Program Overview

Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology offers a Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts with a Theatre Concentration. This interdisciplinary program allows students to explore the arts through a combination of writing, interdisciplinary studies, professional development, historical context, theory, and practice.

Visual and Performing Arts (BA) with Theatre Concentration

The Visual and Performing Arts major with a Theatre Concentration focuses on student work in areas of theatre, including acting, stage management, technical theatre, design, musical theatre, directing, voice over, playwriting, dance, and production ensemble. Students will also develop knowledge in theatre history and literature.

Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts in Visual and Performing Arts with a Theatre Concentration requires 120 semester credit hours. The degree requirements include:

• Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours
  • Communication: 6 semester credit hours
  • Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
  • Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
  • Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
  • Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
  • American History: 6 semester credit hours
  • Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
  • Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
• Major Requirements, Lower-Division: 6 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum
  • THEA 1310 Understanding Theatre
  • 3 semester credit hours from a THEA studio course
  • 3 semester credit hours from a THEA/DANC/MUSI studio ensemble course
• Major Requirements, Upper-Division: 39 semester credit hours
  • Major Core Courses: 15 semester credit hours
    • VPAS 3340 Writing in the Arts
    • VPAS 4389 Theory and Practice of the Visual and Performing Arts
    • VPAS 4390 Senior Capstone
  • Theatre Concentration Requirements: 24 semester credit hours
    • THEA 3323 Performance in Historical Context
    • THEA 3310 Theatre/Performance Ensemble
    • 12 semester credit hours of upper-level THEA courses
    • 3 semester credit hours of upper-division THEA/DANC/MUSI courses
    • 3 semester credit hours of upper-division Visual and Performing Arts elective
• Elective Requirements: 33 semester credit hours
  • Free Electives: 33 semester credit hours

Faculty

The faculty for the Visual and Performing Arts with a Theatre Concentration includes:

• Professors: Fred I. Curchack, Thomas Riccio
• Clinical Assistant Professor: Shelby Hibbs
• Professor of Instruction: Kathy Lingo

Minors

The School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology offers a Minor in Theatre, which requires 18 semester credit hours. The minor includes:

• Theatre Fundamentals: 3 semester credit hours
• Performance and Technical Study: 6 semester credit hours
• Theatre History and Literature: 3 semester credit hours
• Electives: 6 semester credit hours, upper-division coursework