Theatre Major, BA

General Education Curriculum: (38-39 Semester Hours)

See General Education Curriculum Requirements  

BA Degree Requirements:

Foreign Language (one area - minimum of 6 hours at the 200-level or above) 

Major Courses:

Minimum grade of C or higher is required

• TH 175 - Theatre Appreciation
• TH 176 - Playscript Analysis
• TH 205 - Fundamentals of Interpretation
• TH 217 - Stage Crafts
• TH 219 - Beginning Acting
• TH 301 - Theatre as a Profession
• TH 318 - Stage Lighting
• TH 320 - Directing
• TH 321 - Theatre Management
• TH 360 - Internship
• TH 400 - Seminar: Special Problems In Theatre Practice (three semester hours required)
• TH 457 - History of the Theatre I
• TH 458 - History of Theatre II
• TH 464 - Costume for the Stage

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  Select one Theatre Elective: (3 Semester Hours)

Other required courses include:

• COM 101 - Oral Communication
• ART 102 - Art Appreciation

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• Select one of the following:

• EN 303 - Early Shakespeare

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• EN 304 - Late Shakespeare

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• Select one of the following:

• KIN 120 - Yoga
• KIN 125 - Yogalates
• KIN 130 - Pilates
• KIN 138 - Advanced Pilates
• KIN 140 - Aerobic Dance
• KIN 144 - Conditioning
• KIN 150 - Step Aerobics
• KIN 240 - Aerobic Dance II

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• Select one of the following: (3 semester hours)

• ART 211 - Art History Survey I
• ART 212 - Art History Survey II
• ART 310 - Nineteenth-Century European Art History
• ART 313 - Modern and Contemporary Art History

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• Select one of the following: (1 semester hour) (3 semester hours)

• MUS 100 - Music Appreciation
• MUS 302 - History Of Music

Total Hours Required for a BA in Theatre: 124 Semester Hours

Notes:

Recommended non-theatre electives (9) include:

• ART 103 - Design I   
• ART 105 - Drawing I  
• ART 195 - Computers in Art  
• MUS 105 - Introduction to Music Literature  
• MUS 110 - University Chorus  / MUS 114 - Chorale  / MUS 115 - Chamber Singers  
• MUS 128 - Class Voice I  
• EN 453 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama  
• EN 495 - Drama from the Nineteenth-Century to the Present  
• EN 303 - Early Shakespeare -EN 304 - Late Shakespeare   - Taking both courses is recommended.

A student must enroll in TH 400  during each semester that he/she is a declared Theatre Arts major.

Theatre minors are required to take 3 hours of TH 400 .