Vision statement:
The Department of Theatre and Film Studies hopes to become a major hub for accelerating the advancement of Ghanaian Theatre and Film within the context of the evolutionary and revolutionary development of Modern African Theatre and Film.
Mission statement:
The department seeks to become a centre for the production of graduates who will be capable of lifting high Ghanaian cultural art forms for documentation, revival and promotion through research, production and performances.
History:
The Department of Theatre Studies was established in 2004 and affiliated to the Department of Music. It acquired full department status in 2008. Film Studies was added in the 2010/2011 academic year. The Department of Theatre Studies is one of the eight departments in the Faculty of Arts. It continues with its existing undergraduate and graduate programmes in the year. The department offers and maintains teaching and learning, and research and consultancy centres.
Core Values:
The department runs its programmes with the view to:
1. developing in the student skills that will enable him/her solve problems of his/her mother environment through the application of research in theatre and film aesthetics.
2. developing in the students the creative ability in theatre and film arts.
3. producing professionals, who shall be devoted to the practice of their chosen professions in ways which contribute to building their society.
4. nurturing in children, youth, students and the community a critical appreciation and love for the Creative Arts in general and the Ghanaian and African Theatre in particular.
5. producing graduates who will contribute to the literary development of Ghana by writing books (both creative and critical), and producing and directing plays and films.
6. training students to think critically and analytically.
College/Faculty/School/Department:
Department of Theatre and Film Studies