The Department of Theatre Arts offers a six unit minor which seeks to offer the following:
1. Provide students with a balance of understanding concepts and practices of theatre arts through a variety of survey courses integrated with production involvement.
2. Provide students with a measure of specific study focusing on their selected area of interest.
Requirements fall courses for the minor must be taken on campus):
THEA 200 Production Laboratory (4 - 1/4 units)*
Academic Core (select three units, each one from a different area)
•Performance
•Design/Technical
•Theatre History
* THEA200 Production Laboratory. Each student involved in a significant role on regular theatre productions is a participant in the Festival Playhouse Company and shall thereby earn 1/4 unit of credit per production. Credit is limited to one unit over four productions (Theatre Arts majors only may accumulate up to a maximum of two full units. THEA200 may not be counted as “third course” to complete a full-time academic load in any given term. Theatre Arts majors must distribute each 1/4 unit in a different area of production (acting, stage management, costuming, lighting, scenery, sound, publicity, etc.)
Academic Focus (select two courses from one area in consultation with a theatre arts faculty advisor. Certain courses may have prerequisites)
A. Performance
THEA 115 Improvisation
THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
THEA 225 Developing a Character
THEA 305 Voice and Diction
THEA 320 Advance Acting
THEA 380 Directing
B. Design/Technical
THEA 110 Stagecraft
THEA 135 Costuming & Make-up
THEA 210 Lighting Design
THEA 240 Design I
C. Theatre History
THEA155 Introduction to African American Theatre
THEA 260 Theatre of Communion
THEA 270 Theatre of Illusionism
THEA 280 Theatre of Revolt
THEA 290 Asian Theatre
