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