REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN THEATRE ARTS
A minimum of ten units are required (including one unit of THEA 200).
Required Courses:
Foundations (2 units to be completed in first year):
THEA 110 Stagecraft
THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
Explorations (4 units to be completed, if possible, by end of second year):
One 200 Level Design Course (to be competed by end of sophomore year) chosen from among:
THEA 210 Stage Lighting
THEA 235 Costuming & Makeup
THEA 240 Scenic Design
Two theatre histories chosen from:
THEA 155 Introductions to African American Theatre (Change # and syllabus)
THEA 260 Theatre of Communion: Greeks to Shakespeare
THEA 270 Theatre of Illusionism: Renaissance to Early Film
THEA 280 Theatre of the Revolt: Modernism and Postmodernism
THEA 290 Asian Theatre
One dramatic literature courses chosen from:
ENGL 161 Reading Drama
ENGL 235 Shakespeare
CLAS 240 Homer and Greek Tragedy
CLAS 220 Ancient Comedy & Satire
THEA 255 Playwriting
(Another option is that a third theatre history course may substitute for two dramatic literatures. Appropriate courses taken at Study Abroad Centers may also be eligible.)
Connections (three units to be completed in junior and senior year)
THEA 380 Directing I
THEA 490 Senior Seminar
And at least one upper level course chosen from among:
THEA 225 Developing a Character
THEA 305 Voice & Diction
THEA 320 Advanced Acting
THEA 445 Advanced Design
THEA 480 Advanced Directing
AND THEA 200 Production Laboratory (one unit of four different 1/4 units)
* Throughout their four years, Theatre arts majors must distribute each 1/4 unit in a different area of production
(acing, stage management, costuming, lighting, scenery, sound, publicity, etc.)
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