Theatre Major
Requirements
Majors must take a minimum of 12 (10 for a double major) courses and complete a capstone project during their senior year. The capstone requirement is filled by performing, directing, designing (sets, lights, costumes, video, sound, etc.), or stage managing a significant production. Students may create a Film Studies minor through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Required courses: | |
| Acting 1 | |
| Theatre History | |
| Modern Drama | |
| Scene Design | |
| A course in Cultural Perspectives in Theatre: | |
| Asia on Stage | |
| Queer Theatre | |
| Two semesters of Theatre Practicum (half credit each - does not count toward the 12 course major requirement): | |
| Theatre Practicum 1 | |
| Advanced Theatre Practicum | |
| Students must choose an emphasis in performance or design: | |
Performance Emphasis
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Required courses: | |
| Voice In Acting 1 | |
| Advanced Acting | |
or THEA 360 | Shakespeare Through Performance |
| One required dance course | |
Beginning with the Class of 2029, students will be required to take a movement for actors course in place of a dance course.
Design Emphasis
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Required courses: | |
| Lighting Design | |
| Two of: | |
| Costume Design | |
| Directing 1 | |
An approved design course | |
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Elective courses (four required for single major, two for double major): | |
| Dance 1 | |
| Decolonizing Dance | |
| Balinese Dance 1 - 2 | |
| Ballet 1 - 2 | |
| Hip Hop/Breaking 1-2 | |
| Contemporary Dance 1-2 | |
| Dance Composition | |
| Broadway Dance | |
| Balinese Dance 3 - 4 | |
| Ballet 3 - 4 | |
| Body Stories | |
| Hip Hop/Breaking 3-4 | |
| Contemporary Dance 3 - 4 | |
| American Drama 1920 To Present | |
| Asia on Stage | |
| Television Comedy | |
| Comedy on Stage and Screen | |
| Horror Films, Sex & Gender | |
| Great Film Actors | |
| Queer Theatre | |
| American Film | |
| World Film | |
| Modern British Drama | |
| Voice In Acting 1 | |
| Advanced Acting | |
| Singing for Broadway Stage 1 | |
| Singing for Broadway Stage 2 | |
| Lighting Design | |
| Costume Design | |
| Directing 1 | |
| Selected American Film Artists | |
| Cult Films & Camp Movies | |
| Advanced Directing | |
| Shakespeare Through Performance | |
| Film As Narrative | |
| Performance Art | |