Bachelor of Fine Arts - Theatre Performance
For general degree requirements, see the College of Arts and Letters and the General Degree Requirements pages.
Grade of C or better required in all Theatre courses.
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 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131
Area B Institutional Options Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any
Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
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: 10-11
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 1110 (no lab); GEOL 1112/1112L;
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; CPSC 1301/1301L; MATH 1113; MATH 1125; MATH 1131; MATH 1132; MATH 1165;
MATH 2125; PHIL 2115; STAT 1127
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 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/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
("C" or better required in each course)
THEA 1175 Script Analysis
THEA 1221 Theatre Dance 1
THEA 1301 Class Voice (taken 2x)
THEA 1365 Fundamentals of Technical Theatre
THEA 1435 Theatre Practice (taken 2x)
THEA 1705 First Year Seminar
THEA 2165 Survey of Design for the Theatre
THEA 2226 Stage Management
THEA 2355 Stage Makeup
Area G Program Requirements Required Hours: 45
("C" or better required in each course)
THEA 1000 Theatre Convocation (Every Semester)
THEA 1245 Acting 1
THEA 2000 Freshman Jury
THEA 2325 Stage Movement
THEA 2346 Voice Training
THEA 3225 Musical Theatre Performance
THEA 2230 Intermediate Acting 1
THEA 3000 Junior Proficiency
THEA 3230 Intermediate Acting 2
THEA 3345 Seminar in Auditions
THEA 3435 Advanced Theatre Practice (taken 2x)
THEA 4205 Senior Project in Theatre
THEA 4230 Intermediate Acting 3
THEA 4445 Theatre Performance (taken 2x)
THEA 4795 Senior Seminar
THEA 5281 Directing 1
THEA 5245 Advanced Acting
THEA 5283 Advanced Directing
Choose 2 of the following:
THEA 3175 Theatre History/Literature 1
THEA 3176 Theatre History/Literature 2
THEA 3177 Theatre History/Literature 3
THEA 3178 Theatre History/Literature 4
Area H Program Electives Required Hours: 9
("C" or better required in each course)
Select 9 semester hours from the following:
THEA 1222 Theatre Dance 2
THEA 1316 Pilates
THEA 1355 Basic Design for the Theatre
THEA 2105 Theatre Outreach
THEA 2227 Drafting & Drawing for the Theatre
THEA 2275 Costume Construction
THEA 2285 Computer Technology in Theatre
THEA 2365 Intermediate Stagecraft
THEA 3105 Children's Theatre
THEA 3107 Creative Dramatics
THEA 3165 Survey of Design for the Theatre
THEA 3175 Theatre History/Literature 1
THEA 3176 Theatre History/Literature 2
THEA 3177 Theatre History/Literature 3
THEA 3178 Theatre History/Literature 4
THEA 3226 Arts Management
THEA 3246 Playwriting
THEA 3250 Period Styles in Design
THEA 3255 Stage Properties
THEA 3266 Sound Design & Technology
THEA 3268 Scene Painting
THEA 3276 Costume Crafts
THEA 3277 Patterning and Draping
THEA 3305 Children’s Theatre Production
THEA 4225 Advanced Musical Theatre Performance
THEA 4445 Theatre Performance
THEA 4465 Theatre Production
THEA 4698 Internship
THEA 4899 Independent Study
THEA 5282 Directing & Collaboration
THEA 5575 Selected Topics in Theatre Arts
Area I Non-Major Electives Required Hours: 6
Total Hours Required: 123
