Each student acquires a balance of performance, backstage and technical work; leadership skills in arts management, directing and choreography; and historical/theoretical knowledge of the performing arts and the entertainment industry.
The theatre major requires 17 to 20 courses (43 to 49 semester hours).
Students choose from among the following courses:
Introduction to Performing Arts (required)
Senior Thesis Project in Theatre (required)
Senior Seminar: Building a Career in Theatre (required)
Acting I
Stagecraft
Theatre History
Listening: A Survey of Western Music
Production Practical
Rehearsal and Performance/Theatre
Topic: Scenic Design
Topic: Lighting Design
Methods of Directing
Arts Management
Stage Management
Modern Dance Technique I and II
Dance Technique
Topic: Advanced Stagecraft
Topic: Scenic Design
Topic: Lighting Design
Acting II
Improvisational Theatre
Acting Shakespeare
Acting Styles
Getting the Part: Monologues and Audition Techniques
Introduction to Music Theory
Rehearsal and Performance: Theatre/Student
Marginalized Voices: Women Playwrights
Topics in Theatre or Dance
Independent Study in Theatre or Dance
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