Graduation Requirements

MASTER’S DEGREE

To obtain a Master of Performing Arts degree from Unicamp students must complete a total of 18 credits from two compulsory subjects (Arts Research and Supervised Activities I) and four electives (see catalog of year of admission in the Academic Board web page). They will also be enrolled in Mandatory Activity AA001 – Master’s Dissertation, related to individual supervision.

In addition, they must present a master’s dissertation that demonstrates their ability to carry out research on a particular topic with a methodology that is appropriate to its development. Moreover, through the public defense of the dissertation or an artistic performance accompanied by the public defense of the dissertation, the Master of Performing Arts candidate must prove to be a performing arts professional capable of working in a range of different areas: research, teaching, performance and social action, with a critical attitude towards the ongoing processes of the professional world.

DOCTORATE

To obtain a Doctor of Performing Arts degree from Unicamp students must complete a total of 24 credits from three compulsory subjects (Advanced Arts Research, Supervised Activities II and III) and five electives (see catalog of year of admission in the Academic Board web page). They will also be enrolled in Mandatory Activity AA002 – Doctoral Thesis, related to individual supervision.

In addition, they must present a doctoral thesis that demonstrates their ability to formulate an original contribution to the Performing Arts field of knowledge. Moreover, through the public defense of the thesis or an artistic performance accompanied by the public defense of the thesis, the Doctor of Performing Arts candidate proves to be an autonomous researcher qualified to work as a higher education professor in research, education and extension.

 

SYLLABUS

Master’s Degree in Performing Arts

Completion

The master’s course lasts a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 30 months. To obtain the Master of Performing Arts degree students must complete a total of 18 (eighteen) credits from compulsory subjects and electives, according to the catalog of their year of admission, and pass the qualification exam and dissertation public defense.

List of subjects

 

Compulsory Subjects

AA001 – Master’s Dissertation – Compulsory Activity (0 credits)

AC001 – Arts Research – Compulsory Subject (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC500 – Supervised Activities I – Compulsory Subject* (3 credits, 45 hours)

*Note: On-site subject in which the supervisor gathers the research group to share the members’ research, allowing each student discusses his or her research in group with a common body of knowledge.

 

Electives

Students must complete 12 credits from the subjects listed below, chosen together with their supervisor.

 

AC100 – Art Research Seminar – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC101 – Creation Lab – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC 111 – Creation Lab II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC102 – Contagion Zone – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC112 – Contagion Zone II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC200 – Movement, Action and Gesture – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC210 – Movement, Action and Gesture II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC201 – Expression, Sounds and Sense – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC202 – Special Topics in Acting – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC300 – Dramaturgies – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC301 – Scene Writing – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC302 – Special Topics in Staging – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC400 – Performing Arts Studies – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC401 – Special Topics in Art and Context – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

QQ – Any subject of Unicamp Graduate Programs (3 credits, 45 hours)

 

Doctorate in Performing Arts

Completion

The doctoral course lasts a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 48 months. To obtain the Doctor of Performing Arts degree students complete a total of 24 (eighteen) credits from compulsory subjects and electives, according to the catalog of their year of admission, and pass the qualification exam and thesis public defense.

 

List of subjects

Compulsory Subjects

AA002 – Doctoral Thesis – Compulsory Activity (0 credits)

AC002 – Advanced Art Search – Compulsory Subject (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC600 – Supervised Activities II – Compulsory Subject* (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC601 – Supervised Activities III – Compulsory Discipline (3 credits, 45 hours)

 

* Note: On-site subjects in which the supervisor gathers the research group to share the members’ research, allowing each student discusses his or her research in group with a common body of knowledge.

 

Electives

Students must complete 15 credits from the subjects listed below, chosen together with their supervisor.

 

AC101 – Creation Lab – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC 111 – Creation Lab II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC102 – Contagion Zone – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC112 – Contagion Zone II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC110 – Advanced Art Research Seminar – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC200 – Movement, Action and Gesture – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC210 – Movement, Action and Gesture II – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC201 – Expression, Sounds and Sense – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC202 – Special Topics in Acting – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC300 – Dramaturgies – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC301 – Scene Writing – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC302 – Special Topics in Staging – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC400 – Performing Arts Studies – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

AC401 – Special Topics in Art and Context – Elective (3 credits, 45 hours)

QQ – Any subject of Unicamp Graduate Programs (3 credits, 45 hours)

 

ADMISSION OF REGULAR STUDENTS

Admission to the master’s degree or doctorate in Performing Arts requires approval in a two-stage selection process. The first involves an analysis of the documents (research project, transcript, proof of foreign language proficiency [one language for master’s degree and two for doctorate]), specification and optional support material (portfolio, video, links to artistic productions online) in a blind assessment system by three different evaluators. In the second stage the applicant takes a written exam and is interviewed about his or her project, artistic-academic career and alignment between the proposed research and the program’s lines of research.