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BA/BS
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 34Upper 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 13Design/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 13Theatre 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.Course descriptions can be found in the online course catalogue.
Theatre Teaching Major
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)
Music/Theatre Concentration
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:
MUS-100; Music Fundamentals
MUS 118: Keyboard Skills I
MUS 119: Keyboard Skills II
MUS 130 Survey of Music Literature
MUS 167 Musical/Opera Production
and four hours of Applied VoiceTheatre students should take THE-122: Computer Applications in Theatre (3 cr) to fulfil their computer competency requirement.
Click HERE for a chart of the projected course sequence for the next several years.
Theatre curriculum and a tentative schedule of future course offerings
Theatre Minor
THE-120, 131, 231, 241, 340, and 341 and one theatre design course; THE 221, 222, or 223.
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The university sets minimum standards of academic performance and places on probation any student who fails to meet these standards. Scholarship probation is determined twice a year: at the conclusion of Semester I and at the conclusion of Summer Session II. Students placed on academic probation are restricted to 12 to 13 hours per regular semester and are not eligible for active participation in any organization that officially represents the institution. [n.b. This may include participation as cast or crew in any Departmental production.]
A student is placed on academic probation if his or her grade point average falls below these standards:
Minimum Cumulative
Total Hours* G.P.A.
12-24 1.5-1.69
25-36 1.6-1.79
37-58 1.7-1.89
59 or more 1.8-1.99
*Total hours calculated in determining academic probation and/or ineligibility include (1) attempted hours, (2) transfer hours, and (3) hours earned by examination.
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