School of Music and Drama | Department of Performing Arts | Program in Drama | Acting

The Theatre Department was founded in 1989-1990. This department has the peculiarity of being the first one to compare to larger cities such as Ankara, İstanbul and İzmir. In their attempt to widespread the education of theatre, they present their department as a model to other Universities so they may create Theatre Department of their own. Besides the main theoretical lectures, the basic and progressive performance courses are also given. One third (1/3) of these lectures are theoretical and two third (2/3) is practical. The students learn various acting strategies such as classical performance and modern performance. After the formal lessons during four mid-terms, various concepts are introduced to provide students the opportunity to make their own synthesis based on different perspectives. Furthermore, by giving different elective courses in eight semesters, it helps students to gain additional information and skills to improve themselves. In the last four mid-terms, there are lectures which let students practise what they have learnt and practices of putting a play on the stage.