COURSES - DISCIPLINE OF DRAMA AND THEATRE ARTS
UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME – DRAMA
The academic programmes shall be based on the bi-model semester system. As such, each academic year will be considered as year 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Each year of study is divided into two 2 semesters. One semester consists of a 15 weeks term of academic work.
Swamy Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies (SVIAS) offers the following four years (8 semesters) degree programmes:
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Music)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama & Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual & Technological Arts)
The curriculum of all degree programmes of the institute are being revised by adopting the Sri Lankan Qualification Framework (SLQF), respective subject benchmark statements and other relevant UGC circulars.
Practical and theory will be the two components and the major subjects. Relative fields and skill one in theatre arts are included in the elective subjects such as, Sri Lankan, Indian world Theatre History and Selected Drama in various Countries and traditions are included in the optional subjects.
COURSE COMBINATIONS
All courses of study consist of;
(a). Course Subjects
(b). Elective Subjects
(c). Optional Subjects
| First Year – First Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA 1113 | Major DTA Practical | Understanding the Body, Mind and Voice | 90 | 3 |
| DTA 1123 | Major DTA Practical | Elementary of Acting | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA 1133 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Body Mind and Voice-1 | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA 1142 | Elective | Dance/Dance like movements | 15T+30P | 2 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU 1112 | Co – Course | Introduction to Career Guidance | 30 | 2 |
| ASU 1122 | Co – Course | Introduction to IT | 45 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers |
| First Year – Second Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA 1213 | Major DTA Practical | Advance Acting | 90 | 3 |
| DTA 1223 | Major DTA Practical | Voice & Speech for Actor | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA 1233 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Acting-2 | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA 1242 | Elective | Vocal/Basic Training in Singing (Classical & Non Classical) | 15T+30P | 2 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU 1212 | Co – Course | Introduction to Social Harmony & Sri Lankan Studies | 30 | 2 |
| ASU 1222 | Co – Course | Introduction to Basic Science | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers |
| Second Year – First Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA 2113 | Major DTA Practical | Vadamody, Thenmody, Vasanthan Dance Movements. | 90 | 3 |
| DTA 2123 | Major DTA Practical | Music & Dance for Theatre | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA 2133 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Music & Dance for Theatre-3 | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA 2142 | Elective | Dramatic Literature 01Selected Texts (Focus on Sri Lankan Texts ) | 30 | 2 |
| DTA 2152 | Elective | Outline of Sri Lankan Theatre (Special reference to Sri Lankan Tamil Theatre) | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU 2112 | Co – Course | English-I | 30 | 2 |
| All students should offer this subject. |
| Second Year – Second Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA – 2213 | Major DTA Practical | Script Writing | 90 | 3 |
| DTA – 2223 | Major DTA Practical | Stage Balance, Stage Movements and Stage Position. | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA – 2233 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Script | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA- 2242 | Elective | Dramatic Literature 02 Selected Texts (Focus on Indian Text ) | 30 | 2 |
| DTA- 2252 | Elective | Out line History of Indian Theatre (Focus on Indian Tamil Theatre) | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU – 2212 | Co – Course | English-II | 30 | 2 |
| All students should offer this subject. |
| Third Year – First Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA – 3113 | Major DTA Practical | Make up, Costume & Stage Decor | 90 | 3 |
| DTA – 3123 | Major DTA Practical | Stage Lighting. | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA – 3133 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Make-up, Costume & Stage Décor-5 | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA- 3142 | Elective | Dramatic Literature 03 Selected Texts (Special Focus on Greek & Elizabethan Text) | 30 | 2 |
| DTA- 3152 | Elective | Outline of World Theatre(Special Focus on Western Modern Theatre) | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU – 3132 | Co – Course | Studies in Indigenous Arts & Culture | 30 | 2 |
| ASU – 3142 | Co – Course | Music & Dance in Sri Lanka | 30 | 2 |
| ASU- 3162 | Co – Course | Introduction to Udarata & Bhatharata Dances | 30 | 2 |
| ASU – 3182 | Co – Course | Adaptation in Theatre | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer any one paper. |
| Third Year – Second Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA – 3213 | Major DTA Practical | Directing the Play | 90 | 3 |
| DTA – 3223 | Major DTA Practical | Production Management Advertisement | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA – 3233 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Direction & Production-6 | 45 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA- 3242 | Elective | Dramatic Literature 04 Selected Texts (Focus on Modern Text) | 30 | 2 |
| DTA- 3252 | Elective | Modern Theatre of Japan’s Special Form on Kapuki) | 30 | 2 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU – 3242 | Co – Course | Art & Communication | 30 | 2 |
| ASU – 3262 | Co – Course | Independent Study(Field Work) | 15T+30P | 2 |
| ASU- 3252 | Co – Course | Audio Video Recording and Editing | 45 | 2 |
| Students should offer any one paper. |
| Fourth Year – First Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA – 4113 | Major DTA Practical | Theatre Workshop & Theatre Games | 90 | 3 |
| DTA – 4123 | Major DTA Practical | New Forms in Theatre(Street, Forum, Image, Invisible, Applied Theatres) | 90 | 3 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA – 4133 | Major DTA Theory | Theory of Theatre Appreciation & Theatre Criticism – 7 | 90 | 3 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Subsidiary | ||||
| DTA- 4142 | Elective | Dramatic Literature 05 Selected Texts (Focus on Modern and Post Modern Text) | 30 | 2 |
| All students should offer this subject. | ||||
| Additional Subject | ||||
| ASU – 4112 | Co – Course | Research Methodology | 30 | 2 |
| ASU – 4132 | Co – Course | Out Line Knowledge of Computer | 45 | 2 |
| Students should offer all paper |
| Fourth Year – Second Semester – Drama & Theatre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course code | Branch code | Course title | No of contact hours | No of credit(s) |
| Major Practical | ||||
| DTA – 4213 | Major DTA Practical | Preservation & Reformulation of Traditional Theatre | 90 | 3 |
| DTA – 4226 | Major DTA Practical | Performance | 180 | 6 |
| Students should offer all papers | ||||
| Major Theory | ||||
| DTA – 4236 | Major DTA Theory | Dissertation | 180 | 6 |
| All students should offer this subject. |