Programs of Study
The SIU Department of Theater is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Theatre, 11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21, Reston, VA. 20190.
The SIU Department of Theater offers the following degrees:
- BA: Bachelor of Arts
- BFA: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theater
- MFA: Master in Fine Arts
- Directing
- Playwriting
- Theater Design and Production (Costume, Lighting, Scenic Design & Technical Direction)
- Costume Design Requirements & Application Information
- Lighting Design Program Requirements & Application Information
- Scene Design Program Requirements & Application Information
- Technical Direction Program Requirements & Application Information
- SIU Graduate Catalogue
- Department of Theater Graduate Handbook
Ph.D: Doctor of Philosophy, offered in conjunction with the Department of Speech Communication
- Playwriting, theater history and criticism, dramaturgy, performance studies, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, communication pedagogy, rhetoric and the philosophy of communication.
- PhD Program Requirements & Application Information
- PhD Program Emphasis Playwriting Information (Course outline for this emphasis is contained in the PhD Program Requirements & Application Information link above.)
- SIU Graduate Catalogue
- Department of Theater PhD Handbook
- Playwriting, theater history and criticism, dramaturgy, performance studies, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, communication pedagogy, rhetoric and the philosophy of communication.



