2024-2025 Catalog and Student Handbook

Theatre: Playwriting Track, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Requirements for a major in Theatre: Playwriting Track

BFA Theatre Core Courses (27 Hours)

THEA 106Acting I

3

THEA 210Backstage Experience

3

THEA 211Theatre History I: Ritual to Renaissance (500BCE-1800CE)

3

THEA 212Theatre History II: Romanticism to Post-Modernism (1750-Present)

3

THEA 301Script Analysis

3

THEA 336Stage Management

3

THEA 366Professional Preparation & Ethics in Entertainment

3

THEA 397Theatre Internship

3

THEA
One 300-Level Dramatic Literature

3

Playwriting Track Courses (36 Hours)

WRIT 290Introduction to Creative Writing

3

WRIT 301Short Fiction Workshop

3

WRIT 303Poetry Workshop

3

THEA 304Directing

3

THEA 348Scriptwriting I

3

THEA 349Scriptwriting II

3

ENGL
One 300-level English Course

THEA
One 300-Level Dramatic Literature

3

THEA
One 200-300-level Acting Course

3

THEA
One 300-level Acting Course

3

  

ARTH 161Art Appreciation

3

Or

MUSC 101Introduction to Western Music

3

  

THEA 337Design I

3

Or

THEA 338Design II

3

 

Theatre Practicum (3 Hours)

THEA 225Performance Practicum

1

Or

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

  

THEA 226Technical Theatre Practicum

1

Or

THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

  

THEA 325Advanced Performance Practicum

1

Or

THEA 326Advanced Technical Theatre Practicum

1

Electives (3 Hours)

Choose three additional hours from DANC and/or THEA (may include additional practicum):
Elective

3

 

Capstone (3 Hours)

THEA 481Theatre Capstone

3

Total Credit Hours: 72