Theatre Arts (BA)

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Category I: The Individual (9 to 11 hours)
IA: Rhetoric	ENGL 1101							Rhetoric and Composition	3
IB: Mathematical Reasoning								Choose course from approved list	3 to 4
IC: Critical Thinking								Choose course from approved list	3
ID: Scientific Method								Choose course from approved list	0 to 1
Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)
IIA: Freshman Composition	ENGL 1102							Literature and Composition	3
IIB: Speaking								Choose course from approved list	3
IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences								Choose course from approved list	3
IID: Humanities								Choose course from approved list	3
IIE: Government								Choose course from approved list	3
Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)
IIIA: Modern Language								Choose sequence from approved list	6
IIIB: History of Other Cultures								Choose course from approved list	3
IIIC: Fine Arts	THTR 3301							Theatre History I	3
Category IV: The Natural World (6 to 9 hours)
IVA: Natural Science								Choose course from approved list	6 to 9
Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)
VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics								Choose course from approved list	3
Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)
VIA: First-Year Experience	PDMT 1101							Introduction to University Life and the Liberal Arts Tradition	1

Total Credit Hours:

46-51

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Theatre Arts Major

THTR 1150	Technical/Production Practicum	1
THTR 1151	Acting/Directing Practicum	1
THTR 2205	Fundamentals of Technical Theatre	3
THTR 2210	Fundamentals of Acting	3
THTR 2215	Script Analysis	3
THTR 3302	Theatre History II	3
THTR 3350	Playwriting	3
THTR 4410	Fundamentals of Directing	3
THTR 4460	Senior Project	3
Total Credit Hours:		28

Students must pass THTR 1150 six times for a total of six semester hours of credit.

General Electives

	General Electives	27-32
Total Credit Hours:		27-32

Concentrations

Students must choose one of the following concentrations:

Total Credit Hours:

15

Acting and Directing Concentration

THTR 2230	Children's Theater	3
THTR 2420	Selected Topics in Theatre	3
THTR 3310	Advanced Acting	3
THTR 3312	Voice and Diction for the Stage	3
THTR 3314	Audition Techniques and Professional Development	3
THTR 3325	Theatre Management	3
THTR 3426	Special Effects and Pyrotechnics for the Stage	3

Design and Technical Theatre Concentration

THTR 3305	Introduction to Scenic Design	3
THTR 3317	Lighting Design	3
THTR 3319	Costume Design	3
THTR 3325	Theatre Management	3
THTR 4425	Advanced Technical Theatre	3

Total Credit Hours: 121