Theatre Arts, Musical Theatre Performance Concentration, BA

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 (39 credits plus 4 non-degree credits total)

Required (45 credits)

• THE 101 Introduction to Theatre Arts
• THE 107 Introduction to Performance
• THE 108 Introduction to Stagecraft
• THE 201 Workshop in Theatre Production I
• THE 206 Theatre History I
• THE 207 Theatre History II
• THE 216 Acting I
• THE 223 Acting the Song
• THE 307N Script Analysis for Production
• THE 316 Acting II
• THE 323 Musical Theatre Scene Study I
• THE 423 Musical Theatre Scene Study II

†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 Course (12 credits total)

• MUS 120 Fundamentals of Music
• MUS 151 Applied Voice I (taken 2x)
• MUS 251 Applied Voice II (taken 2x)

• DAN —-* Dance Technique (taken 4x)

  *Choose from DAN109, DAN110, DAN111, DAN112, DAN120, DAN121, DAN122, DAN126, DAN131, DAN132 and DAN136

Required Minor: _______________ (15-18 credits total)

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Free Electives (16 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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World Language (12 credits total)

• ____ 101 World Language - Level I

• ____ 102 World Language - Level II

• ____ 201 World Language - Level III

• ____ 202 World Language - Level IV

Additional Notes:

† 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.

Total credits for graduation: 120