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Acting Concentration
(50 Credits)
Core Requirements (29 credits):
Note: Students should take the following core courses before taking courses within their concentration. Students must choose area(s) of concentration before the beginning of their junior year.
- THTR 101 - Introduction to Theater for Majors and Minors 3 credits
- THTR 102 - Introduction to Theater Production 3 credits
- THTR 151 - Acting I 3 credits
- THTR 191 - Introduction to Play Analysis 3 credits
- THTR 275 - Introduction to Design 3 credits
- THTR 170 - Scenic Studio Practicum I 1 credit
- THTR 171 - Costume Studio Practicum I 1 credit
- THTR 272 - Theater Administration Practicum 1 credit
- THTR 295 - Theater History I 3 credits
- THTR 355 - Working in the Theater 1 credit
- THTR 370 - Production Practicum 1 credit
- THTR 372 - History of Style in Theater and Dance Performance 3 credits
- THTR 482 - Theater Theory 3 credits
Concentration in Acting (21 credits):
Acting Concentrators are to take 21 credits: 12 among the three-credit acting courses; 3 credits worth of courses from the list of acting practicum courses, and three credits from each of the two other concentrations. Theater Administration can substitute for any three distribution credits.
- THTR 250 - Acting II 3 credits
- THTR 484 - Advanced Acting Technique I: Characterization 3 credits
- THTR 486 - Advanced Acting Techniques III: Style 3 credits
- THTR 485 - Advanced Acting Techniques II: Auditions 3 credits
Choose at least three credits from the following: (Playwriting, Dramaturgy, & Directing Distribution Courses)
- THTR 252 - Playwriting 3 credits
- THTR 299D - Directing and Dramaturgy Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 340 - Theater Administration 3 credits (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
- THTR 381 - Directing for the Proscenium and Thrust 3 credits
- THTR 465 - Devised Theater Practicum 2 credits
- THTR 483 - Dramaturgy 3 credits
- THTR 499D - Advanced Directing and Dramaturgy Production Credit 1-2 credit(s)
Choose at least three credits from the following (Design and Technology Distribution Courses)
Please choose 3 credits from the following:
- THTR 270 - Scenic Studio Practicum II 1 credit
- THTR 271 - Costume Studio Practicum II 1 credit
- THTR 274 - Theater Technology 3 credits
- THTR 278 - Introduction to Stage Makeup 1 credit (if not taken as an Acting Practicum Course)
- THTR 299T - Design and Technology Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 340 - Theater Administration 3 credits (if not taken elsewhere in the major)
- THTR 379 - Stage Management 3 credits
- THTR 455 - Portfolio and Resume for Designers and Technicians 1 credit
- THTR 473 - Costume Design 3 credits
- THTR 475 - Lighting Design 3 credits
- THTR 477 - Scenic Design 3 credits
- THTR 481 - Sound and Projection Design 3 credits
- THTR 499T - Advanced Design and Technology Production Credit 1-2 credit(s)
Acting Practicum Courses
Please choose 3 credits of the following (up to 2 credits of dance technique below allowed):
- THTR 278 - Introduction to Stage Makeup 1 credit
- THTR 299A - Acting Production Credit 1 credit
- THTR 498A - Independent Project in Acting 2 credits
- THTR 499A - Advanced Acting Production Credit 1 credit
- PE 124 - Modern Dance 1 credit
- PE 125 - Jazz Dance 1 credit
- PE 126 - Beginning Tap Dance 1 credit
- PE 127 - Ballet 1 credit
