Performance Track
Major Requirements
Major: Theatre Arts - Performance Track
Degree Type: B.F.A.
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 129
General Education Requirements
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
First Year Experience (F): | ||
UNIV 189 | Skills For Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take UNIV 189.) | 1 |
Communication (C): | ||
ENGL 110 | College Composition I | 3 |
ENGL 120 | College Composition II | 3 |
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 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
Quantitative Reasoning (R): Select from current general education list | 3 | |
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 list | 10 | |
Humanities & Fine Arts (A): | ||
ART 111 | Introduction to Art History | 3 |
MUSC 100 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
or MUSC 103 | Introduction to Music History | |
Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): Select from current general education list | 6 | |
Wellness (W): Select from current general education list | 2 | |
Cultural Diversity (D): | ||
THEA 280 | World Theatre | 3 |
Global Perspecitves (G): | ||
ART 111 | Introduction to Art History | 3 |
Total Credits | 40 |
Major Requirements
Students must earn a minimum grade of a ‘C’ in all THEA prefix courses.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
General Education Requirements | 40 | |
Professional Major Requirements | ||
THEA 161 | Acting I * | 3 |
MUSC 162 | Voice Class | 1 |
THEA 180 | Dramatic Literature and Style I | 3 |
THEA 181 | Dramatic Literature & Style II | 3 |
THEA 261 | Acting II * | 3 |
THEA 262 | Introduction to Dance * | 2 |
THEA 263 | Dance Studio (take 2 times) * | 4 |
THEA 266 | Voice and Movement for the Actor 1 | 3 |
THEA 270 | Stagecraft | 3 |
THEA 271 | Costume Craft | 3 |
THEA 275 | Theatrical Makeup Design | 3 |
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 280 | World Theatre | 3 |
THEA 361 | Acting III: Advanced Realism * | 3 |
THEA 362 | Dance Styles for Theatre * | 1 |
THEA 365 | Directing I | 3 |
THEA 368 | Business of Acting * | 3 |
THEA 450 | Capstone Experience | 3 |
THEA 461 | Acting Shakespeare * | 3 |
THEA 462 | Acting Styles * | 3 |
THEA 466 | Advanced Voice for the Actor * | 3 |
THEA 467 | Advanced Movement for the Actor * | 3 |
THEA 480 | History and Literature of Theatre I | 3 |
THEA 481 | History and Literature of the Theatre II | 3 |
Theatre Practice - Repeatable for 12 credits: | 12 | |
Theatre Practicum (1-2 credits) | ||
Stage Management Practicum and Seminar ( 2 credits) | ||
Related Area: | ||
ENGL 380 | Shakespeare | 3 |
THEA 150 | Theatre Foundations I | 1 |
THEA 250 | Theatre Foundations II | 1 |
THEA 350 | Theatre Foundations III | 1 |
Total Credits | 129 |
* | Students must earn a minimum grade of ‘B’ in these dance and performance courses. |