due on August 1st. See our four Studio Entry courses for more information.

Students may need to apply each year for acceptance into the next level of studio classes.

Note: Students taking a studio course (Group B) are required to take an academic co-requisite from Foundations or any course from Group A. Students who enroll in more than 2 Studio Topics full credits before the Priority period ends will be removed from excess classes via Acorn.

2026/27
DRM200Y1 Y Performance I | Application Guidelines
DRM202H1 F Directing I | Application Guidelines
DRM228H1 S Playwriting I
DRM254H1 F Design & Production I
DRM300Y1 Y  Performance II | Apply online
DRM301H1 F Movement I
DRM302H1 S Directing II | Application Guidelines
DRM328H1 S Playwriting II | Application Guidelines
DRM354H1 S Design II | Application Guidelines
DRM355H1 S Production II | Application Guidelines
DRM368H1 S Devised Theatre
DRM377H1 S Topics in Studio Practice | Vocal Presence in Performance

CAPSTONES Application Guidelines

DRM400H1 F Advanced Performance
DRM402H1 F Advanced Directing | Application Guidelines
DRM403Y1 Y Mainstage Performance | Application Guidelines
DRM413H1 S Advanced Movement
DRM428H1 S Advanced Playwriting | Application Guidelines  
DRM454H1 F Advanced Design
DRM480Y1 Y Internships: Performance and Cultural Arts Organizations (can count as Group A or B)

Not offered in 2026/27
DRM224H1 Robots, Automata & Avatars 
DRM311H1 Voice & Movement II
DRM375H1 S Topics in Studio Practice | Clown
DRM455H1  Advanced Production

Be sure to check the Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar or contact the departments prior to enrolment if you are unsure you meet their prerequisites.

Offered in 2026/27:  

CAR321H1 S Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance 
CLA383H1 S Comedy
ENG220H1 F & S Introduction to Shakespeare
ENG320H1 F Shakespeare I: Early Plays and Poems 
ENG321H1 S Shakespeare II: Later Plays and Poems  (contact dept admin to have it count toward Group C on Degree Explorer)
ENG330H1 F Medieval Drama
ENG340H1 F Modern Drama
ENG341H1 S Post-Modern Drama
ENG352H1 F Canadian Drama
MUS215H1 Performing Arts of East Asia
REN347H1 F Studies in Renaissance Performance 
SLA367H1 F  Global Chekhov

Not offered in 2026-27

BMS380H1 Staging Britishness from Shakespeare to the BBC
CHC367H1 Christianity, Literature, and Theatre
CLA382H1 Tragedy
CRE273H1 The Body: An Exercise 
CRE375H1 History of Creativity 
DTS412H1 The Diasporic Imagination
ENG331H1 Drama 1485-1603
ENG335H1  Drama 1603-1642
ENG337H1 Drama, 1660-1800
ENG373H1 Topics in Pre-1800 British Literature: Obscure Shakespeare (only this sub-topic)
GRK351H1 Greek Drama I
GRK451H1 Greek Drama II
INS300Y1 Worldviews, Indigenous Knowledges, and Oral Tradition
INS302H1 Indigenous Representation in the Mass Media and Society
INS341H1 North American Indigenous Theatre
ITA390H1 The Comedia dell’Arte
ITA410H1 Masterpieces of Modern Drama
LAT351H1 Latin Drama I
LAT451H1 Latin Drama II
LCT304H1 Praxis and Performance (previously VIC304H1)
MUS206H1 The World of Opera
MUS209H1 Performing Arts of South Asia
MUS340H1 20th Century Music for Theatre
SLA342H1 Theatricality and Spectacle in the History of Russian Culture: From Jesters to Meyerhold
SLA406H1  Transgressions: Drama, Theatre, Performance
SPA387H1 Latin American Performative Expression
TEP320H1 Representing Science on Stage (different faculty: Applied Science & Engineering)

UNI102H1 S Performing the City I (counts as Other)
UNI106H1  Performing the City II (counts as Other - not offered in 2026-27)
UNI197H1 Hamilton: Musical and History (counts as Other)

Third and fourth year Drama Major or Specialist students may apply for an independent study by following the CDTPS Independent Study Policy.

Topics in Drama courses can count towards different Group Requirements depending on the content, which varies from year to year. Please check with Colleen Osborn prior to graduation.

DRM286H1  Special Topics in Drama (not offered in 2026-27)
DRM288H1 Introduction to Communications (Summer only)
DRM299Y1  Research Opportunity Program (not offered in 2026-27)
DRM390Y1  Independent Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (not offered in 2026-27)
DRM391H1  Independent Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
DRM399Y1  Research Opportunity Program  (not offered in 2026-27)
DRM490Y1  Independent Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies
DRM491H1  Independent Studies in Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies

See all application guidelines for select CDTPS courses.