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).

10.5 units, including

• THTR207 Text and Performance

• THTR208 Fundamentals of Design

• THTR210 Performing Diversity: A Cultural Odyssey

• Critical Inquiry in Practice and Theory, two units: 1 from group A and 1 from group B:

  • Group A: Theory-centered:

    • THTR239 Latinx On Stage: From Barrio to Broadway

    • THTR312 Special Topics (as appropriate, with Department approval)

    • THTR314 Theater for Social Change II

    • THTR325 Script Analysis

    • THTR370 Staging Gender

  • Group B: Practice-based:

    • THTR214 Acting for Social Change

    • THTR229 Going Solo: The Politics of Identity in Contemporary Solo Performance

    • THTR249 Documentary Theatre Project

    • THTR312 Special Topics (as appropriate, with Department approval)

• History, two units:

  • THTR319 Theatre History: Modern and Contemporary

  • and one unit from the following:

    • THTR309 Classical Theatre

    • THTR312 Special Topics (as appropriate, with department approval)

    • THTR321 History of Apparel

• Performance, one unit from the following:

  • DANC248 Movement Improvisation

  • DANC319 Collaborative Arts Lab: Dance, Humanities & Technology

  • THTR215 Physical Theatre: Actor as Creator

  • THTR219 Basics of Ensemble Acting

  • THTR308 Basics of Directing

  • THTR312 Special Topics: Auditioning for Stage and Screen

  • THTR320 Advanced Acting: 20th-Century Acting Styles and Theories

• Design/technical theatre one unit from the following:

  • THTR301 Scene Design

  • THTR305 Sound Design

  • THTR307 Lighting Design

  • THTR322 Costume Design

• THTR399 Leadership in Production (0.5 units)

• Capstone Project, at least one unit from the following:

  • THTR407 Collaboration and Production or THTR425 Senior Thesis Capstone

  • THTR481 Honors Performance/Thesis