Theatre Arts
BFA in Theatre Arts
The theatre arts major offers unique training for students with vital theatrical sensibilities whose particular interests and abilities are wide-ranging. It best serves two kinds of students: either those who demonstrate the maturity to create an interdisciplinary program combining theatre with another field of study or those who demonstrate the leadership and imagination to create original works.
Liberal Arts Distribution Guidelines
BFA programs require 28 credits (or 7 courses) of liberal arts courses to complete the course of study for graduation. The following distribution guidelines will be in effect starting with the Class of 2011.
These 28 credits (or 7 courses) must include a 100-level writing course (WR 100) along with a variety of courses that fulfill one of the following 3 tracks:
Students must acquire 12 credits (3 courses) from a combination of social science, language, and literature courses. Students must receive at least 4 credits from each of these two disciplines
- A liberal arts distribution as follows:
- social sciences—4 or 8 cr
- language and literature—4 or 8 cr
- liberal arts electives—8 cr or
- A minor through an approved CAS-designated program of study or
- An individually designed plan of study (i.e.: Arts Administration or Russian Literature) outlined in a detailed written proposal, and pre-approved by the faculty at the end of the first year of study.
Program of Study
| Theatre Arts (Performance) (minimum of 128 credits) | ||
| One semester of Theatre Ensemble (*) is required during the second and third years. More theatre elective credits may be required if Theatre Ensemble is not taken both semesters. | ||
| Second Year | ||
| Modern Drama | 3 | 3 |
| Stage Management | - | 2 |
| Theatre Practice | 1 | 1 |
| Theatre Ensemble II*/General elective | 3 | 3 |
| Matinee | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal arts elective | 4 | 4 |
| Design elective | 2 | - |
| Performance elective | 3 | 3 |
| Total: 16 | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Theatre Ensemble III* or | 2 | - |
| Theatre Practice or Production | 2 | - |
| Drama Literature elective | 3 | - |
| Theatre elective | 3 | - |
| Liberal arts elective | 4 | - |
| General elective | 4 | - |
| Matinee | 0 | - |
| Study Abroad Program | - | 16 |
| Total: 16 | 16 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Theatre Ensemble IV or | 2 | 3 |
| Theatre Practice or Production | 2 | - |
| Theatre Internship | - | 3 |
| Drama Literature elective | 3 | - |
| Theatre elective | 3 | 2 |
| General elective | 4 | 4 |
| Liberal arts elective | 4 | 4 |
| Matinee | 0 | - |
| Total: 16 | 16 | |
| Theatre Arts (Design and Production) | ||
| AutoCAD 1 | 1 | |
| Drafting 1 | 1 | |
| Drawing & Painting Lab | 2 | |
| General elective | 16 | |
| Internship | 2.5 | |
| Intro to Drama Lit | 6 | |
| Intro to Theatre Practice | 2 | |
| Management elective | 2 | |
| Methods of Construction–Scenery | 2 | |
| Modern Drama | 6 | |
| Performance elective | 2 | |
| Study Abroad | 16 | |
| Theatre Arts or Liberal Arts elective | 20 | |
| Theatre Practice or Prod or Theatre Ensbl | 6 | |
| Theatre Ensemble V (Thesis) | 3 | |
| Theatre elective | 14 | |
| Theatre Ensemble | 1 | |
| Total: 128 |
