Performance emphasis
First year, fall semester (Foundation: introduction/overview) |
Credits |
| THEA 103 Stagecraft | 3 |
| THEA 113 Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 211 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I (university core) | 3 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| 15 | |
| First year, spring semester (Foundation: introduction/overview) |
|
| THEA 104 Costume Construction | 3 |
| THEA 114 Acting I | 3 |
| THEA 212 Introduction to Drama | 3 |
| UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II (university core) | 3 |
| Approved social/behavioral science elective (university core) | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Second year, fall semester (Foundation: building blocks of craft) |
|
| THEA 201 Stage Voice and Speech | 3 |
| THEA 203 Movement for the Actor | 3 |
| THEA 213 Acting II | 3 |
| THEA and THEZ 227 Basic Stage Costuming and Makeup and Laboratory | 4 |
| UNIV 200 Writing and Rhetoric Workshop (university core) | 3 |
| 16 | |
| Second year, spring semester (Foundation: building blocks of craft) |
|
| ARTH 103 or 104 Survey of Western Art or any non-Western art history | 3 |
| THEA 202 Stage Voice and Speech | 3 |
| THEA 204 Movement for the Actor | 3 |
| THEA 214 Acting II | 3 |
| Approved natural/physical science elective+ (university core) | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, fall semester (advanced building blocks: periods, places, styles)* |
|
| THEA 301 Advanced Stage Voice and Speech | 3 |
| THEA 303 Black Theatre, THEA 403 or 404 History of Dramatic Literature or THEA 423 or 424 Modern Drama | 3 |
| THEA 307 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 311 Advanced Movement for the Actor | 3 |
| THEA 313 Actor’s Studio I | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Third year, spring semester (advanced building blocks: periods, places, styles)* |
|
| MATH 131 or STAT 208 (university core) | 3 |
| THEA 302 Advanced Stage Voice and Speech* | 3 |
| THEA 308 History of the Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 312 Advanced Movement for the Actor* | 3 |
| THEA 314 Actors Studio I* | 3 |
| 15 | |
| Fourth year† (integration and application) |
|
| THEA 412 Acting for Camera* | 3 |
| THEA 415 The Business of the Theatre* | 4 |
| THEA 3XX or THEA 4XX upper-level theatre electives* | 12 |
| Approved humanities/fine arts, natural/physical science or social/behavioral science elective+ | 3 |
| 300- or 400-level elective+ | 3 |
| Electives+ | 4 |
| 29 | |
| Total credits | 120 |
* Because training is cumulative and safety is an issue in certain courses (both physical safety, as in stage combat, and emotional safety, as in advanced acting studios), students will not be allowed to enroll in certain advanced courses until they are able to demonstrate an advanced level of proficiency in basic skills. These courses include THEA 302 (prerequisite 301), 312 (prerequisite 311), 314, 315, 413, 414, 415 and 441 (all prerequisite 313). In order to enroll in these advanced classes, students must first earn a B or better in the specified prerequisite course (or, in the case of extenuating circumstances, otherwise gain permission from the instructor).
†Students also may elect, with consultation and approval from their adviser, to have one semester of their senior year as a professional internship at an approved theatre or equivalent study abroad.
+ A minimum of 45 upper-level credits are needed to graduate.