Theatre (B.A.)

I. Departmental requirements: 

A. The Theatre major consists of 45 credit hours to be taken as follows:

1. Required core consists of 33 credit hours.

• Theatre Practicum (4 hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  University Theatre Company	(four semesters for a total of four credit hours; at least one semester must be taken in THTR-1101)
  THTR-1100	University Theatre Company I—Acting, directing, dramaturgy, choreography. May be repeated up to 3 times.
  THTR-1101	University Theatre Company II—Construction, running crew, stage management, design. May be repeated up to 4 times.

• Technology and Design (6 Hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  THTR-1320	Introduction to Production Techniques OR
  THTR-1330	Principles of Costume Technology
  THTR-2310	Principles of Design OR
  ART-1410	Design

• Performance (3 Hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  THTR-1350	Introduction to Acting

• Directing and Playwriting (8 Hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  THTR-3440	Directing
  THTR-3460	Playwriting

• Literature and History of Theatre (12 hours):

  Course ID	Course Description
  THTR-3433	Play Structure and Analysis
  THTR-3431	History of Theatre I: The Classical Stage to the Theatre of the Enlightenment OR
  THTR-3432	History of Theatre II: From Romanticism to Performance Art
  THTR-3437	Contemporary Theatre

2. Twelve additional hours of Theatre electives of which no more than 3 credit hours of directed studies or special topic courses may be applied toward the required 37 hour major.

B. At least 24 hours of the Theatre major must be upper-division coursework.

C. Additional courses in Theatre may be taken, but not substituted for those listed to fulfill the major requirements.

II. University requirements:

Completion of all other required elements of the Pathways curriculum and at least 120 credit hours.