戏剧研究中心提供的课程将戏剧历史和文本分析与动手表演和制作经验相结合，为学生提供了在剧院内从事多种职业的准备。戏剧研究包括：导演，戏剧创作，戏剧，艺术管理和表演研究（例如戏剧历史，批评，戏剧文学，批判理论，应用剧院或社会变革剧院）。有兴趣专注于这些领域之一的学生将制定个性化的课程计划，并被分配为教师导师。通过考试，学生可以在戏剧舞蹈学院获得一门课程的学分。学校仅在秋季或春季学期的前两个星期通过考试测试来管理学分。夏季课程不提供测试。一个学期中，学生只能通过一次考试来取得学分。
The Theatre Studies Concentration provides a course of study which combines theatre history and textual analysis with hands-on performance and production experiences to prepare students for a wide-range of careers within the theatre. Theatre Studies includes: directing, playwriting, dramaturgy, arts management, and performance studies (such as theatre history, criticism, dramatic literature, critical theory, applied theatre, or theatre for social change). Students interested in focusing in one of these areas will develop an individualized course plan and be assigned a faculty mentor. A student may earn credit for a course in the School of Theatre and Dance by passing an examination. The school administers credit by examination tests during only the first two weeks of a fall or spring semester. The tests will not be offered during summer sessions. A student can take a credit by examination test only once during a semester.