Curriculum Structure and Credit Requirements
To complete an interdisciplinary major in English and Performing Arts, a student must do 9 English courses, 5 stand-alone Performance Studies courses, and 2 cross-listed courses. The course break-up is as follows:
9 English Courses:
2 Gateways
Forms of Literature
Introduction to Literary Theory
Any 2 of 4 Survey courses
Early British Literature
Literature in the Age of Empire
Postcolonial Literatures
Indian Literatures
5 Electives:
1 Critical Thinking Seminar*
1 1000/2000-level electives**
2 3000-level electives
1 4000-level elective from the Global and Indian Shakespeare bucket
*The Critical Thinking Seminar is a requirement for batches from the incoming Undergraduate Batch of 2023. Previous batches can count a CTS towards their interdisciplinary major, but they are not required to do so. Instead, they can fulfill this requirement by taking another 1000/2000-level elective.
**English majors can take a maximum of ONE approved language course in an approved language (Sanskrit, Persian, Greek, Latin, Old English) instead of one of their required 1000/2000-level electives.
5 Performing Arts Courses:
5 stand-alone performing arts courses out of which two are the following required courses:
PA-1003 Developing Performance Skills
PA-1009 Performing Arts Practices
The other three courses may be chosen from any of the other performing arts courses on offer during a particular semester
*co-curricular courses and cross-listed courses cannot be counted as credits in the performing arts credit segment of the Interdisciplinary Major
Cross-listed Requirements:
2 cross-listed 2000-level Performing Arts/English courses
ENG-2610/ PA-2610 Introduction to Performance Studies
ENG-3001/ PA-3008 Introduction to Drama