The Graduate Certificate Program in World Performance Studies serves students who seek a more interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach than is possible within given departmental structures. The program draws on faculty throughout the University from the disciplines of ethnomusicology, dance, film, theatre, anthropology, languages, and area studies.
Students combine both research and hands-on practice as part of their course of study.
The CWPS Certificate Program offers a curriculum that examines the role of the performing arts and artists within a variety of cultural contexts and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The CWPS Certificate is intended to help students strengthen their analytic skills and develop an awareness of the theoretical and aesthetic issues that have fueled debates in the field. The CWPS Certificate Program allows students to pursue Performance Studies in an interdisciplinary fashion at the same time that they gain an appreciation of it as a discipline with an established intellectual history. Students of the CWPS Certificate Program will earn a professional credential that will benefit their future careers. The CWPS Certificate is designed to provide students pursuing graduate studies in various fields the opportunity to enhance their versatility as potential teachers and scholars in a broad range of disciplines and areas of intellectual investigation.