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Curriculum

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.


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.

 

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.



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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