Theatre, BA

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First Year

Fall Semester

THEA 1310 - INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 2340 - INTRODUCTION TO ACTING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
MATH from MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING LIST ^G Credits / Units: 3
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 14

Spring Semester

THEA 2010 - VOICE FOR THE ACTOR 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 2310 - STAGECRAFT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
TLAB 1370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ¹
or TLAB 1380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s)
COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^G
MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Second Year

Fall Semester

HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED^G Credits / Units: 3
THEA 2170 - SCRIPT ANALYSIS 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
TLAB 2370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ¹
or TLAB 2380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s)
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
WORLD LANGUAGE (1010) Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

THEA 2400 - STAGE MOVEMENT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 2500 - STAGE MANAGEMENT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
TLAB 3370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ¹
or TLAB 3380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s)
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
HIST 1020 - WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE 1500 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2020 - AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
or HIST 2027 - HONORS: AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

THEA 3350 - ADVANCED ACTING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 3330 - DESIGN FOR STAGE AND STUDIO 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
or THEA 3380 - COSTUME DESIGN FOR STAGE AND STUDIO 3 Credit Hour(s)
TLAB 4370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) ^†† ¹
or TLAB 4380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s)
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,2 Credits / Units: 3
WORLD LANGUAGE (1020) Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

THEA 3370 - MAKEUP DESIGN FOR STAGE AND STUDIO 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 3410 - THEATRE DIRECTING 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 4010 - THEATRE HISTORY I 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
MGMT 2400 - BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

APPLY FOR PROGRAM COMPLETION

THEA 4310 - PLAY PRODUCTION 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 4020 - THEATRE HISTORY II 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA 3320 - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
MGMT 3510 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3 Credit Hour(s)
COMM 3690 - FILM HISTORY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

THEA 4300 - ACTING AND DIRECTING WORKSHOP 3 Credit Hour(s) ^††
THEA ELECTIVE ^†† Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE ⁴ Credits / Units: 3
ENGL 2917 - HONORS: TRAGEDY AND COMEDY 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 3730 - FILM CRITICISM 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 3740 - LITERATURE AND FILM 3 Credit Hour(s)
or ENGL 3000/4000 LEVEL Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Total Semester Hours Required 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^††Major courses requiring a grade of “C” or higher.

² A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

³ General Education course in fine arts, including HONR 1917 , other than visual art, art history.

⁴ To be selected from World Languages (including Mythology), Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature.

Theatre Lab

¹ Theatre Lab is offered as follows:

TLAB 1370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Spring semester
TLAB 1380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Fall semester
TLAB 2370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Spring semester
TLAB 2380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Fall semester
TLAB 3370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Spring semester
TLAB 3380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Fall semester
TLAB 4370 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Spring semester
TLAB 4380 - THEATRE LABORATORY 1 - 2 Credit Hour(s) - Fall semester