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Performance Track

Major Requirements

Major: Theatre Arts - Performance Track

Degree Type: B.F.A.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 129

General Education Requirements

First Year Experience (F):
UNIV 189Skills For Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take UNIV 189.)1
Communication (C):
ENGL 110College Composition I3
ENGL 120College Composition II3
One Course in Upper Level Writing. Select one of the following:3
Business and Professional Writing
Writing and the Creative Process
Creative Writing
Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Researching and Writing Grants and Proposal
COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
Quantitative Reasoning (R): Select from current general education list3
Science & Technology (S):
A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list10
Humanities & Fine Arts (A):
ART 111Introduction to Art History3
MUSC 100Music Appreciation3
or MUSC 103 Introduction to Music History
Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): Select from current general education list6
Wellness (W): Select from current general education list2
Cultural Diversity (D):
THEA 280World Theatre3
Global Perspecitves (G):
ART 111Introduction to Art History3
Total Credits40

Major Requirements

Students must earn a minimum grade of a ‘C’ in all THEA prefix courses.

General Education Requirements40
Professional Major Requirements
THEA 161Acting I *3
MUSC 162Voice Class1
THEA 180Dramatic Literature and Style I3
THEA 181Dramatic Literature & Style II3
THEA 261Acting II *3
THEA 262Introduction to Dance *2
THEA 263Dance Studio (take 2 times) *4
THEA 266Voice and Movement for the Actor 13
THEA 270Stagecraft3
THEA 271Costume Craft3
THEA 275Theatrical Makeup Design3
Select one of the following:3
Development of Musical Theatre *
Acting for the Camera
Select one of the following:3
Lighting and Sound Design for the Theatre
Costume Design for the Theatre
Introduction to Design: Scenic Design
THEA 280World Theatre3
THEA 361Acting III: Advanced Realism *3
THEA 362Dance Styles for Theatre *1
THEA 365Directing I3
THEA 368Business of Acting *3
THEA 450Capstone Experience3
THEA 461Acting Shakespeare *3
THEA 462Acting Styles *3
THEA 466Advanced Voice for the Actor *3
THEA 467Advanced Movement for the Actor *3
THEA 480History and Literature of Theatre I3
THEA 481History and Literature of the Theatre II3
Theatre Practice - Repeatable for 12 credits:12
Theatre Practicum (1-2 credits)
Stage Management Practicum and Seminar ( 2 credits)
Related Area:
ENGL 380Shakespeare3
THEA 150Theatre Foundations I1
THEA 250Theatre Foundations II1
THEA 350Theatre Foundations III1
Total Credits129
*

Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘B’ in these dance and performance courses.