Program Overview

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Theatre Studies - B.A.

Overview

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Studies gives students an opportunity for study in all aspects of theatre and its relationship to other liberal arts studies. This program serves students who seek a wider range of possibilities to fulfill individual creative goals, whether as theatre artists, scholars, educators and/or contributors in related fields. Students receive thorough grounding in theatre history and theory and learn imaginative and critical thinking, the process of making theatre and leadership skills.

Admission Requirements

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students.

• First-Year Students on the Kent Campus: First-year admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the Kent Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework.
• First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses: First-year admission to Kent State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• International Students: All international students must provide proof of proficiency of the English language (unless they meet specific exceptions) through the submission of an English language proficiency test score or by completing English language classes at Kent State’s English as a Second Language Center before entering their program.
• Former Students: Former Kent State students who have not attended another institution since Kent State and were not academically dismissed will complete the re-enrollment process through the Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center. Former students who attended another college or university since leaving Kent State must apply for admissions as a transfer or post-undergraduate student.
• Transfer Students: Students who attended an educational institution after graduating from high school or earning their GED must apply as transfer students.

Program Requirements

Major Requirements

• THEA 11100: MAKING THEATRE: CULTURE AND PRACTICE (2 credits)
• THEA 11303: THE ART OF ACTING (3 credits)
• THEA 11725: FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE DESIGN AND PRODUCTION (3 credits)
• THEA 31030: GLOBAL THEATRE HISTORIES (3 credits)
• THEA 41115: LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD) (3 credits)
• THEA 41999: CAPSTONE PROJECT (ELR) (3 credits)
• THEA 42092: PRACTICUM: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (ELR) (3 credits)
• Design Elective (3 credits)
• Design and Management Elective (3 credits)
• Theatre Elective (3 credits)
• Writing-Intensive Elective (3 credits)
• Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)
  • UC 10001: FLASHES 101 (1 credit)
  • Kent Core Composition (6 credits)
  • Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (3 credits)
  • Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) (9 credits)
  • Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) (6 credits)
  • Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) (6-7 credits)
  • Kent Core Additional (6 credits)
  • Minor or Another Major Requirement and General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours) (30 credits)

General Studies Concentration Requirements

• Concentration Electives (21 credits)
  • Choose from the following:
    • THEA 21522: LIGHTING DESIGN
    • THEA 21523: COSTUME TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 21524: COSTUME DESIGN
    • THEA 21528: SOUND AND PROJECTION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 21621: SCENE PAINTING
    • THEA 21622: SCENE DESIGN
    • THEA 21700: MOVEMENT I
    • THEA 21736: STAGE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 21800: VOICE I
    • THEA 31303: CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY I
    • THEA 31304: CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY II
    • THEA 31401: DIRECTING
    • THEA 31526: FLAT PATTERNING FOR THEATRE
    • THEA 41010: THEATRE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
    • THEA 41026: PLAYWRITING (WIC)
    • THEA 41027: ADVANCED PLAYWRITING
    • THEA 41095: SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE
    • THEA 41115: LGBTQ THEATRE (DIVD)
    • THEA 41130: THEATRE AND DRAMA IN AMERICA
    • THEA 41140: AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY (WIC)
    • THEA 41301: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA I
    • THEA 41302: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA II
    • THEA 41305: PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE
    • THEA 41306: PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 41308: MUSICAL THEATRE AUDITION
    • THEA 41521: ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY I
    • THEA 41522: DESIGN STUDIO: LIGHTING
    • THEA 41523: SOUND DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY I
    • THEA 41524: DESIGN STUDIO: COSTUME
    • THEA 41525: PROPS AND CRAFTS
    • THEA 41528: THEATRE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
    • THEA 41540: DRAPING FOR THE THEATRE I
    • THEA 41560: THEATRE FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 41620: HISTORY OF PERIOD STYLES FOR THEATRE DESIGNERS (WIC)
    • THEA 41622: DESIGN STUDIO: SCENERY
    • THEA 41625: HISTORY OF COSTUME AND TEXTILES FOR THEATRE
    • THEA 41703: STAGE COMBAT
    • THEA 41726: THEATRE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 41736: PRODUCTION AND STAGE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 42040: SHOP MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 42092: PRACTICUM: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (ELR)

Performance Concentration Requirements

• THEA 21700: MOVEMENT I (3 credits)
• THEA 31303: CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY I (3 credits)
• THEA 31304: CHARACTER AND SCENE STUDY II (3 credits)
• THEA 41301: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA I (3 credits)
• Concentration Electives (9 credits)
  • Choose from the following:
    • THEA 21700: MOVEMENT I
    • THEA 21800: VOICE I
    • THEA 31401: DIRECTING
    • THEA 41095: SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE
    • THEA 41302: ACTING FOR THE CAMERA II
    • THEA 41305: PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: PERFORMANCE
    • THEA 41308: MUSICAL THEATRE AUDITION
    • THEA 41703: STAGE COMBAT

Production Concentration Requirements

• Concentration Electives (21 credits)
  • Choose from the following:
    • THEA 11521: GRAPHICS FOR THE THEATRE
    • THEA 21522: LIGHTING DESIGN
    • THEA 21523: COSTUME TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 21524: COSTUME DESIGN
    • THEA 21526: BASIC COSTUME CONSTRUCTION
    • THEA 21528: SOUND AND PROJECTION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 21621: SCENE PAINTING
    • THEA 21622: SCENE DESIGN
    • THEA 21736: STAGE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 22192: PRACTICUM I: PERFORMANCE (ELR)
    • THEA 22292: PRACTICUM I:THEATRE MANAGEMENT (ELR)
    • THEA 31526: FLAT PATTERNING FOR THEATRE
    • THEA 41026: PLAYWRITING (WIC)
    • THEA 41027: ADVANCED PLAYWRITING
    • THEA 41095: SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE
    • THEA 41130: THEATRE AND DRAMA IN AMERICA
    • THEA 41140: AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE HISTORY (WIC)
    • THEA 41191: VARIABLE CONTENT SEMINAR: THEATRE HISTORY, LITERATURE AND THEORY
    • THEA 41306: PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 41521: ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY I
    • THEA 41522: DESIGN STUDIO: LIGHTING
    • THEA 41524: DESIGN STUDIO: COSTUME
    • THEA 41525: PROPS AND CRAFTS
    • THEA 41528: THEATRE SOUND REINFORCEMENT
    • THEA 41540: DRAPING FOR THE THEATRE I
    • THEA 41560: THEATRE FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY
    • THEA 41622: DESIGN STUDIO: SCENERY
    • THEA 41625: HISTORY OF COSTUME AND TEXTILES FOR THEATRE
    • THEA 41726: THEATRE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 41736: PRODUCTION AND STAGE MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 42040: SHOP MANAGEMENT
    • THEA 42062: PRESENTATION MEDIA
    • THEA 42092: PRACTICUM: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (ELR)
    • THEA 42192: PRACTICUM II: PERFORMANCE (ELR)
    • THEA 42292: PRACTICUM II: THEATRE MANAGEMENT (ELR)

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum Major GPA: 2.500
• Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000

University Requirements

• Flashes 101 (UC 10001) (1 credit)
• Diversity Domestic/Global (DIVD/DIVG) (2 courses)
• Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) (varies)
• Kent Core (36-37 credit hours)
• Writing-Intensive Course (WIC) (1 course)
• Upper-Division Requirement (39 credit hours)
• Total Credit Hour Requirement (120 credit hours)

Kent Core Requirements

• Kent Core Composition (KCMP) (6 credits)
• Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning (KMCR) (3 credits)
• Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (KHUM/KFA) (minimum one course from each) (9 credits)
• Kent Core Social Sciences (KSS) (must be from two disciplines) (6 credits)
• Kent Core Basic Sciences (KBS/KLAB) (must include one laboratory) (6-7 credits)
• Kent Core Additional (KADL) (6 credits)

Program Learning Outcomes

• Articulate procedures and approaches to differentiate various theatrical styles and techniques.
• Examine playwriting and production processes and the artistic and cultural forces that shape them.
• Apply intermediate to advanced skills in one or more theatre specializations in creation, performance or scholarship.
• Evaluate a diverse selection of theatre repertory.
• Describe the basic process involved in mounting a theatre production.
• Synthesize research, performance and/or production.

Program Policies

• Physical Activity and ROTC Courses: No more than 4 credit hours of Physical Activity, Wellness and Sport (PWS) courses or the first 16 credit hours of ROTC courses—Aerospace Studies (ASTU) and Military Studies (MSCI)—may apply to the 120 credit hours required for graduation.
• Requirement Audit: Upon completion of 60 credit hours, each student is required to contact the College of the Arts Advising office to obtain a current evaluation of progress toward completion of the student’s chosen degree program.