2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre, Bachelor of Arts

Requirements for a BA in Theatre

Theatre Core (21 Hours)

THEA 106Acting I

3

THEA 210Backstage Experience

3

THEA 211Theatre History I: Ritual to Renaissance (500BCE-1800CE)

3

THEA 212Theatre History II: Romanticism to Post-Modernism (1750-Present)

3

THEA 301Script Analysis

3

THEA 397Theatre Internship

3

300-Level Dramatic Literature

3

Additional Theatre (9 Hours)

Choose two 200-level courses and one 300-level course from the following:
THEA 231Stagecraft: Scenery

3

THEA 232Stagecraft: Costume

3

THEA 233Stagecraft: Makeup

3

THEA 234Stagecraft: Lighting/Electrics

3

THEA 235Stagecraft: Sound Engineering

3

  

THEA 341Scenic Design

3

THEA 342Costume Design

3

THEA 344Lighting Design

3

THEA 345Sound Design

3

Theatre Practicum (3 Hours)

THEA 225Performance Practicum

1

Or

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

  

THEA 226Technical Theatre Practicum

1

Or

THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

  

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

Or

THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

 

Electives (6 hours)

Choose six hours of Theatre or Other Department Chair-Approved electives.
Program Elective

3

Program Elective

3

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

THEA 366Professional Preparation & Ethics in Entertainment

3

THEA 481Theatre Capstone

3

Total Credit Hours: 45