2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Teaching Major in Theatre (BA/BS)

The Teaching Major in Theatre will prepare students to successfully run their own school-based theatre program and be an effective classroom teacher. The curriculum includes a broad foundation in performance, theatre design and technology, dramatic literature, and theatre history so as to prepare for instruction of all areas of a high school drama curriculum and production program. All Teaching Majors in Theatre must complete a student teaching assignment to earn their degree. Teaching Majors in Theatre will submit a portfolio at the end of each academic year to be evaluated by departmental faculty. Successful passage of a portfolio review is required each year for continued enrollment in the Teaching Major in Theatre. 

85-86 credits

Departmental Core, 14 credits

DOTD 180 must be taken twice for a total of 2 credits.

CFA 111Introduction to the College of Fine Arts

1

DOTD 103The Art of Storytelling

1

DOTD 180First Year Practicum in Theatre and Dance

1

CFA 222Creating Your Career: Essential Skills and the Arts

1

DOTD 201Building Worlds Through Design and Collaboration

2

DOTD 301Art, Communities, and Social Consciousness

2

CFA 333Transition to the Profession: Careers In, Around, and Beyond the Arts

1

Theatre Major Core requirements, 21 credits

THEA 104Script Analysis

3

THEA 220Stagecraft

3

THEA 231Acting 1

3

THEA 251Directing 1

3

THEA 317Pre-Modern Theatre History to 1700

3

THEA 319Theatre History 2

3

THEA 435IDEAs in Theatre

3

Theatre Education Required courses, 6 credits

THEA 237Technical Theatre for Educators

3

THEA 354Directing for Young Audiences

3

Electives, 2-3 credits from

THEA 221Technical Direction 1

3

THEA 223Costume Design and Technology 1

3

THEA 229Stage Makeup Design and Technology 1

2

THEA 233Acting 2

3

THEA 260Directing Studio

2

THEA 318Advanced Topics in Theatre and Dance

3 TO 6

THEA 320Scenic Design and Technology 1

3

THEA 324Musical Theatre History

3

THEA 326Lighting Design and Technology 1

3

THEA 329Costume History

3

THEA 340Playwriting 1

3

THEA 352Topics in Directing

3

THEA 353Acting and Directing History

3

THEA 450Directing 3

3

THEA 491Theatre Management

3

THEA 318 may be taken twice for fulfillment of electives, but each must be on a different topic.

Senior High, Junior High/Middle School Education Program

Professional Education Sequence, 42 credits

Decision Point 1 Courses -- must be completed prior to Decision Point 2 courses

THEA 150Introduction to Theatre Education

3

EDPS 251Human Growth and Development for Secondary Education

3

EDMU 205Introduction to Multicultural Education

3

Total Credit Hours:9

Decision Point 2 Courses -- must be completed prior to Decision Point 3 courses

THEA 295Introduction to Teaching Methods for Theatre

3

THEA 396Teaching Methods and Administration of School Theatre Programs

3

EDSE 320Reading for Diverse Learners in Secondary Content Classes

3

EDSE 380Principles of Teaching in the Secondary School

3

EDJH 385Principles of Teaching in the Middle School

3

EDPS 390Learning & Assessment in Secondary Education

3

EDFO 420Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education

3

Total Credit Hours:21

Decision Point 3 Courses

EDSE 460Student Teaching: Secondary School

6-7

EDSE 465Elective Student Teaching: Secondary, Junior High/Middle, or All-Grade

3 OR 5

Total Credit Hours:12

Total Credit Hours: 85-86