Theatre Arts, BA

Introductory courses

• THEA 0804 - THEATRE AND COLLABORATION
• THEA 0810 - INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC ART

Performance courses

Choose three of the following courses.

• THEA 0830 - INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE
• THEA 1100 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT 1
• THEA 1101 - VOICE AND MOVEMENT 2
• THEA 1102 - ACTING 1
• THEA 1103 - ACTING 2
• THEA 1104 - ACTING 3
• THEA 1110 - DIRECTING 1
• THEA 1111 - DIRECTING 2
• THEA 1229 - STAGE MANAGEMENT 1
• THEA 1338 - MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE
• THEA 1392 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PERFORMANCE

Design/Technical courses

• THEA 0842 - INTRODUCTION TO STAGECRAFT
• THEA 0880 - THEATRICAL PRODUCTION

• Students will take this course three times: once as Construction; and twice as Run Crew.

• THEA 1240 - COSTUME PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY

Playwriting, History, and Criticism

Elective course

Students must take one course selected from offerings in Performance, Design / Tech, or Playwriting / History / Criticism. Directed study (THEA 1480  - THEA 1485 ) and independent study (THEA 1900 ) courses cannot be used to satisfy this requirement.

In addition, theatre arts majors should adhere to these rules and requirements.

• Students are encouraged to declare this major early and register with the departmental advisor.
• Majors must maintain at least a 2.0 GPA in all theatre arts courses.
• Students must check with the program advisor to determine the appropriateness of using the Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) grade option in departmental courses. No more than two courses in the major may be taken on an S/NC basis.
• A minimum of 12 credits is required in a related area. Any area that corresponds with the student’s interests is appropriate, but Studio Arts is strongly suggested. Also recommended are: Anthropology; Africana Studies; Classics; English; History of Art and Architecture; a second language; History; Music; Philosophy; Psychology; Sociology; and Communication and Rhetoric.

For more information on the major and the Department of Theatre Arts, visit their Web site.