85-87 credits
Complete one professional specialization
Core requirements, 32 credits
Students must take THEA 280 for 2 credits.
Acting concentration, 53 credits
Required courses
Electives, 5 credits from
| THEA 434 | Immersion Experience | 1 TO 12 |
| THEA 496 | Directed Study in Theatre and Dance | 1 TO 9 |
| THEA 499 | Internships in Theatre and Dance | 0 TO 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, 52 credits
Required courses, 34 credits
Advanced electives, 9 credits
Design and technology electives, 9 credits
| THEA 222 | Photoshop for Theatre | 3 |
| THEA 224 | Costume Form and Materials | 3 |
| THEA 225 | Theatrical Computer-Aided Drafting | 3 |
| THEA 291 | Theatre Stage Management | 3 |
| THEA 299X | Experimental/Developmental Topics | 0 TO 12 |
| THEA 329 | Costume History | 3 |
| THEA 350 | Directing for the Stage 2 | 3 |
| THEA 226 | Stage Properties | 3 |
| THEA 496 | Directed Study in Theatre and Dance | 1 TO 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, 53 credits
Required courses
Two credits in increasing difficulty from
Three credits in increasing difficulty from
Two credits in increasing difficulty from
Additional requirements
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.