MA Dramatherapy Maynooth University
The MA in Dramatherapy is a two-year full-time course offered within the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland. The programme offers a training to become a fully qualified Dramatherapist. At the core of Dramatherapy lies the experience of personal transformation through group and/or individual work. The Dramatherapy process uses drama activities with the intention of facilitating change. On this course students will study, explore, experience and develop the necessary theoretical and clinical framework for planning, facilitating and evaluating this therapeutic process. Students who complete all aspects of the MA training programme will be qualified to work as Dramatherapists with a variety of client groups within for example clinical, social and educational settings. Students are required to undergo personal therapy (group and individual) outside of the teaching hours throughout the training.
Entry Requirements
The MA in Dramatherapy is open to candidates over 23 years of age on January 1st of year of entry. The programme is open to graduates and people with professional training such as Social Studies, Special Needs, Learning Disabilities, Teaching, Nursing or Psychotherapy. The programme is also open to candidates with a degree or qualification in Drama, Theatre Studies and Performance Arts.
All applicants are required to have some experience in each of the following areas:
- Drama and theatre training or extensive experience of drama
- Training in or an interest in and experience of personal development through personal therapy or counselling.
- Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- ARTS THERAPIES SUMMER SCHOOL
- DRAMATHERAPY & STORIES
- DRAMATHERAPY & CLINICAL SUPERVISION
- DRAMATHERAPY & PLENARY AND DE-BRIEF
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEORY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEATRE SKILLS
- DRAMATHERAPY & ACTIVE IMAGE MAKING
- DRAMATHERAPY AND PSYCHOLOGOY I, II AND III
Year 2
- DRAMATHERAPY & CLINICAL SUPERVISION
- DRAMATHERAPY & RESEARCH
- DRAMATHERAPY & ENDINGS
- DRAMATHERAPY & MYTHOLOGY
- DRAMATHERAPY & RELATED THERAPIES
- DRAMATHERAPY & PLENARY AND DE-BRIEF
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEATRE SKILLS
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEORY, PRACTICE AND RE-VISITED
This course is no longer available.
- Location: Maynooth University, North Campus, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland - Ireland
- Duration: 2 Years
Course details
The MA in Dramatherapy is a two-year full-time course offered within the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies at NUI Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland. The programme offers a training to become a fully qualified Dramatherapist. At the core of Dramatherapy lies the experience of personal transformation through group and/or individual work. The Dramatherapy process uses drama activities with the intention of facilitating change. On this course students will study, explore, experience and develop the necessary theoretical and clinical framework for planning, facilitating and evaluating this therapeutic process. Students who complete all aspects of the MA training programme will be qualified to work as Dramatherapists with a variety of client groups within for example clinical, social and educational settings. Students are required to undergo personal therapy (group and individual) outside of the teaching hours throughout the training.
Entry Requirements
The MA in Dramatherapy is open to candidates over 23 years of age on January 1st of year of entry. The programme is open to graduates and people with professional training such as Social Studies, Special Needs, Learning Disabilities, Teaching, Nursing or Psychotherapy. The programme is also open to candidates with a degree or qualification in Drama, Theatre Studies and Performance Arts.
All applicants are required to have some experience in each of the following areas:
- Drama and theatre training or extensive experience of drama
- Training in or an interest in and experience of personal development through personal therapy or counselling.
- Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
Minimum English language requirements:
- IELTS: 6.5 minimum overall score
- TOEFL (Paper based test): 585
- TOEFL (Internet based test): 95
- PTE (Pearson): 62
Module
Year 1
- ARTS THERAPIES SUMMER SCHOOL
- DRAMATHERAPY & STORIES
- DRAMATHERAPY & CLINICAL SUPERVISION
- DRAMATHERAPY & PLENARY AND DE-BRIEF
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEORY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEATRE SKILLS
- DRAMATHERAPY & ACTIVE IMAGE MAKING
- DRAMATHERAPY AND PSYCHOLOGOY I, II AND III
Year 2
- DRAMATHERAPY & CLINICAL SUPERVISION
- DRAMATHERAPY & RESEARCH
- DRAMATHERAPY & ENDINGS
- DRAMATHERAPY & MYTHOLOGY
- DRAMATHERAPY & RELATED THERAPIES
- DRAMATHERAPY & PLENARY AND DE-BRIEF
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEATRE SKILLS
- DRAMATHERAPY & THEORY, PRACTICE AND RE-VISITED
Course Location
About Maynooth University
This means that students at Maynooth benefit from an international outlook, and those of you who wish to study abroad for a semester or an academic year during yTheir degree have a network of connections to tap in to. During the cTheirse of their academic degree students from Maynooth have studied subjects such as Law at Boston College, Mandarin Chinese at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Music in the University of Vienna.
Maynooth has many shared research projects with universities around the world.
- In the Dept of Psychology, Prof Dermot Barnes-Holmes is working with academics in Columbia University in New York to predict the success of cocaine abuse treatment.
- Mathematician Dr. Ken Duffy is working with immunologists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in MelbTheirne, Australia to analyse cell behaviTheir in a study that could have significant implications for Their understanding and treatment of diseases like Coeliac disease, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
- Historian Dr Tom O Connor is working with colleagues from the University of Alcala and the Irish Colleges in Spain, discovering the hidden stories of Irish people who got caught up in the Spanish Inquisition.
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