Youth Drama, Minor - COLA, UNH

Undergraduate

Youth Drama

Develop essential skills in storytelling, puppetry and theatre while learning how to integrate arts into educational environments.
2026
Degree
Minor
Location
Durham, NH
Courses
5
Credit
20 hrs.
Full-time
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Part-time
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Multiple students performing in a theatre production

Theatre & DanCe

 The Youth Drama minor at UNH offers a dynamic blend of theatrical arts and educational study to help you connect with young audiences. Here you'll be able to develop essential skills in storytelling, puppetry and theatre while learning how to integrate arts into educational environments. 

With guidance from our award-winning faculty, you'll gain hands-on experience through student productions and classroom projects.  Whether you're pursuing education, social work or business, this program will equip you with creative tools for youth engagement and can serve as a foundation for advanced studies, including our fifth-year master's degree in teaching.

Department of Theater and Dance

Contact Cards

Paul Creative Arts Center, Room Dbi22ab, Durham, NH 03824
(603) 862-3038

What is youth drama?

If you want to connect with children through the dramatic arts in settings inside or outside the classroom, the youth drama minor is for you. Whether you’re interested in elementary school teaching or working as an artist, you’ll learn skills in storytelling and theatre, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with our master puppeteer. You’ll also explore the values and practice of incorporating the arts into a non-arts educational setting. Combine this minor with a major such as business, social work or education, with the option to pursue a fifth-year master’s degree in teaching through the UNH Department of Education. 

Why study youth drama at UNH?

In addition to our award-winning faculty, our Department of Theatre and Dance offers more than 25 performance opportunities every year in musicals, plays and dance concerts, including student productions.   

Potential career areas

  • Arts program administration
  • Nonprofit administration
  • Professional storytelling
  • Puppeteering
  • Social work
  • Teaching
  • Theater administration
  • Youth programming

Curriculum & Requirements

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Program Description
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If you want to connect with children through the dramatic arts in settings inside or outside the classroom, the Youth Drama Minor is for you. Whether you’re interested in elementary school teaching or working as an artist, you’ll learn skills in storytelling and theatre, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with our master puppeteer. You’ll also explore the values and practice of incorporating the arts into a non-arts educational setting. Combine this minor with a major such as business, social work or education, with the option to pursue a fifth-year master’s degree in teaching through the UNH Department of Education. In addition to our award-winning faculty, our Department of Theatre and Dance offers more than 25 performance opportunities every year in musicals, plays and dance concerts, including student productions. 

Contact Raina Ames, (603) 862-3044.

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Requirements for the Program
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Required Courses
THDA 522Storytelling, Story Theatre, and Involvement Dramatics4
THDA 583Introduction to Puppetry4
THDA 624Theatre for Young Audiences4
THDA 683Advanced Puppetry4
THDA 721Arts Integration4
Total Credits20