Course Unit Code: PAT50
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: First (1st)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit focuses theoretically on the complex phenomenon of the performing arts, namely theatre, dance, music and their combinations. It aims to trace the constituent elements and cover the long evolution of the wider family of the performance arts.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT51
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: First (1st)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit aims to analyze the most important works of the ancient Greek theatre and to study the historical development and the basic typology of modern and contemporary stage revivals. As case studies, representative stage creations presented from the mid-19th century to the present day on the Greek and international stage will be examined.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT52
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: First (1st)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit aims to follow the historical course of theatre from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. It will investigate the evolution of the theatrical phenomenon in terms of aesthetics, stylistics, dramaturgy, theory and staging. It will also examine the historical, social and ideological conditions in which theatrical genres developed, as well as the elements that make up theatrical performance (stage directing, acting, stage design, scenography, etc.).
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT53
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: Second (2nd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit focuses on the older, more recent and contemporary music-theatrical genres, which it examines in all their aspects. Characteristic creations of music theatre will be studied as a combination of various art forms and media. It will identify the constituent elements of the lyric art, present its main representatives, creators and performers, and discuss the most important milestones in its long history, from its birth in the late Renaissance to modern musical and stage developments.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT54
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: Second (2nd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit approaches the phenomenon of dance in all its manifestations (artistic, popular, urban, traditional). The concept of dance and the structural elements of movement, the methodology of the science of dance are analyzed. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of dance theory and philosophy, as well as on the social dimension of the dance act. In addition, the Unit will study the historical development of the art of dance, starting from antiquity and ending in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT55
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory
Semester: Second (2nd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The aim of this Unit is to introduce students to performance analysis and to provide them with the methodological tools for the examination and interpretation of performance (either dramatic theatre or contemporary forms of stage performance). The proposed case studies are emblematic performances presented on the international stage from the late 20th century to the present day. Moreover, performance will be analyzed not only as a stand-alone entity, but as part of a constantly evolving creative work. In this sense, the Unit focuses on the gradual realization of dramatic composition, the gradual development of staging, the performers’ work on the text or dramatic material, the tracing and understanding of the theoretical background of artistic reflection, sources and references of the authors, the study of the rehearsal process, the teaching and guidance of the performers, the management of space, costumes, lighting, production, etc.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT60
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Ancient Greek Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The Thematic Unit aims to present in depth and in detail the main contemporary interpretive approaches to ancient Greek theatre, with particular emphasis on sociological, (post) structuralist, anthropological, religious, historicist and feminist theories and analyses. In addition, the present Th.U. selectively and purposefully highlights those works of Attic drama that have been the subject of fruitful and intense interpretative reflection in recent decades.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students:
Cognitive Objects:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT61
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Ancient Greek Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Unit aims to familiarize students with the ritual and performance infrastructure of the Attic theatre and its performative and literary reconstructions during the modern era. Particular emphasis will be given to the interconnection of Attic drama with fundamental aspects of ancient Greek religion and mythology, which determine the performative dimension of tragic and comic works.
Learning Outcomes:
After the successful completion of the Module students:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT62
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Contemporary Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The aim of the Thematic Unit is the multifaceted approach to the new trends of contemporary stage creation in the field of theatre and dance. It studies the work of leading “stage authors” who, by changing the meaning and function of the dramatic text, introduced major innovations in the multidimensional theatrical and choreographic landscape of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT63
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Contemporary Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The Thematic Unit approaches the basic tools and methods of performance art. It also examines the development of performance art and its thematic categorizations in the 20th and 21st centuries. Particular emphasis is placed on the concepts of space and site-specificity, corporeality and participatory performance.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT64
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Lyric Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The Thematic Unit examines the versatile art of opera and its related forms. It focuses on the history and evolution of lyric theatre, its relationship with ancient Greek drama, stage design and architecture, classical drama, romantic literature, stage directing, and the social and political dimensions it contains. In addition, issues of style, morphology, interpretation, function, staging and production will be discussed, which are inextricably linked to the cultivation of lyric theatre in our time at an international level.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT65
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Compulsory in the context of the specialization in Lyric Theatre
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The Thematic Unit examines the presence and function of the forms and genres of music theatre on the modern Greek stage. It studies the element of music in the Cretan and Ionian dramaturgy of the 16th and 17th centuries, the early musical-theatrical indications in the religious theatre of the Aegean Sea, the introduction of opera in the Ionian Islands in the 18th century, the formation of music-theatrical life and indigenous lyric creation and production in the 19th century in the Ionian Islands and the urban centers of the independent Greek state, the dissemination and cultivation of light music theatre, the lyric and music theatre of the 20th century, the introduction and cultivation of the modern and contemporary music-theatre repertoire in theatre and cinema, the consolidation and organization of music-theatre life and movement in Greece.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT66
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Elective in all three specializations
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit focuses on the visual elements of the stage and the performance and studies their evolutionary course from antiquity to the present day. It focuses on the study of theatrical architecture, stage design, set design, costume design, the art of lighting, etc. Further, the Unit explores the dialectical relationships of contemporary stage design with contemporary art forms such as cinema, audiovisual arts, video art and digital arts.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT67
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Elective in all three specializations
Semester: Third (3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
The Thematic Unit focuses on research and contemporary artistic practice related to performing arts in education, focusing on creative learning, interdisciplinarity, good practices and contemporary methods in the field of arts didactics and aesthetic education
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
• Introduction to Theatre and Music Pedagogy
• Fundamental Elements of Performing Arts Teaching and Training
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Course Unit Code: PAT68
Credits ECTS: 10
Course Type: Elective in all three specializations
Semester: Third(3rd)
Language: Greek
Course Content:
This Thematic Unit aims to provide specialized training in the planning, organization and implementation of cultural programs and curatorial activities, as well as in the management of festivals, cultural organizations and institutions active in the field of performing arts. In addition, it studies the organization and operation of public and private bodies active in the field of performing arts and examines public policies for the performing arts at national and European level.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:
Cognitive Objectives:
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this Module.
Teaching Method: distance learning using the HOU’s e-Learning Platform and conducting Group Counselling Meetings (tele-GCM).
Code: PATDE
Credits ECTS: 30
Type: Compulsory
Semester: Fourth (4th)
Language: Greek
Content:
The general categories of topics for Master’s dissertations are determined by the Program Director after consultation with the Coordinators of the Academic Units and are posted on the website of the Hellenic Open University before the start of the submission period for the relevant declaration by the students.
The thematic fields are indicative and are connected with the specialized knowledge areas of the thematic units of the postgraduate study program in Performing Arts, particularly of the corresponding three directions.
The topics proposed by the students may combine dimensions from two or more of these thematic fields.
Examples include:
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completing their Master’s dissertation, students are expected to:
For more information regarding the Specifications – Useful Material for writing Master’s Theses and uploading a Thesis at the H.O.U. Repository, you can go to the Digital Training Area http://courses.eap.gr and especially to the Program of Studies section.
Prerequisites: The oral presentation of the MA Performing Arts Diplomacy Thesis takes place after the successful completion of the required Modules of the MA Programme.

