Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts
College of Arts and Letters
University of the Philippines Diliman
BACHELOR OF ARTS
(THEATRE ARTS)
The curriculum of the Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Arts) program leans towards intellectual praxes through practice-based-research and performance-led-research activities and critical interrogations of theatre and performance as socio-cultural idioms for the understanding of the self, society and culture.
To date, we offer five areas of specializations: theatre and performance studies, performance, dramaturgy and directing, theatre management, technical theatre and design.
​Regardless of areas of concentration, all students must take 33 units of GE courses, 54 units of Core/Foundational Courses, 6 units of Foreign Language electives, 6 units of Theatre Electives, 12 units of Non-Theatre Electives, 3 units of Legislated Course. All students must also take NSTP (6 units), and PE (8 units).
For more information, refer to the curriculum checklists below.
For more information regarding the University of the Philippines College Admissions Test or UPCAT, please check the links below. Admission requirements may vary between local and foreign applicants.
For prospective shiftees from other UP units or constituent universities, as well as transferees from other universities, refer to the guidelines for transfer admissions.