Overview

About this Program

With this Theater and Community Engagement Certificate at Temple University you’ll learn how to effectively use theater to examine complex issues in society.

Some of the topics explored through this Theater and Community Engagement course include:

bullying,
poverty and its effect on class structure,
race as it relates to opportunities, and
sexuality and longstanding gender roles and norms.

This four-course, 12-credit certificate is offered on Temple’s Main Campus, and it is open to undergraduates currently enrolled in a degree program at the university. Based in Philadelphia, students in the program can access the city’s robust diversity and unique societal challenges to inform their work.

The Theater and Community Engagement Undergraduate Certificate program is ideal for students seeking experience in community theater and it prepares them for graduate-level coursework.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Classics in African-American Theater

Performance Art

Poetry as Performance

Poetic Ethnography

Queer Theater

Theater of Protest

Women in Theater

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

12 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

To be considered for admission into an undergraduate certificate program, students must be currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program.
The Theater and Community Engagement Certificate (Undergraduate) is not available to theater majors.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

35712 USD / year

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Out-of-State

35712 USD / year

≈ 35712 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

20616 USD / year

≈ 20616 USD / year

Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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Overview

Programme Structure

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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