Major Requirements - Theatre

The Theatre Major

Note: The grade point average of the coursework comprising the major must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7). Upper-level courses are taught on a rotating basis.

11 units, including

Production participation - THTR 399 Leadership in Production (0 units)
Diversity, one unit chosen from THTR 210 Performing Diversity: A Cultural Odyssey THTR 313 Theatre for Social Change I THTR 314 Theatre for Social Change II
History, two units chosen from THTR 309 Theatre History I THTR 319 Theatre History II THTR 321 History of Apparel
Production Studies, three units including THTR 205 Production Studies I-Fundamentals of Theatre THTR 306 Production Studies II- Analysis, Conceptualization and Problem Solving THTR 407 Production Studies III-Collaboration and Production
Performance, one unit chosen from THTR 212 Basics of Acting THTR 219 Ensemble Performance THTR 308 Basics of Directing THTR 327 Acting Shakespeare I THTR 328 Acting Shakespeare II DANC 238 Introduction to Contact Improvisation DANC 248 Introduction to Movement Improvisation DANC 255 Choreography DANC 256 Beginning Jazz Dance DANC 257 Beginning Ballet DANC 258 Writing from the Body: Words and Movement DANC 259 Beginning Tap Dance DANC 260 Beginning Modern Dance DANC 261 Intermediate Jazz Dance DANC 262 Intermediate Tap Dance DANC 263 Intermediate Modern Dance DANC 266 Intermediate Ballet DANC 306 University Dancers DANC 356 Pointe and Variations DANC 361 Advanced Jazz Dance DANC 362 Advanced Tap Dance DANC 363 Advanced Modern Dance DANC 366 Advanced Ballet
Technical Theatre, one unit chosen from THTR 201 Stagecraft THTR 206 Introduction to Costume THTR 213 Fundamentals of Stage Makeup
Theory, one unit chosen from THTR 320 Advanced Acting: Twentieth-Century Acting Styles and Theory THTR 325 Script Analysis THTR 370 Staging Gender
Theatre Design, one unit chosen from THTR 202 Stage Lighting THTR 301 Scene Design THTR 302 Scene Painting THTR 322 Advanced Costume Design
Elective One unit, approved by the theatre department, in art history, studio arts, or music

Limitations

Theatre 330-341 (Practica) and 388 (Internship) cannot be counted in the major.
No course units can be counted toward both a major in theatre and a minor in dance.