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As Shakespeare said, "The readiness is all." To help you prepare for your chosen goals in life, the SFA School of Theatre offers you not only production opportunities but also a broad range of liberal arts and pre-professional theatre studies.

All theatre majors must complete a basic Theatre Core of 35-38 semester credit hours.

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Theatre consists of 49 semester hours of Theatre courses and requires a minor or second major in another discipline.

General Theatre Core (35 hours)
Theatre Production (5 hours)
Theatre Electives (9 hours)

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in Theatre consists of a minimum of 77-78 semester hours of Theatre courses, and requires no minor. Each BFA candidate emphasizes one of three areas: 1) Acting and Directing, 2) Technical Theatre and Design, or 3) Stage Management. BFA candidates are admitted by audition, normally in the spring of their sophomore year.

General Theatre Core (35-38 hours)
Theatre Production and Supportive Courses (7-9 hours)
Theatre Electives in or related to chosen emphasis (16-18 hours)
Practicum (19 hours), chosen from:

A. Rose Bruford College Study Abroad Program - or -
B. Professional Intership - or -
C. Cognitive Electives

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Education with all-level (K-12) teaching certification requires 52 semester hours in Theatre. At least 27 hours in Education are also required for certification.

General Theatre Core (35 hours)
General Education Core (6 hours)
Theatre Production (5 hours)
Theatre Electives (6 hours)

A Theatre Minor consists of 18 to 24 semester credit hours chosen in consultation with a School advisor. THR 162 (Play Analysis and Dramatic Literature) is required. At least nine hours must be in advanced (300-400-level) courses (six of them from SFA). Also, at least six hours must be in production-related courses (see a School advisor for a specific list of these courses).

THE LIST OF OFFERED THEATRE COURSES:

Course #	Course Title	Hours	When Offered
127	Stage Movement I	2	Fall
150	Production Laboratory I	1	Fall / Spring / Summer
151	Rehearsal & Performance	1	Fall / Spring
161	Theatre Appreciation	3	Fall / Spring / Summer
162	Play Analysis	3	Fall
221	Beginning Acting	3	Fall / Spring
223	Theatre Speech	3	Fall / Spring
227	Stage Movement II	2	Spring
231	Costume Technology	3	Fall / Spring
232	Stage Make-up	2	Fall / Spring
241	Introduction to Stagecraft	3	Fall / Spring
242	Lighting Technology	3	Fall / Spring
301	Stage Management	3	Spring
321	Intermediate Acting	3	Spring
322	Advanced Theatre Speech	3	Spring
350	Production Lab II	1	Fall / Spring / Summer
351	Rehearsal & Performance II	1	Fall / Spring / Summer
360	Principles of Design	1	Fall / Spring
370	History of the Cinema	3	Fall / Spring / Summer
371	History of the Cinema II	3	Spring
411	Theatre for Children	3	Spring
420	Audition Techniques Portfolio	1	Fall
421	Introduction to Directing	3	Fall
422	Acting for the Camera	3	Spring
424	Dialects	2	Fall
425	Repertory Theatre	3	Summer
427	Advanced Acting	3	Fall
428	Advanced Directing	3	Spring
429	Directing Theatre for Youth	3	Summer
450	Theatre Projects	1-3	Fall / Spring / Summer
451	Theatre Cooperative: Rose Bruford	8-24	Fall / Spring / Summer
452	Practicum (Internship)	6-19	Fall / Spring / Summer
460	Theatre History I	3	Fall
461	Theatre History II	3	Spring
462	Advanced Play Analysis	3	Spring
463	Playwriting	3	Spring
471	Topics in Theatre & Drama	3	Spring
480*	Design for the Theatre	3	Fall / Spring
491	Interdependent Studies	3	Fall / Spring / Summer

*(Scenery, Costume, Lighting, Electives from Advanced Makeup, Patterning, Historical Costume, Scene Painting, CAD, Drafting, Props, Sound) Students in the Design track may take 6-9 hours of any of the Theatre 480 courses. At least two of the 480 electives will be offered each Spring (one from the Costume / Makeup area and one from the design area) dependent on student interest. Any one of the above courses must have a minimum of three students enrolled in order to be taught. Students with specific interest in any of the above elective courses should make those interests known to the Design faculty.

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