Department: | Department of Performing Arts and Mass Communication / Liberal and Performing Arts |
Hours Required: | 120 |
Categories: | Major, Minor, Undergraduate |
Delivery: | On-Campus |
The theatre and musical theatre curriculum offers a rigorous course of study with options in a wide variety of Theatre topics pertinent to careers in these degrees, including performance, design, management, or advanced graduate studies.
Learning Goals
- Our graduates communicate effectively.
- Our graduates understand the role that theatre plays in society.
- Our graduates will develop their artistic and creative abilities.
- Our graduates will understand the technology used in their field.
- Our graduates will have learned theatre through practical production experience.
The bachelor of arts degree in theatre requires a total of 120 hours. Courses in this program include the following:
- Dance and Stage Movement
- Voice and Diction
- Stagecraft
- Fundamentals of Acting
- Costume and Make-Up
- Directing
Major in Performing Arts: Theatre (BFA)
120 hours
University Requirement – 2 hours
GSTD 1002 Freshman Seminar
General Education – 29 hours (ENGL 2213 World Literature I or ENGL 2223 World Literature II is required.) Six hours of general education humanities are included in the major.
BFA Core Requirements – 9 hours
THEA 2003 Theatre Appreciation
Select 3 hours from the following:
ART 2013 Art Appreciation
HUM 2003 Film Appreciation
Select 3 hours from the following:
MUS 2013 Music Appreciation
MULI 1013 Introduction to Music
Theatre Requirements – 17 hours
THEA 1000 Production Run Crew (2 semesters)
THEA 2613 Stagecraft
THEA 3643 Theatre History I: Origins to 1600
THEA 3653 Theatre History II: 1600 to the Present
THEA 3763 Script Analysis
THEA 4633 Directing
THEA 4922 Project in Theatre
Select 21 hours from the following:
ART 2143 Art History I
ART 3123 Art History II
THEA 1013 Acting I
THEA 2023 Acting II
THEA 2103 Acting III
THEA 2203 Acting IV
THEA 2513 Costume Design I
THEA 2603 Improvisation
THEA 2623 Drafting for Entertainment Design
THEA 2633 Fundamentals of Acting
THEA 2643 Fundamentals of Entertainment Design
THEA 2013 Movement for Actors
THEA 3423 Dialects and Accents
THEA 4613 Theatre Design I – Scenery
Select 36 hours from the following:
ART 1013 Drawing I
ART 1023 Three-Dimensional Design
ART 1043 Two-Dimensional Design
ART 1113 Drawing II
ART 2123 Graphic Software Applications
ART 3543 Figure Drawing
ART 4033 History of Modern Art
THEA 3403 Playwriting
THEA 3413 Acting for the Camera
THEA 3433 Musical Theatre History
THEA 3533 Business of Acting
THEA 3563 Business of Design and Production
THEA 3593 Studies in Musical Theatre
THEA 3613 Make-Up and Special Effects
THEA 3663 Performance in Shakespeare
THEA 3673 Creative Dramatics
THEA 3833 Theatre Management
THEA 4301 Theatre Production Practicum
THEA 4623 Theatre Design II – Lighting and Sound
THEA 4853 Devised Theatre
THEA 4913 Theatre Internship
WELD 1003 Welding Skills Development
Select 6 hours from the following:
THEA 3623 Acting Styles I
THEA 3633 Acting Styles II
THEA 4533 Advanced Design Studio I
THEA 4563 Advanced Design Studio II
THEA 4933 Advanced Technical Topics I
THEA 4943 Advanced Technical Topics II
Minor Requirements:
Minor in Theatre – 18 hours
THEA 2613 Stagecraft
THEA 2633 Fundamentals of Acting
THEA 2643 Fundamentals of Entertainment Design
THEA 3643 Theatre History I: Origins to 1600
THEA 3653 Theatre History II: 1600 to Present
THEA 3763 Script Analysis
All theatre and musical theatre majors must earn a B or higher in all major courses.
Admission Requirements:
Each major must audition and be accepted into the program before declaring their major. Auditions/interviews for the program will be held once during the fall semester and three times during the spring semester on designated dates. The audition for majoring in theatre are as follows:
1. Students must attend one (1) of the designated audition dates.
2. Students must prepare and perform two (2) contrasting monologues from published play scripts or provide a technical portfolio and résumé for review.
3. Students must provide one (1) letter of recommendation from a past theatre teacher or director.
Please contact the Director of Theatre for more information.
For the first two (2) years, all students are admitted into the program on a probationary period. At the end of the student’s second semester and fourth semester, they will undergo a jury audition and/or interview examination in which the senior faculty will evaluate their status and progress within the program to be permitted to pursue advanced study.