Theater Performance, BA

This track is designed with the flexibility for students to focus in the following performance-oriented areas: acting, directing, playwriting, and dramaturgy.

Required Courses

15 total units including:

THEA 1001 - Theater Practicum 1/4 Course Unit(s) (4 @ 1/4=1)
THEA 1314 - Technical Theater 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 2244 - Acting Methods 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 2254 - Theater Design and Technology B 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 3124 - Professional Preparation 1.0 Course Unit(s)
THEA 3144 - Contemporary Theater 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 3414 - Directing Fundamentals 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 3544 - Theater: A Global Perspective 1.0 Course Unit(s)
THEA 4444 - Capstone 1.0 Course Unit(s)

Acting Area

One from the following:

THEA 1014 - Acting Foundations 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 2014 - The Art of Storytelling 1 Course Unit(s)
THEA 3134 - Acting Styles and Technology 1.0 Course Unit(s)

Electives

Four Electives:

Upper-level theater electives (2000 level +) in areas of performance. Program Director Approval Required.

Notes about Electives:

THEA-1104 Intro to Theater may be taken as an elective if taken in a student’s first two years.

THEA-2001 Theater Practicum (1/4 credit) may be used to accumulate an elective credit.

Up to 2 approved courses (2000+) from outside the theater program can substitute as electives in applicable to the student’s focus area. Program Director Approval Required.