Major & Minor Requirements

Introductory (200- level) Theatre courses may be taken to fulfill the General Education requirement in Fine Arts except that students pursuing the major in Theatre must take and pass an appropriate course in Art History or Music to fulfill the General Education requirement in Fine Arts.  Courses taken to fulfill requirements of the Theatre major cannot be used to fulfill requirements of another major.

Major Requirements
Twenty-eight semester hours as follows:

• Twelve hours from Theatre 201, 202, 301, 303, all of which are required.
• Six hours from two dramatic literature courses in Theatre (300- level or above).
• Six hours from two courses from one of the two groups, A or B.

Group A: Theatre 380, 381
Group B: Theatre 325, 328, 360, 361, 376, and any 3-hour advanced (300- level or above) dramatic literature course from English or Foreign Language.

• One hour of satisfactory performance in Theatre 400 as production or co-production stage manager in a major production directly by a faculty member or guest director.
• Three hours from a senior capstone project.  The project is proposed by the student and approved and supervised by the instructor.  It can be satisfied by work in either Theatre 400 or 470.

A capstone done in Theatre 400 would require satisfactory completion of three one-hour faculty supervised theatre practica.  (Examples are costume design of a Shakespearean production in Renaissance style and in modern dress, or the lighting and special effects design and implementation for a show currently being done by the Department.)

A capstone done in Theatre 470 would require satisfactory completion of an independent project integrating learning in the program.  (Examples are writing a senior thesis; or writing, acting in, and directing a one-act play for public performance.)