Theatre Minor

Program Overview

The Theatre Minor offers students a comprehensive exploration of theatre through required courses in acting, production design, and stage lighting. Students can further specialize by selecting from a wide range of electives, including advanced acting, costume design, and theatre history. This program combines a solid liberal arts foundation with practical theatre training, preparing students for diverse careers in the arts or beyond.

Program Outline

Outline:

The Theatre Minor requires 18 credit hours.

• Required Courses:
• THEA 1000 THEATRE PRACTICUM (Repeat three (3) times) - 1 credit hour
• THEA 1300 ACTING I - 3 credit hours
• Select one of the following:
• THEA 1500 FOUNDATIONS OF PRODUCTION DESIGN - 3 credit hours
• THEA 1600 FOUNDATIONS OF SCENIC PRODUCTION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3660 STAGE AND TV LIGHTING - 3 credit hours
• Electives:
• Select 9 hours of Theatre Electives (must include at least two (2) upper division (3000/4000) courses from the following:
• THEA 1010 THEATRE APPRECIATION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 1050 FILM HISTORY AND APPRECIATION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 1500 FOUNDATIONS OF PRODUCTION DESIGN - 3 credit hours
• THEA 1650 STAGE COSTUME - 3 credit hours
• THEA 1600 FOUNDATIONS OF SCENIC PRODUCTION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2000 THEATRE PRACTICUM II - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2020 THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2030 INTERNSHIP I - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2300 MOVEMENT FOR THE ACTOR - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2500 DRAWING FOR THE THEATRE - 3 credit hours
• THEA 2600 COSTUME PATTERNING AND DRAPING - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3000 SPECIAL TOPICS IN THEATRE - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3010 ADVANCED PROJECTS IN THEATRE: INDEPENDENT STUDY - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3310 VOICE FOR THE ACTOR - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3300 ACTING II - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3400 DIRECTING I - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3500 COLLABORATIVE DESIGN STUDIES - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3660 STAGE AND TV LIGHTING - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3700 THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE: 1960-PRESENT - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3710 THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE:MODERN / 1800-1960 - 3 credit hours
• THEA 3720 THEATRE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4000 SUMMER THEATRE WORKSHOP - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4020 ADVANCED PROJECTS IN THEATRE - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4030 INTERNSHIP II - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4050 SHAKESPEARE ON FILM: THE ART OF INTERPRETATION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4310 ADVANCED ACTING: POST REALISM - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4320 ADVANCED ACTING: GREEKS TO RESTORATION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4330 ADVANCED ACTING: ENSEMBLE PLAY PRODUCTION - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4340 ADVANCED ACTING: AUDITIONING - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4500 CHALLENGES IN PRODUCTION DESIGN - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4550 PERIOD STYLES IN DRESS AND DECOR - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4780 THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE: CLASSICAL TO 1500 - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4790 THEATRE HISTORY AND DRAMATIC LITERATURE: 1500 TO 1800 - 3 credit hours
• THEA 4900 ADVANCED PROJECTS - CAPSTONE - 3 credit hours

Other:

The theatre minor offers students a broad-based liberal arts foundation in combination with rigorous and disciplined professional training, in all aspects of theatre and the wider liberal arts.