Acting Model Program 2011-2012

The Theater Department recommends that students plan their programs of study around the following sequence. The curricula presented below follow a generalized model, but each student’s program will be individualized based on placement testing, transfer credits and individual progress as the student advances.

Acting

Program Overview
Theater	94
Humanities & Sciences	30
Arts electives outside the major	6
Total credits for a BFA Degree in Theater	130

First Year	Fall	Spring
PP 101 Production for Actors	2	–
TH 101–102 Movement for Actors I–II	2	2
TH 111–112 Acting: Improvisation	2	2
TH 121–122 Voice and Speech I	2	2
TH 162 Literature of Theater	––	2
TH 171–172 Text Analysis for Actors I–II	3	2
H&S Integrated Studies	6	6
Arts Elective	–	2
Total Credits	17	18

Second Year	Fall	Spring
TH 201–202 Physical Technique I–II	2	2
TH 211–212 Acting Fundamentals I–II	3	3
TH 221–222 Voice and Speech I–II	2	2
TH 241 Auto–Cours	1	–
TH 240 Rehearsal–Performance Project	–	2
TH 244 Audition Workshop	–	1
TH 245 Stage Management	1	–
TH 261–262 Theater History	3	3
Arts Elective	2	–
H&S Course Work	3	3
Total Credits	17	16

Third Year	Fall	Spring
TH 311–312 Acting Workshop I–II	3	2
TH 313–314 Acting on Camera I–II	1	1
TH 321–322 Advanced Vocal Technique I–II	2	2
TH 331–332 Dance for Actors	2	2
TH 343 Rehearsal / Performance	–	1
TH 348 Studio: Text into Performance	–	2
TH 361 Contemporary Theater Studies	3	–
TH 371–372 Acting Classical Texts I–II	3	2
H&S Course Work	3	3
Total Credits	17	15

Fourth Year	Fall	Spring
TH 401 Stage Combat I	2	–
TH 411 Advanced Acting Workshop	3	–
TH 421 Voice and Speech Skills	2	–
TH 443 Rehearsal / Performance	2	–
TH 451 Audition Techniques	2	–
TH 471 Senior Seminar	1	–
TH 472 Senior Thesis	–	3
TH 485 Intro. to Playwriting & Directing	2	–
Theater Electives	–	5
Arts Elective	–	2
H&S Course Work	3	3
Total Credits	17	13