84-87 credits
Complete one professional specialization
Departmental Core, 14 credits
Students must take DOTD 180 for 2 credits.
| CFA 111 | Introduction to the College of Fine Arts | 1 |
| CFA 222 | Creating Your Career: Essential Skills and the Arts | 1 |
| DOTD 103 | The Art of Storytelling | 3 |
| DOTD 180 | First Year Practicum in Theatre and Dance | 1 |
| DOTD 201 | Building Worlds Through Design and Collaboration | 3 |
| DOTD 301 | Art, Communities, and Social Consciousness | 3 |
| CFA 333 | Transition to the Profession: Careers In, Around, and Beyond the Arts | 1 |
Theatre Major Core, 21 credits
BFA Theatre Core Acting, 3 credits from
Acting and Musical Theatre concentration students must take THEA 232. Design and Technology students must take THEA 230
Acting concentration, 52 credits
Required courses
THEA 341 must be taken once in the sophomore year and once in the junior year. THEA 434 will be taken for 3 hour as the Senior One Person Show.
Electives, 2 credits from
| THEA 434 | Immersion Experience | 1 TO 12 |
| DOTD 496 | Directed Study in Theatre and Dance | 1-9 |
| DOTD 499 | Internship in Theatre or Dance | 1-9 |
The Acting BFA concentration is designed as a pre-professional, conservatory style program within a liberal arts education. Curriculum and performance opportunities are designed to prepare students for careers in theatre and/or advanced training at quality graduate schools or conservatories. Acting students are selected for this degree program by audition. In addition, acting students must have yearly interviews and pass yearly juried auditions every semester. Students failing to pass a jury at the end of each semester are considered to be on probationary status; any student failing a jury or not maintaining the appropriate degree program grade-point average for a second semester will be dropped from the program. Students are required to audition for all mainstage production season shows except fall of freshman year and spring of senior year. Students may opt out of auditions for Chicago Showcase, New York Showcase, and the L.A. Experience. All seniors must complete the three-credit One Person Show offered as THEA 434 in the spring of their senior year.
Design and technology concentration, 49-50 credits
BFA Design and Technology Core, 17 credits
THEA 380 must be taken for 5 credits, THEA 434 must be taken for 3 credits
BFA Design and Technology Introductory Electives, 11-12 credits from
BFA Design and Technology Advanced Electives, 6 credits from
BFA Design and Technology electives, 15 credits from
Courses taken for introductory and advanced elective sections cannot be counted here.
| THEA 221 | Technical Direction 1 | 3 |
| THEA 222 | Photoshop for Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 223 | Costume Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 224 | Costume Form and Materials | 3 |
| THEA 225 | Theatrical Computer-Aided Drafting | 3 |
| THEA 226 | Stage Properties | 3 |
| THEA 229 | Stage Makeup Design and Technology 1 | 2 |
| THEA 291 | Theatre Stage Management | 3 |
| THEA 299X | Experimental/Developmental Topics | 0 TO 12 |
| THEA 320 | Scenic Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 326 | Lighting Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 327 | Sound Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 329 | Costume History | 3 |
| THEA 420 | Scenic Design and Technology 2 | 3 |
| THEA 423 | Costume Design and Technology 2 | 3 |
| THEA 426 | Lighting Design and Technology 2 | 3 |
| THEA 427 | Sound Design and Technology 2 | 3 |
| THEA 428 | Technical Direction 2 | 3 |
| THEA 429 | Stage Makeup Design and Technology 2 | 3 |
| DOTD 496 | Directed Study in Theatre and Dance | 1-9 |
| Up to one other THEA or DANC course not listed above as approved by the PDA or chairperson. | |
The BFA in Design and Technology is a pre-professional training program which endeavors to prepare the student for immediate, active, meaningful, and competitive work in the industry. This program allows the student to focus in one or more of the following areas: scenic design/technology, costume design/technology, hair/makeup design/technology, lighting design/technology, and/or sound design/technology. Students will be selected for admission into this program based on a portfolio review and interview. Design and technology concentration students must pass a portfolio review at the end of each semester and must pass an exit portfolio review at the end of the senior year to complete the concentration. Students failing to pass a portfolio review at the end of one academic semester are considered on probationary status for the concentration. Those failing to pass a portfolio review at the end of the succeeding semester will be dropped from the concentration.
Musical theatre concentration, 52 credits
BFA Musical Theatre Core Requirements
THEA 328, Voice Lessons, must be taken every semester for a total of 8 credits. THEA 434 will be taken for 1 credit as the Senior Musical Theatre Cabaret.
Musical Theatre Dance Requirement
Ballet Requirement: Two credits in increasing difficulty from:
Jazz Dance Requirement: Three credits in increasing difficulty from
Tap Requirement: Two credits in increasing difficulty from
Students are expected to take or place out of THEA 333. The Musical Theatre BFA concentration is designed as a pre-professional, conservatory style program within a liberal arts education. This interdisciplinary concentration requires course work in dance, music, and theatre. Curriculum and performance opportunities are designed to prepare students for careers in musical theatre and/or advanced training at quality graduate schools or conservatories. Musical theatre students are selected for this degree program by audition. In addition, musical theatre students must pass juried semester auditions in acting, dance, and singing. Students failing to pass a jury at the end of each semester are considered to be on probationary status; any student failing a jury or not maintaining the appropriate degree program grade-point average for a second semester will be dropped from the program. All students are to audition for all departmental production seasons except for fall of freshman year and spring of senior year. All seniors must take part in the THEA 434 Cabaret Class offered in the fall of their senior year.