As a means to explore potential aptitude for a theater major, School of Arts and Sciences students should take:
07:965:211 Theater Appreciation
and
07:965:271 Basic Acting or 07:965:215 Intro to Theatrical Design & Production.
Bachelor of arts (B.A.) theater majors should complete courses in 07:965:281-282 Theater History (or the online equivalent 07:965:231-232); 07:965:215 Intro to Theatrical Design & Production; and 07:966:123 Theater Practice (taken twice) by the end of the junior year, since they are required of all majors and are prerequisites for most advanced theater courses. Theater History is a two-semester course, which must be taken in sequence, beginning in the fall semester for the in-person section. The Theater History course is also offered online each semester.
Students are expected to achieve grades of C+ or better in the major and no course with a grade of D or lower will count toward the major.
Depending on the student's interest, Theater arts students are encouraged to take correlative courses in dramatic literature (modern drama, Shakespeare) as well as courses in art, dance, and music history and appreciation.
Theater majors in the B.A. program are required to take a minimum of 47 credits, distributed as follows:
16 Credits in Academic Courses (*Required)
07:965:231-232 (online)* Theater History I and II (3,3) fall/spring
07:965:390* Theater Horizons (1)
07:965:211 Theater Appreciation I (3) fall and spring
07:965:214 Black Theater History (3) spring
07:965:234 Intro to Dramaturgy (3) fall
07:965:260 Musical Theater Appreciation (3) spring
07:965:290 Broadway: American Musical (3) spring
07:965:300 New York Theater Experience (3) spring
07:965:302 Theater for Social Development (3)
07:965:314 Playwriting (3) fall
07:965:370 Global Theater I (3)
07:965:401 Theater Criticism (3) spring
07:965:473 Clothing and Culture (3) fall
9-10 Credits** in Physical Theater Courses (*Required):
07:965:215* Introduction to Theatrical Design & Production (3) fall
07:966:123* Theater Practice (2,2) course is taken twice and must take different sections
07:965:310-11 Introduction to Costume Design (3,3) fall/spring
07:966:315 Intro to Stage Management (3) fall
07:965:216 Scenic Art II (3) spring
07:9656:219 Intro to Scenic Construction (2)
07:966:242 Intro to Stage Lighting (2)
07:966:249 Intro to Stage Management (3)
07:966:219 Costume Construction (2)
07:966:310 Costume Design I (3)
07:966:361 Sound Tech & Design for Theater (2)
07:966:490 Advanced Light Lab (2)
07:965:496 Seminar Topics: Embellishments (BA)
07:966:277 Production Properties (2)
07:966:305 Advanced Lighting Techniques (2)
07:966:350 Fabric Dyeing (2)
6 Credits in Performance (Acting and/or Directing) (*Required):
07:965:210 Intro to Medical Acting (3) fall
07:965:271* Basic Acting (3) fall/spring
07:965:272 Intermediate Acting: Scene Study (3)
fall/spring
07:965:275 On Camera Acting (3)
07:965:325 Advanced Acting (3) spring
07:965:326 Performance Workshop (3) by audition only fall
07:965:421 Directing (3) fall
07:965:422 Advanced Directing Project (3) by special permission only spring
9-10 Credits in Theater Electives chosen from among any of the following that were not taken to fill another requirement in academic, physical theater, or performance elective:
07:965:214 Black Theater History (3) spring
07:965:222 Performing Solo from Stage to YouTube Online (3) online
07:965:225 Creating Characters Onstage and Online (3) online
07:965:227 Voice & Speech I (2)
07:965:240 Staging Resistance: Theater, Protest, and Social Change Online (3) online
07:966:242 Introduction to Stage Lighting (2) spring
07:965:260 Musical Theatre Appreciation (3) spring
07:965:272 Intermediate Acting (3) fall and spring
07:965:275 On Camera Acting (3)
07:965:290 Broadway: American Musical (3) spring
07:965:300 New York Theater Experience (3) spring
07:965:302 Theater for Social Development (3) fall
07:965:310 Introduction to Costume Design (3) fall
07:965:311 Introduction to Costume Design (3) spring
07:966:315 Intro to Stage Management (3) fall
07:965:325 Advanced Acting (3) spring
07:965:326 Performance Workshop (3) fall
07:965:330 Improving Communication Through Improv (3)
07:965:350 Improvisation and Theater Games (2) fall
07:965:364 Theater Management (3) alternate falls
07:965:365 Theater Management: Producing (3) alternate falls
07:965:371 Global Theater II (3) spring
07:965:410 Theater Criticism (3) spring
07:965:421 Directing (3) fall
07:965:422 Advanced Directing Project (3) spring
07:965:451 Storytelling Workshop (2) spring
07:965:471 Creative Dramatics for Children (2) fall
07:965:472 Creative Dramatics for Children (2) spring
07:965:473 Clothing and Culture (3) fall
07:966:496 Race, Identity & Theater (3)
Other 966 Theater Classes Are Also Available as Theater Electives
Most require prerequisites or permission of instructor.
Note: the semester a course is offered is subject to change.
Courses offered by the English Department may also be accepted towards the major, but must be approved in advance.
6 Credits in Required Project Work or Internship
Working closely with the B.A. adviser, and any additional faculty adviser, junior or senior students develop and propose appropriate work for the advanced Internship and/or Project Work. Internships involve the student working in a professional theater environment outside of the university. Project Work is comprised of major involvement on a theatrical project such as writing or directing a production. On rare occasions an appropriate acting project can be considered.
07:965:396 Internship/Theater (BA)
07:965:491-492 Project Work (BA,BA)
07:965:493 Honors Project (BA)
Approved study abroad credits may be substituted.
All credits in this category must be planned and supervised by the B.A. theater arts adviser.
Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts and Sciences Students 
