Drew senior theatre arts majors have the opportunity to spend a semester studying and interning with a theatre company in New York City or another location in the metropolitan area. Each internship involves a degree of responsibility and a variety of tasks, allowing the student to gain a working knowledge of the professional theatre as both a business and an art. During the semester, regular meetings and seminars are held with program participants, supervising faculty, and theatre supervisors to examine the student's work and discuss various topics relating to the professional theatre. In addition to the internship and its activities, students in the program do a major research paper under the direction of a faculty supervisor. The Theatre Semester courses and other internship opportunities are described in the theatre arts course listings.
Further information is available from the chair of the department.
The Wall Street Semester, offered annually in the spring, gives students a thorough introduction to financial markets and institutions. Students spend two days per week in New York City, attending presentations and discussions by prominent executives, government officials, institutional shareholders, economists, and other members of the financial community, and participating in a course offered by the program director, a member of the Drew faculty. It offers students a solid background in the relationship of Wall Street to the rest of the economy, centering on finance but also including macroeconomic, historical, and ethical dimensions. Two semesters of introductory economics are required prerequisites or corequisites for participation in the Wall Street Semester, which is open to students majoring in any discipline. Each spring semester, students may travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in Drew's Washington Semester.