Theatre Arts Major
The 36-credit Theatre Arts major with concentrations in musical theatre and acting prepares students to enter the theatre industry by gaining the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to pursue the most competitive jobs and career paths in theatre-related performing arts. Through a curriculum that combines theory and practice, Theatre Arts majors will acquire leadership skills through collaborative learning that focuses on artistic integrity, intellectual inquiry, and development of the professional values and skills that lend themselves to a successful career after college.
Through the additional opportunity to take interdisciplinary course electives, students are also given the option to acquire additional specializations in the areas such as film, television, new media, or directing and encouraged to participate in a wide variety of workshops and productions that combine theory and practice. Campus theater productions funded by the Division of Student Affairs are integrated into the curriculum and into students’ individualized academic advising plans, which gives theatre arts majors the flexibility to double major in the following 36-credit disciplines: Criminal Justice, Digital Communication, English, Global Studies, History, Mathematics, Media Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Spanish, or Theology and Religious Studies.
Program Requirements
Required Courses for a Major in Theatre Arts
Required Courses for a Concentration in Acting
Required Courses for a Concentration in Musical Theatre
| DA 106 | Dance for Musical Theater I | 3 |
| DA 206 | Dance for Musical Theater II | 3 |
| THR 120 | Voice for Musical Theatre I | 3 |
| THR 121 | Voice for Musical Theatre II | 3 |
| THR 210 | Acting for Musical Theater I | 3 |
| THR 211 | Acting for Musical Theater II | 3 |