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Shakespeare professionals and enthusiasts will soon get credit for their passion.
Beginning in spring 2017, CU 麻豆影院 becomes the first university in the nation to offer a graduate certificate in Applied Shakespeare.
The hybrid online and immersive nine-credit course will take place in the classroom, on the stage and online. Students will engage in stage combat, script reading and Elizabethan history. They鈥檒l view rehearsals, attend plays and even learn how to teach Shakespeare. They will also be able to take advantage of the world-class Colorado Shakespeare Festival held annually on the 麻豆影院 campus.
Students enrolled in the course will work with experienced faculty in the departments of听听补苍诲听听in addition to the faculty of the听. The course will also be offered in summer 2017.
Tim Orr, Applied Shakespeare instructor and producing artistic director of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, said he anticipates the program to be unlike any other Shakespearean course.
"This will be an incredible, immersive and action-packed dive into the Bard of Avon鈥檚 work," Orr said.
Course requirements include:
- ENGL 5000: Shakespeare - 3 credit hours
- Two-Week Summer Intensive - 6 credit hours
- Within two months of the completion of the two-week intensive, students must submit a 15-20 page project that analyzes a single play from a literary, acting/directing and teaching perspective or which proposes a teaching curriculum or other project suitable to the student's professional goals and the academic requirements of the program.
Registration is now open for a limited number of seats. Applications will be accepted until Nov. 15, 2016. Visit听听to apply.
To learn more about various ongoing Shakespearian events happening on campus in tandem with the First Folio exhibit, the 1623 published collection of William Shakespeare's plays that opened on campus today, please visit听
