2024-2025 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

THEA
One 300-Level Dramatic Literature

3

Directing Track (17 Hours)

ART 240Introduction to Photography

3

COMM 110Human Communication

3

ENGL 350Shakespeare

3

THEA 336Stage 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 237Stagecraft I

4

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

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