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Curriculum
As Shakespeare said, "The readiness is all." To help you prepare for your chosen goals in life, the SFA School of Theatre offers you not only production opportunities but also a broad range of liberal arts and pre-professional theatre studies.
All theatre majors must complete a basic Theatre Core of 35-38 semester credit hours.
The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Theatre consists of 49 semester hours of Theatre courses and requires a minor or second major in another discipline.
- General Theatre Core (35 hours)
- Theatre Production (5 hours)
- Theatre Electives (9 hours)
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Theatre consists of a minimum of 77-78 semester hours of Theatre courses, and requires no minor. Each BFA candidate emphasizes one of three areas: 1) Acting and Directing, 2) Technical Theatre and Design, or 3) Stage Management. BFA candidates are admitted by audition, normally in the spring of their sophomore year.
- General Theatre Core (35-38 hours)
- Theatre Production and Supportive Courses (7-9 hours)
- Theatre Electives in or related to chosen emphasis (16-18 hours)
- Practicum (19 hours), chosen from:
A. Rose Bruford College Study Abroad Program - or - |
- General Theatre Core (35 hours)
- General Education Core (6 hours)
- Theatre Production (5 hours)
- Theatre Electives (6 hours)
A Theatre Minor consists of 18 to 24 semester credit hours chosen in consultation with a School advisor. THR 162 (Play Analysis and Dramatic Literature) is required. At least nine hours must be in advanced (300-400-level) courses (six of them from SFA). Also, at least six hours must be in production-related courses (see a School advisor for a specific list of these courses).
THE LIST OF OFFERED THEATRE COURSES:
Course # |
Course Title |
Hours |
When Offered |
127 |
Stage Movement I |
2 |
Fall |
150 |
Production Laboratory I |
1 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
151 |
Rehearsal & Performance |
1 |
Fall / Spring |
161 |
Theatre Appreciation |
3 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
162 |
Play Analysis |
3 |
Fall |
221 |
Beginning Acting |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
223 |
Theatre Speech |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
227 |
Stage Movement II |
2 |
Spring |
231 |
Costume Technology |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
232 |
Stage Make-up |
2 |
Fall / Spring |
241 |
Introduction to Stagecraft |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
242 |
Lighting Technology |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
301 |
Stage Management |
3 |
Spring |
321 |
Intermediate Acting |
3 |
Spring |
322 |
Advanced Theatre Speech |
3 |
Spring |
350 |
Production Lab II |
1 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
351 |
Rehearsal & Performance II |
1 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
360 |
Principles of Design |
1 |
Fall / Spring |
370 |
History of the Cinema |
3 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
371 |
History of the Cinema II |
3 |
Spring |
411 |
Theatre for Children |
3 |
Spring |
420 |
Audition Techniques Portfolio |
1 |
Fall |
421 |
Introduction to Directing |
3 |
Fall |
422 |
Acting for the Camera |
3 |
Spring |
424 |
Dialects |
2 |
Fall |
425 |
Repertory Theatre |
3 |
Summer |
427 |
Advanced Acting |
3 |
Fall |
428 |
Advanced Directing |
3 |
Spring |
429 |
Directing Theatre for Youth |
3 |
Summer |
450 |
Theatre Projects |
1-3 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
451 |
Theatre Cooperative: Rose Bruford |
8-24 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
452 |
Practicum (Internship) |
6-19 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
460 |
Theatre History I |
3 |
Fall |
461 |
Theatre History II |
3 |
Spring |
462 |
Advanced Play Analysis |
3 |
Spring |
463 |
Playwriting |
3 |
Spring |
471 |
Topics in Theatre & Drama |
3 |
Spring |
480* |
Design for the Theatre |
3 |
Fall / Spring |
491 |
Interdependent Studies |
3 |
Fall / Spring / Summer |
*(Scenery, Costume, Lighting, Electives from Advanced Makeup, Patterning, Historical Costume, Scene Painting, CAD, Drafting, Props, Sound) Students in the Design track may take 6-9 hours of any of the Theatre 480 courses. At least two of the 480 electives will be offered each Spring (one from the Costume / Makeup area and one from the design area) dependent on student interest. Any one of the above courses must have a minimum of three students enrolled in order to be taught. Students with specific interest in any of the above elective courses should make those interests known to the Design faculty.