Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Theatre (Playwriting and Dramaturgy) Typical Four Year Curriculum


TYPICAL FIRST YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall
 
THEA 111 Script Analysis (3) 
THEA 150 Acting I*APC (4)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (8)
Winter
THEA 255 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
THEA 264 Stagecraft*APC (4)
WR 121Z Composition I*GTW (4)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (6)
Spring
THEA 255 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
THEA 266 Fund. Of Costuming*APC (3)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (10)

TYPICAL SECOND YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall

THEA 355 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
THEA 360 Playwriting *APC (3)
Minor Courses/Electives (6)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (4)
Winter
THEA 267 Fund. Of Stage Makeup*APC (3)
THEA 260 Theatre History*AEH (5)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (7)
Spring
THEA 355 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
ENGL 201 Shakespeare (4) AEH, UWR
WR 241 Intro to Fiction Writing *APC (3)
General Education and Non-Program Elective Courses (7)

TYPICAL THIRD YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall

THEA 353 Fund. of Directing (3) 
THEA 355 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
THEA 362 Irish Drama (3)
THEA 369 History of Musical Theatre (3)
Minor Courses/General Education Electives (4)
Winter
THEA 274 Set and Lighting Design*APC (4) OR THEA 344 Costume Design *APC (4)
Minor Courses/Electives (11)
Spring
THEA 355 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
WR 131 Exploring Prose *APC (4)
Minor Courses/Upper Division Electives 11)

TYPICAL FOURTH YEAR CURRICULUM
Fall 

THEA 407 Senior Seminar (1)
THEA 425 The Theatre (3)
Minor Courses/Upper Division Electives (11)
Winter
THEA 355 Prod & Performance*APC (1-3)
THEA 363 Banned Plays (3)
Minor Courses/Upper Division Electives (12)
Spring
THEA 406 Senior Project Capstone (3)
Minor Courses/Upper Division Electives (13)

Students are recommended to declare a minor. Recommended minors are History, Psychology, Anthropology/Sociology, Communication, English/Writing, or Music. 

Updated November 2022