Theatre: Directing Track, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Requirements for a major in Theatre: Directing Track

Theatre Core (21 Hours)

THEA 106	Acting I	3
THEA 210	Backstage Experience	3
THEA 211	Theatre History I: Ritual to Renaissance (500BCE-1800CE)	3
THEA 212	Theatre History II: Romanticism to Post-Modernism (1750-Present)	3
THEA 301	Script Analysis	3
THEA 397	Theatre Internship	3
THEA	One 300-Level Dramatic Literature	3

Directing Track (17 Hours)

ART 240	Introduction to Photography	3
COMM 110	Human Communication	3
ENGL 350	Shakespeare	3
THEA 336	Stage Management	3
THEA 304	Directing	3
THEA 371	Project in Directing	1-3

Directing Project: Minimum 2 credits

Stagecraft (6 Hours)

Choose two of the following:

THEA 237

Stagecraft I

4

Advanced Acting (3 Hours)

Choose one of the following:

THEA 314	Advanced Topics in Acting	3
THEA 318	Advanced Acting: Musical Theatre	3
THEA 319	Advanced Acting: Meisner	3

 

Design (6 Hours)

Choose two of the following:

THEA 341	Scenic Design	3
THEA 342	Costume Design	3
THEA 344	Lighting Design	3
THEA 345	Sound Design	3

Theatre Practicum (4 Hours)

THEA 225	Performance Practicum	1
THEA 226	Technical Theatre Practicum	1
THEA 325	Advanced Performance Practicum	1
THEA 326	Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum	1

Emphasis Area (9 Hours)

Choose one of the following areas of emphasis:

Artistic Direction & Management

MKTG 201	Principles of Marketing	3
MKTG 325	Principles of Selling	3
MNGT 201	Managing Organizations	3

Communication

COMM 211	Organizational Communication	3
COMM 301	Group Discussion & Leadership	3
COMM 314	Persuasion	3

Playwriting

WRIT 290	Introduction to Creative Writing	3
WRIT 301	Short Fiction Workshop	3
WRIT 303	Poetry Workshop	3

Electives (12 Hours)

Choose twelve hours not used above from the following:

ARTH 161	Art Appreciation	3
COMM 220	Communication Ethics	3
GRPH 201	Software for Design	3
MASS 111	Multimedia Foundations	3
MASS 225	Introduction to Advertising	3
MUSC 101	Introduction to Western Music	3

A minimum of six hours of electives must be outside of Theatre.

Junior Core & Capstone (6 Hours)

THEA 366	Professional Preparation & Ethics in Entertainment	3
THEA 481	Theatre Capstone	3

Total Credit Hours: 84