58-62 credits
Complete one concentration
Core requirements, 32 credits
Students must take THEA 280 for 2 credits.
Design and technology concentration, 26-27 credits
Required courses, 12 credits
Discipline electives, 5-6 credits
Advanced electives, 3 credits
Design and technology electives, 6 credits
Up to one other THEA or DANC course not listed above as approved by the PDA or chairperson.
The BA/BS in Design and Technology is for those students who want a broad-based, liberal arts education in Theatre Design and Technology. Some students may pursue double majors both inside and outside the major. Design and technology concentration students must pass a portfolio review at the end of each spring semester and must pass an exit review at the end of the senior year to complete the concentration. Students failing to pass a jury review at the end of one academic year are considered on probationary status for the concentration; those failing to pass a portfolio review at the end of the succeeding year will be dropped from the concentration.
Directing/Stage Management concentration, 30 credits
Directing concentration
Required courses, 24 credits
Stage Management concentration
Required courses, 24 credits
Electives
6 credits directing
6 credits stage management
Any THEA course, courses from other departments as approved by advisor
Each directing/stage management concentration is designed as a pre-professional conservatory style program within a liberal arts education. Curriculum and performance opportunities are structured to prepare students for careers in directing or stage management or for advanced director training in quality graduate schools or conservatories. The directing/stage management concentration combines concentrated study in directing/management with required courses in other areas of theatre. In addition, all theatre students complete a strong core of liberal arts courses. Directing/stage management concentration students enter as theatrical studies concentration and apply for admittance to the directing/stage management concentration at the end of their first year. Students must pass a portfolio review at the end of their sophomore and junior years to continue in the concentration. A final project is required in their senior year and may be any of the following: a departmentally supported production, a self-produced project in a found space; a project done in conjunction with Muncie Civic Theatre or similar venues approved by the area coordinator. The project can be a play or a musical and must be documented in a senior thesis.
Theatre creation concentration, 26 credits
Required courses, 13 credits
Design/Technology electives
Choose one from the following
| THEA 223 | Costume Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 229 | Stage Makeup Design and Technology 1 | 2 |
| THEA 320 | Scenic Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 326 | Lighting Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 327 | Sound Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
Electives, 10-11 credits
| ENG 410 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 |
| ENG 464 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| TCOM 487 | Seminar in Video Production | 3-6 |
| THEA 150 | Introduction to Theatre Education | 3 |
| THEA 223 | Costume Design and Technology 1 | 3 |
| THEA 229 | Stage Makeup Design and Technology 1 | 2 |
| THEA 234 | Introduction to the Singing Actor | 3 |
| THEA 291 | Theatre Stage Management | 3 |
| THEA 318 | Advanced Topics in Theatre and Dance | 3 TO 6 |
| THEA 324 | Musical Theatre History | 3 |
| THEA 329 | Costume History | 3 |
| THEA 350 | Directing for the Stage 2 | 3 |
| THEA 352 | Topics in Directing | 3 |
| THEA 353 | Acting and Directing History | 3 |
| THEA 354 | Directing for Young Audiences | 3 |
| THEA 380 | Advanced Theatre and Dance Practicum | 1 TO 9 |
| THEA 391 | Advanced Stage Management | 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 434 | Immersion Experience | 1 TO 12 |
| THEA 450 | Directing for the Stage 3 | 3 |
| THEA 491 | Theatre Management | 3 |
| THEA 496 | Directed Study in Theatre and Dance | 1 TO 9 |
| | Up to three other THEA or DANC courses not listed above as approved by PDA or chairperson. Exception: THEA 318 may be taken up to four times total, but each must be on a different topic. Students are expected to take THEA 220 to meet the prerequisite for THEA 320. | |
The theatre creation concentration is recommended for students wanting a broad-based, liberal-arts education in theatre. Some students may also pursue graduate study at the MA and PhD level. Students must earn and keep a 3.0 or better grade-point average for all courses required on the major after earning 36 credits or they will be placed on academic probation for one semester. If a student has two consecutive semesters on academic probation, they will be dismissed from the theatre creation concentration. Students must also submit a Theatre Creation Writing Portfolio in the fall of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. Failure to submit a portfolio will result in the student being placed on concentration probation. Failure to submit two portfolios in a row will result in removal from the concentration. Students transferring into the concentration must complete at least 3 semesters in the concentration in order to graduate from the concentration. Students may audition or submit portfolio reviews for other concentrations within the department.