Theatre Arts, Directing Option BFA

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (69 Credits plus 4 Non-Degree Credits total)

• THE 101 Introduction to Theatre Arts
• THE 107 Introduction to Performance
• THE 108 Introduction to Stagecraft
• THE 110 Movement for the Stage
• THE 111 Voice for Performance I
• THE 201 Workshop in Theatre Production I

• OR

• THE 202 Workshop in Theatre Production II
• THE 204 Directing I
• THE 205 Devised & Ensemble Theatre
• THE 206 Theatre History I
• THE 207 Theatre History II
• THE 216 Acting I
• THE 220 Stage Management I
• THE 302 Design for the Theatre
• THE 304 Directing II
• THE 306 Styles I
• THE 307N Script Analysis for Production
• THE 308 Stage Costuming

• OR

• THE 312 Stage Lighting
• THE 315 Fashion and Decor
• THE 401 Dramatic Theory and Criticism
• THE 406 Styles II
• THE 407A Voice for Performance II
• THE 416 Playwriting: Creating a Talent Showcase
• THE 507 Directing Thesis

†Required Non-Degree Courses (4 credits)

• THE 091 Theatre Participation I
• THE 092 Theatre Participation II
• THE 093 Theatre Participation III
• THE 094 Theatre Participation IV
• THE 095 Theatre Participation V
• THE 096 Theatre Participation VI
• THE 097 Theatre Participation VII
• THE 098 Theatre Participation VIII

♥ Required Support Courses (15 credits total)

• ART 100A Introduction to World Art
• ENL 270 History of the Cinema
• ENL 282 World Drama
• ENL 485 Seminar in Dramaturgy
• MUS 112 Introduction to World Music

Free Electives (1 credits minimum)

Additional free elective credits beyond the credits listed may be required based on the use of support courses to satisfy General Education Category requirements

†Additional Requirements in Required Non Degree Courses:

Within their first 30 credits, all Theatre Arts majors must earn their Theatre Participation Points by serving on build crews or run crews for costumes/props/scenery on a department production.

At least two of the eight required semesters of Theatre Participation Hours need to be acquired through Assistant Directing two different Faculty Directors on a staged reading or production.

At least one of the eight required semesters of Theatre Participation Hours need to be acquired by Assistant Stage Managing a Faculty Directed staged reading or production.

Total credits for graduation: 120