The total minimum number of credits required for a Theatre major leading to the B.A. or B.S. degree is 124 of which 47 credit hours must include the following:
THE-120: Stagecraft (3 cr)
THE-131: Acting I (3 cr)
THE-221: Scene Design (3 cr)
THE-222: Lighting Design (3 cr)
THE-223: Costume Design (3 cr)
THE-231: Directing I (3 cr)
THE-241: Play Analysis (3 cr)
THE-250: Sophomore Seminar (1 cr)
THE-340: Theatre History I (3 cr)
THE-341: Theatre History II (3 cr)
ENGL-330: Drama I (3 cr)
ENGL-331: Drama II (3 cr)
Total Hours 34
Upper level courses would depend on track, but would include 13 credit hours as follows:
Performance/Directing Track
THE-132: Speech for Stage (2 cr)
THE-133: Movement for Stage (2 cr)
THE-330: Acting II (3 cr)
THE-331: Directing II (3 cr)
THE-431: Acting III (3 cr)
Total Hours 13
Design/Production Track
THE-150: Theatre Production (1 cr)
THE-224: Design Seminar (3 cr)
THE-224: Design Seminar (3 cr)
THE-324: Drawing for the Theatre (3 cr)
THE ELEC - elective from theatre or related area (3 cr)
Total Hours 13
Theatre students should take THE-122: Computer Applications in Theatre (3 cr) to fulfil their computer competency requirement.
The B.A. degree requires a demonstrated proficiency in a modern foreign language through the 201 level.
The B.S. degree requires a demonstrated proficiency in a modern foreign language through the 102 level.
In conjunction with the School of Education, the Department of Theatre offers a teaching degree in Theatre. This degree provides you with the opportunity to complete your teaching degree in four years while taking the coursework in Education necessary for certification. Furthermore, you will take the core Theatre courses necessary to prepare you to teach Theatre and to produce plays at the high school level.
THE-110: Introduction to Theatre (2 cr)
THE-120: Stagecraft (3 cr)
THE-131: Acting I (3 cr)
THE-132: Speech for Stage (2 cr)
THE-133: Movement for Stage (2 cr)THE-221: Scene Design (3 cr)
THE-222: Lighting Design (3 cr)
THE-223: Costume Design (3 cr)
THE-231: Directing I (3 cr)
THE-241: Play Analysis (3 cr)
THE-250: Sophomore Seminar (1 cr)THE-340: Theatre History I (3cr)
THE-341: Theatre History II (3 cr)
ENGL-330: Drama I (3 cr)
ENGL-331: Drama II (3 cr)
ENGL-430: Shakespeare (3 cr)Designated education courses (see School of Education and course descriptions in the online course catalogue)
We encourage students considering this degree to honestly evaluate their goals. Teaching is a calling, and we are looking for students who genuinely want to be teachers.
The Department of Theatre does not offer a degree in Musical Theatre. However, for those students who wish to combine their Theatre studies with Music, we offer the Music/Theatre Concentration. This concentration allows students in Theatre and in Music to streamline their course work in the other discipline.
THE-120: Stagecraft (3 cr)
THE-131: Acting I (3 cr)
THE-132: Speech for Stage (2 cr)
THE-133: Movement for Stage (2 cr)
THE-221: Scene Design (3 cr)
THE-222: Lighting Design (3 cr)
THE-223: Costume Design (3 cr)
THE-231: Directing I (3 cr)
THE-241: Play Analysis (3 cr)
THE-250: Sophomore Seminar (1 cr)
THE-340: Theatre History I (3 cr)
THE-341: Theatre History II (3 cr)
ENGL-330: Drama I (3 cr)
ENGL-331: Drama II (3 cr)
As a Theatre major with a Music Theatre Concentration, you would take the following Music courses:
Theatre students should take THE-122: Computer Applications in Theatre (3 cr) to fulfil their computer competency requirement.
THE-120 Stagecraft, 131 Acting I, 231 Directing I, 241 Play Analysis, 340 Theatre History I, and 341 Theatre History II and one theatre design course; THE 221 Scene Design, 222 Lighting Design, or 223 Costume Design.
Curriculum Guides on this page are in Microsoft Word format.
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