艺术学科研究生文凭课程（PGDipArts）需要两个学期的全日制课程，或与之相当的兼读制课程。它需要一个结构化的研究生课程计划，并且在某些情况下，需要一项监督研究，其中包括一份或两篇必需的论文。正常的入学要求是所提议课程的主要主题的完整的文学学士学位。奥塔哥的戏剧研究基地设在艾伦厅剧院（Allen Hall Theatre），这是一个工作剧院，在整个学年期间提供非常完整的午餐时间和晚间节目节目。作为课程工作的一部分，您将参与剧院（舞台上和后台）的制作。
Theatre explores and represents human experience and imagination in a dynamic, immediate and relevant way. Theatre Studies helps unlock such skills as self-confidence, teamwork, communication and creative expression, as well as giving you the chance to reflect on and inhabit lives vastly different from your own.Drawing on the rich diversity of theatrical expression across time and cultures, Theatre Studies at Otago offers an exciting, stimulating combination of practical skills and academic training, preparing you to present yourself across a wide variety of careers both within and far beyond theatre and the performing arts.Theatre Studies graduates work as actors, directors, publicists, script-writers, TVradio journalists, film-makers, comedians, designers, teachers, musicians and theatre technicians. Others take up careers in arts administration, advertising and marketing, or undertake further training in theatre-related fields.Theatre Studies graduates work as actors, directors, publicists, script-writers, TVradio journalists, film-makers, comedians, designers, teachers, musicians and theatre technicians. Others take up careers in arts administration, advertising and marketing, or undertake further training in theatre-related fields.Theatre papers teach personal and professional skills which are widely applicable across a range of careers and disciplines. They include critical analysis, research, creativity, confidence, team-building techniques and the ability to communicate in diverse ways. These attributes are highly valued in many professions, as are cultural sensitivity and the ability to think laterally and independently. They are skills for a career, and skills for life-long learning.