Bachelor of Fine Arts - Theatre
For general degree requirements, see the College of Arts and Letters and the General Degree Requirements pages.
Area A Essential Skills
Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131
Area B Institutional Options
Required Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS
2755/ LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.
Area C Humanities/Fine Arts
Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be
taken only once.
Area D Science/Math/Technology
Required Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or
non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL
1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM
1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105
(no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab
included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312;
PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH
1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105
Area E Social Sciences
Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST
2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156
Wellness Requirement
Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.
Area F Courses Related to Major
Required Hours: 18
THEA 1175 Script Analysis
THEA 1245 Acting 1
THEA 1355 Basic Design for Theatre
THEA 1365 Stagecraft
THEA 1435 Theatre Practice (taken 3 times)
THEA 2285 Computer Aided Design and Drafting
THEA 2325 Stage Movement
THEA 2355 Stage Makeup
Area G Program Requirements
Required Hours: 25
THEA 1000 Theatre Convocation (for every semester enrolled)
THEA 2285 Computer Aided Design/Drafting 1
THEA 2325 Stage Movement
THEA 2346 Voice Training for the Stage
THEA 2355 Stage Makeup
THEA 3261 Stage Costuming 1: Hist/Construct
THEA 3267 Scene Design
THEA 3435 Adv Theatre Practice (take 3 times)
THEA 4000 Senior Project in Theatre
THEA 4795 Senior Seminar in Theatre
THEA 5281 Stage Directing 1
Select two courses of the following:
THEA 3175 Theatre History/Literature 1: Primitive-Renaissance
THEA 3176 Theatre History/Literature 2: Renaissance-19th Century
THEA 3177 Theatre History/Literature 3: Departures from Realism
Area H Program Electives
Required Hours: 26
Select 26 semester hours from the following:
THEA 2175 Survey of African-American Thea
THEA 2345 Seminar in Auditions
THEA 3105 Children's Theatre
THEA 3107 Creative Dramatics in the Classrm
THEA 3225 Musical Theatre Performance
THEA 3245 Acting 2
THEA 3246 Playwriting
THEA 3247 Theatre Management
THEA 3262 Stage Costuming 2: Design
THEA 3268 Scene Painting
THEA 3269 Stage Lighting
THEA 4245 Acting 3
THEA 4325 Period Movement for the Stage
THEA 4445 Theatre Performance
THEA 4465 Theatre Production
THEA 4698 Internship
THEA 4899 Individual Study
THEA 5106 Methods of Teaching Theatre
THEA 5282 Stage Directing 2
THEA 5285 Computer Aided Design/Drafting 2
THEA 5575 Selected Topics in Theatre Arts
Area I General Electives Required Hours: 9
Total Hours Required: 123
