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2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre: Directing Track, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Requirements for a major in Theatre: Directing Track

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

Directing Track (17 Hours)

ART 240Introduction to Photography

3
COMM 110Human Communication

3
ENGL 350Shakespeare

3
THEA 236Stage Management

3
THEA 304Directing

3
THEA 371Project in Directing

1-3
Directing Project: Minimum 2 credits

Stagecraft (6 Hours)

Choose two of the following:
THEA 231Stagecraft: Scenery

3
THEA 232Stagecraft: Costume

3
THEA 234Stagecraft: Lighting/Electrics

3
THEA 235Stagecraft: Sound Engineering

3

Advanced Acting (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following:
THEA 314Advanced Topics in Acting

3
THEA 318Advanced Acting: Musical Theatre

3
THEA 319Advanced Acting: Meisner

3
 

Design (6 Hours)

Choose two of the following:
THEA 341Scenic Design

3
THEA 342Costume Design

3
THEA 344Lighting Design

3
THEA 345Sound Design

3

Theatre Practicum (4 Hours)

THEA 225Performance Practicum

1
THEA 226Technical Theatre Practicum

1
THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1
THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

Emphasis Area (9 Hours)

Choose one of the following areas of emphasis:

Artistic Direction & Management

MKTG 201Principles of Marketing

3
MKTG 325Principles of Selling

3
MNGT 201Managing Organizations

3

Communication

COMM 211Organizational Communication

3
COMM 301Group Discussion & Leadership

3
COMM 314Persuasion

3

Playwriting

WRIT 290Introduction to Creative Writing

3
WRIT 301Short Fiction Workshop

3
WRIT 303Poetry Workshop

3

Electives (12 Hours)

Choose twelve hours not used above from the following:
ARTH 161Art Appreciation

3
COMM 220Communication Ethics

3
GRPH 201Software for Design

3
MASS 111Multimedia Foundations

3
MASS 225Introduction to Advertising

3
MUSC 101Introduction to Western Music

3
THEA

A minimum of six hours of electives must be outside of Theatre.

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

THEA 366Professional Preparation & Ethics in Entertainment

3
THEA 481Theatre Capstone

3

Total Credit Hours: 84