Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts

Below are the minimum requirements for the BA degree in Theatre Arts. To view the University General Catalog (a complete list of courses offered), click here.

Minimum Requirements

49:025 Acting I - 3 sh
49:044 Theatre Crafts - 3 sh
49:060 Playscript Analysis - 3 sh
49:112 History of Theatre and Drama I - 3 sh
49:113 History of Theatre and Drama II - 3 sh
Design Requirement - 3 sh (choose from 049:043; 133-136; 146)
Dramatic Literature Requirement - 3 sh (choose from 049:072; 114-119; 180-188; 192-193)

Production Component

Three semester hours from the following (all are repeatable):

49:045 Production: Run Crew (prereq 49:044) - 1 or 2 sh
49:046 Production: Crew Chief (prereq 49:045) - 2 sh
49:047 Production: Construction (prereq 49:045) - 1 or 2 sh

Optional production courses: With the instructor’s approval, students enrolled in any one of the following courses may also enroll in and receive credit for 049:045 simultaneously, thereby completing one semester hour of required production courses. No more than a total of 1 s.h. of production courses may be completed in this manner.  

049:147 Technical Production I 3 s.h.
049:148 Technical Production: Special
Topics: Props 3 s.h.
049: 148: Special Topics: Electrics 3s.h.
049:132 Stage Management 1, 3 s.h.

One of these capstone courses:

049:130 Directing I 3 s.h.
049:172 Senior Seminar 3 s.h.

Six semester hours from Theatre Arts courses numbered 100 and above

Total required semester hours 33

Electives

Students may take as many hours in Theatre Arts as they wish, and all will be included on their transcripts. However, only 50 hours will count toward the graduation requirement of 120 semester hours for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Maximum Total: 50 sh

Major Requirement Guidelines

• It is strongly recommended that Design and Technical Theatre Requirements, Playscript Analysis, and Acting I be taken as soon as possible. They are prerequisites to many courses.
  

• Students who take 49:002 or 49:003 before declaring the major may substitute 49:002 for 49:112 or 49:003 for 49:113. The other course in the History of Theatre and Drama sequence must be taken at the 100 level. Students who take both 49:002 and 49:003 before declaring the major will be required to complete a research paper. See instructor of History of Theatre and Drama for details and approval (Kim Marra).

General Education Requirements

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Majors are also strongly encouraged to choose courses other than 49:001 Art of the Theatre to satisfy the General Education Requirement in Humanities. Only three Theatre Arts courses can be counted as General Education credits. Majors are encouraged to take as broad a range of courses as possible in the arts, humanities, languages, and social sciences.

Graduation with Honors

Theatre majors with a minimum GPA of 3.33 are encouraged to pursue an Honors Project. In the next-to-last semester, the Honors Candidate will select a topic and submit a formal prospectus for approval by the project and honors advisors. The candidate will complete the project under faculty supervision during his/her final semester (with enrollment in 49:197). Most Honors projects include:

• A major writing component
• A public presentation of the work
• An oral examination or discussion of the work with the student's Honors Advisor