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Theatre: Acting-Directing

Acting/Directing Curriculum

 

Bachelor of Arts
Program Requirements

 

1. Baccalaureate graduation requirements
-For further information on general education and other graduation requirements see catalog section "Degree Requirements."
-Students are required to meet with an academic adviser in order to obtain a detailed program sheet for their major.

Credit Hours

a. General Education for Baccalaureate Degree
33
b. B.A. Degree Distinction (Foreign Language)
6
c. Human Performance and Wellness
3

2. Requirements specific to this degree

Fine and Performing Arts Core
6

 

FINE 494
Seminar in Critical Analysis of the Arts

3
Fine and Performing Arts course(s) outside the concentration
3

 

Theatre Core

 

18

THEA 117, OR 118
Play Production
1
THEA 217, OR 218
Play Production
1
THEA 151
Acting I: Beginning Acting
3

THEA 317, OR 318
Play Production

1
THEA 331
History of Theatre I: 400 B.C. to 1642 A.D.
3

THEA 322 Stage Management OR THEA 380 Playwriting

3
THEA 401
Performing Arts Management
3
THEA 451
Beginning Directing
3

 

Acting/Directing Emphasis

 

21

 

THEA 145 Introduction to Dramatic Literature

 

3

THEA 142 Make-up OR THEA 143 Costumes
3
THEA 152
Acting II: Stage Movement
3
THEA 243 Theatre Practice I OR THEA 244 Beginning Lighting
3
THEA 332
History of Theatre II : 1643 to present
3
THEA 452 Directing II : acting/directing capstone course 3
SPCH 112 Voice and Diction 3

 

Advanced Acting

 

6

 

THEA 251
Acting III:The Meisner Approach

 

3

THEA 352
Acting V : Styles in Acting
3
THEA 456
Acting VI: Acting for the Camera
3
THEA 457
Acting VII: Acting Auditions

3

THEA 458
Acting VIII : Elizabethan Acting Techniques

3

 

Dramatic Literature

 

6

 

THEA 345
World Drama

 

3

THEA 411
American Drama
3
THEA 412
Contemporary Drama
3
ENGL 355
Shakespeare
3

 

Support Courses

 

3

 

THEA 213 : Creative Play Acting-Drama
THEA 114-414: Summer Theatre
THEA 128-428: Theatre Forums
THEA 129-429: Theatre Forums
THEA 147-447: Drama Performance

 
THEA 148-448: Drama Performance
THEA 241: Oral Interpretation
THEA 270: Music Theatre Performance Workshop
THEA 270L: Music Theatre Performance Workshop lab
THEA 370: Music Theatre Performance Workshop
 
THEA 370L: Music Theatre Performance Workshop lab
THEA 495: Internship
DANC 271: Fundamentals of Modern Dance
DANC 277: Fundamentals of Ballet
DANC 157-457: Repertory Dance
 

 

 

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