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As Shakespeare said, "The readiness is all." But a degree in theatre is more than a resume of production opportunites. To help you prepare for your chosen goals in life, the SFA School of Theatre offers you a broad range of liberal arts theatre studies.

All Theatre Majors must complete a basic Theatre Core of 31 Semester hours.

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Theatre consists of 45 semester hours of Theatre courses and includes an academic minor.

General Theatre Core (31 hours)
Theatre Production (5 hours)
Theatre Electives (9 hours)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Theatre consists of a minimum of 80 semester hours of Theatre courses, and requires no minor. BFA candidates are admitted by audition, held in the Spring of their Sophomore year. BFA students may choose to emphasize Performance (Acting/Directing), Design or Stage Management.

General Theatre Core (34 hours)
Theatre Production (9 hours)
Theatre Electives in Chosen Emphasis (18 - 20 hours)
Practicum (19 hours), chosen from:

A. European Theatre Arts (Study Abroad Program)
B. Professional Intership - or -
C. Cognitive Electives

The Bachelor of Arts with Secondary Teacher Certification (BATE) degree in Theatre requires 42 credit hours in Theatre. The BA with Broad-Field / All-Level Certification requires 49 hours in Theatre.

General Theatre Core (31 hours)
Theatre Production (5 hours; 6 hours for Broad-Field / All-Level)
Theatre Electives (6 hours; 12 hours for Broad-Field / All-Level)

A Theatre Minor consists of 18 to 24 hours chosen in consultation with a School advisor. At least nine hours must be in upper division courses (six of them from SFA). Also, at least six hours must be in production-related 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.

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