Theatre: Acting, B.F.A.

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The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting is designed to give students the rigorous training necessary to begin work as professional actors or to be prepared for further study at the graduate level. Students are offered courses designed to help them develop vocal and physical presence, imagination and concentration. In addition, students are introduced to playwrights that span the theatrical cannon and are encouraged to develop a facility for the language and sensibilities of multiple time periods. Students are given the opportunity to explore and incorporate the acting techniques of many different theorists including Constantin Stanislavski, Uta Hagen, Sanford Meisner, Viola Spolin and Michael Chekhov among others. They are given opportunities to perform in the classroom and in main-stage productions and to receive feedback from peers and faculty mentors. The major is intended to release and nurture the creative spirit in the individual theatre-artist through improvisation, intellectual stimulation and faculty mentorship.

Degree Requirements (132 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Curriculum (Traditional)

Specified Course Requirements:

Creative Inquiry: THE 120

Major Core Requirements (81 Cr. Hrs.)

THE 204 - Auditions 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 102 - Acting 1 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 130 - Stagecraft 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 202 - Acting II 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 206 - Voice & Movement I 2 Cr. Hrs.
THE 207 - Voice & Movement II 2 Cr. Hrs.
THE 230 - Stage Management 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 235 - Stage Makeup 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 240 - Script and Character Analysis 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 302 - Acting III 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 314 - Stage Combat 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 316 - Dialects for the Stage 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 321 - Theatre History I 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 322 - Theatre History II 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 340 - Play Directing 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 402 - Acting IV - Meisner Method 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 403 - Shakespeare in Performance 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 432 - Acting V - Scene Study: Chekhov Method 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 435 - Theatre as a Business 1 Cr. Hrs.
THE 480 - New York City Symposium 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 492 - Senior Project 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 495 - Theatre Internship 3 Cr. Hrs.
Choose one course from the following (3 Cr. Hrs.):
THE 315 - Improvisation 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 343 - Creative Dramatics 3 Cr. Hrs.
Choose two courses from the following (6 Cr. Hrs.):
THE 317 - Costume Design 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 325 - Scenic Design 3 Cr. Hrs.
THE 331 - Lighting Design 3 Cr. Hrs.
Theatre Practicum (6 Cr. Hrs.):
THE 101(1-8) - Theatre Practicum 1 Cr. Hrs.
Theatre Actor’s Lab (4 Cr. Hrs.):
THE 205(1-8) - Actor’s Lab 1 Cr. Hrs.

Major Electives (3 Cr. Hrs.)

THE ***

General Electives (7 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

Theatre: Acting, B.F.A.

Degree Requirements (132 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

Major Core Requirements (81 Cr. Hrs.)

Major Electives (3 Cr. Hrs.)

General Electives (7 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

First Semester (18 Cr. Hrs.)

Second Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Third Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Fourth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Fifth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Sixth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Seventh Semester (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Eighth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)