Required Credit Hours: 36

Major Computing Requirement (Select One):

• THEA 306 - Advanced Stagecraft Credits: (3)
• THEA 309 - Costume Design for the Theatre Credits: (3)
• THEA 310 - Scene Design Credits: (3)
• THEA 312 - Sound Design for the Theatre Credits: (3)
• THEA 314 - Stage Lighting Design Credits: (3)
• THEA 320 - Performing Arts Administration Credits: (3)

Major Writing Requirement:

To pass the Major Writing Requirement in Theatre, majors must earn a “paper grade” of “C-” or better in two courses from among the courses listed below. The “paper grade,” a part of the final course grade, will be the average of all short and long papers “weighted” according to the course syllabus. Instructors in these courses will provide a series of opportunities for students to demonstrate their ability to write essays containing sustained and well-developed thought in clear and effective prose. Instructors will comment upon and direct more than one paper in a course or more than one draft of a long paper, thus giving students the chance to benefit from the instructor’s critical assessment.

• THEA 328 - World Theatre History, 500 B.C. to 1750 Credits: (3)
• THEA 329 - World Theatre History, 1750 to the Present Credits: (3)
• THEA 331 - Feminist Theory and Contemporary Theatre Credits: (3)
• THEA 332 - Sex & Race in Plays & Films: Dramatizing Diversity Credits: (4)
• THEA 336 - African American Theatre History I Credits: (3)
• THEA 337 - African American Theatre History II Credits: (3)
• THEA 410 - Theatre and Society in 20th-Century America Credits: (3)
• THEA 415 - Shakespeare’s Renaissance Theatre Credits: (3)
• THEA 461 - Topics in Theatre History, Theory and Criticism Credits: (3)
• THEA 481 - Dramatic and Theatrical Theory Credits: (3)

Core Requirements:

Students considering a theatre major are advised to take either THEA 150   or THEA 200  in their freshman year. Students taking THEA 200  may not take THEA 150   for credit and vice versa.

A student majoring in theatre must take:

• THEA 150 - First Year Seminar Credits: (4)

• or

• THEA 200 - Introduction to Theatre Credits: (2)
• THEA 200L - Theatre Production Lab Credits: (1)

• and

• THEA 201 - Acting One Credits: (4)
• THEA 205 - Stagecraft Credits: (3)
• THEA 300 - Fundamentals of Design for the Theatrical Arts Credits: (3)
• THEA 328 - World Theatre History, 500 B.C. to 1750 Credits: (3)
• THEA 329 - World Theatre History, 1750 to the Present Credits: (3)
• THEA 380 - Practicum in Theatre Credits: (1) two credits, at least one must be in a technical area
• THEA 407 - Direction Credits: (3)