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Theatre

B.F.A. Acting Course of Study

General Education Curriculum Requirement 35 hours
Division of Theatre Requirements:
Dramatic Arts Today (THEA 1303, 1304) 6 hours
Stage Makeup (THEA 2263) 2 hours
Running/Construction Crews (THEA 2140, 2141, 2142) 3 hours
Practicum (THEA 2240, 2241, 2242) 6 hours
Acting I, II (THEA 2303, 2304) 6 hours
Voice for the Stage I, II (THEA 2305, 2306) 6 hours
Movement I, II (THEA 2307, 2308) 6 hours
Introduction to Stage Management (THEA 2361) 3 hours
Acting III, IV (THEA 3303, 3304) 6 hours
Text Analysis (THEA 2322) 3 hours
Theatre and Drama History I, II (THEA 3381, 3382) 6 hours

Voice for the Stage III, IV (THEA 3205, 3206)

4 hours

Movement III, IV (THEA 3207, 3208)

4 hours
Acting V, VI (THEA 4303, 4304) 6 hours
Voice for the Stage V, VI (THEA 4105, 4106 2 hours
Movement V, VI (THEA 4207, 4208) 4 hours
Business and Professional Aspects of the Theatre (THEA 4309) 3 hours
Electives 9 hours
Meadows Elective/Corequirement 3 hours
Total Credit Hours 123 hours

 

 

 

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley (’74) and Academy Award-winning actor Kathy Bates (’69) are just two of the many theatre alumni we are proud to call our own.