Performing Arts 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.
Performing Arts
| 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 | 2 | 2 |
| TH 111–112 Acting: Improvisation | 2 | 2 |
| TH 121–122 Voice and Speech I | 2 | 2 |
| TH 131 Introduction to Musical Theater | – | 2 |
| TH 137 Introduction to Tap Dance | 1 | – |
| TH 162 Literature of Theater | –– | 2 |
| TH 171–172 Text Analysis for Actors I–II | 3 | 2 |
| H&S Integrated Studies | 6 | 6 |
| Total Credits | 18 | 18 |
| Second Year | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| TH 201–202 Physical Techniques 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 244 Audition Workshop | – | 1 |
| TH 245 Stage Management | 1 | –– |
| TH 246 Musical Theater Project | – | 2 |
| TH 261–262 Theater History | 3 | 3 |
| TH 231 Music Theater Theory | 2 | –– |
| TH 232 Music Theater Theory/Application | –– | 2 |
| H&S Course Work | 3 | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 | 18 |
| Third Year | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| TH 311–312 Acting Workshop I–II | 3 | 2 |
| TH 321–322 Adv. Vocal Techniques | 2 | 2 |
| TH 339–340 Fundamentals of Theater Dance | 2 | 2 |
| TH 338 Music Theater Audition Workshop | – | 2 |
| TH 343 Rehearsal / Performance | 2 | – |
| TH 348 Studio: Text into Performance | – | 2 |
| TH 361 Contemporary Theater Studies | 3 | – |
| TH 371 Acting Classical Texts | 3 | – |
| H&S Course Work | 3 | 3 |
| Arts Elective | –– | 2 |
| Total Credits | 18 | 15 |
| Fourth Year | Fall | Spring |
|---|---|---|
| TH 411 Adv. Acting Workshop | 3 | – |
| TH 439 Music Theater Workshop | 2 | – |
| TH 443 Rehearsal / Performance | – | 2 |
| TH 471 Senior Seminar | 1 | – |
| TH 472 Senior Thesis | – | 3 |
| Theater Electives | 2 | 3 |
| H&S Course Work | 3 | 3 |
| Arts Elective | 2 | 2 |
| Total Credits | 13 | 13 |
