Program Overview

B.A. in Theatre - Performance Concentration

Curriculum

General Education Requirements

• Academic Foundations
  • First Year Experience requirement: 4 credits
  • English Composition requirement: 6-7 credits
  • Mathematics requirement: 3-4 credits
  • Interdisciplinary requirement: 3 credits
  • Diverse Communities requirement: 3 credits
  • Ethics requirement: 3 credits
• Distributed Disciplinary Foundations
  • Science requirement: 6-8 credits
  • Behavioral & Social Science requirement: 6 credits
  • Humanities requirement: 6 credits
  • Arts requirement: 3 credits

Additional Baccalaureate Requirements

• University Requirements
  • Writing Emphasis requirement: 9 credits
  • Speaking Emphasis requirement: 9 credits
• Degree Requirements
  • Language/Culture requirement: 0-15 credits
    • Demonstrating language proficiency through the intermediate level (202) or
    • demonstrating language proficiency through the elementary II (102) level of a language and further acquiring a cultural foundation.
  • Capstone requirement: 1-15 credits

Major Requirements

• Required Courses
  • DAN 130: Movement for Performance (3 credits)
  • THA 100: Theatre Survey (1 credit)
  • THA 103: Acting I (3 credits)
  • THA 104: Stagecraft (3 credits)
  • THA 113: Script Analysis (3 credits)
  • THA 116: Costume Construction (3 credits)
  • THA 118: Voice for the Performer (3 credits)
  • THA 216: Fundamentals of Design (3 credits)
  • THA 301: Directing I (3 credits)
  • THA 306: History of Theatre/Drama I (3 credits)
  • THA 307: History of Theatre/Drama II (3 credits)
  • Select an advanced skill choice (300-level or above): 3 credits
  • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1-3 credits)
• Electives
  • Students who have an interest in a specific area of theatre may choose to follow a prescribed course of study, in addition to the requirements outlined above. See concentration requirements below. (20-21 credits)
• Capstone Requirement
  • THA 300: Career Preparation (2 credits)

Total Minimum Credits Required: 120

Performance Concentration

• Course List Code | Title | Credits
  • THA 203: Acting II (3 credits)
  • THA 250: Race and Gender in American Theatre (3 credits)
  • THA 303: Acting Shakespeare (3 credits)
  • THA 318: Dialects for the Performer (3 credits)
  • THA 323: Physical Traditions in Performance (3 credits)
  • THA 350: Audition Techniques (3 credits)
  • THA 406: Advanced Scene Study (3 credits)
  • Total Credits: 21

Sample Course Plan

• Year One
  • Semester One
    • THA 100: Theatre Survey (1 credit)
    • THA 103: Acting I (3 credits)
    • THA 104: Stagecraft (3 credits)
    • WRT 120: Effective Writing I (3 credits)
    • FYE 100X: First Year Experience (4 credits)
    • Optional General Education Course: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 14
  • Semester Two
    • THA 113: Script Analysis (3 credits)
    • THA 116: Costume Construction (3 credits)
    • DAN 130: Movement for Performance (3 credits)
    • MAT 103: Introduction to Mathematics (3 credits)
    • WRT 2XX: 200-level WRT Course (3 credits)
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • Total Credits: 15
• Year Two
  • Semester One
    • THA 118: Voice for the Performer (3 credits)
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 216: Fundamentals of Design (3 credits)
    • THA 203: Acting II (3 credits)
    • THA 250: Race and Gender in American Theatre (3 credits)
    • Foreign Language 101: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 16
  • Semester Two
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 3XX: Advanced Skill (3 credits)
    • Foreign Language 102: 3 credits
    • General Education Distributive: 3 credits
    • General Education Distributive: 3 credits
    • Elective: Concentration, Minor, Gen Ed, etc.: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 16
• Year Three
  • Semester One
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 301: Directing I (3 credits)
    • THA 306: History of Theatre/Drama I (3 credits)
    • THA 203: Acting II (3 credits)
    • THA 350: Audition Techniques (3 credits)
    • Foreign Language 201 or Culture Cluster I: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 16
  • Semester Two
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 307: History of Theatre/Drama II (3 credits)
    • THA 318: Dialects for the Performer (3 credits)
    • THA 323: Physical Traditions in Performance (3 credits)
    • Foreign Language 201 or Culture Cluster II: 3 credits
    • General Education Distributive: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 16
• Year Four
  • Semester One
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 300: Career Preparation (2 credits)
    • THA 406: Advanced Scene Study (3 credits)
    • Culture Cluster III or Free Elective: 3 credits
    • General Education Distributive: 3 credits
    • Elective: Concentration, Minor, Gen Ed, etc.: 3 credits
    • Optional Elective: Concentration, Minor, Gen Ed, etc.: 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 15
  • Semester Two
    • THA 200: Theatre Practicum (1 credit)
    • THA 303: Acting Shakespeare (3 credits)
    • THA 323: Physical Traditions in Performance (3 credits)
    • General Education Distributive: 3 credits
    • General Education Course (as needed): 3 credits
    • Total Credits: 16

Total Credits: 124

Performance Concentration Students are encouraged to consider THA 106, THA 201, THA 312, THA 313, and DAN courses as electives.