Curriculum
theatre department - college of arts and sciences
A complete list of course offerings for the current semester can be found on the Office of Student Services website.
The Theatre Department curriculum falls into two broad categories: 1) practice-based courses that develop Performance and Production skills; and 2) academic courses that study Dramatic Literature, Criticism, and Theater History. Six foundation courses—three in each category—are required. Most courses are offered once a year or every other year. Many courses have prerequisites.
The list below includes current and recent courses arranged by category. A course that is linked is one of the six required foundation courses. A course marked with two asterisks counts towards the Performance and Production requirement (two courses required). All Lit/Crit courses other than DSTP, Theater History I and II count towards the Dramatic Literature, Criticism, and Theater History requirement (two courses required).
| Literature/Criticism/History Shakespeare on the Stage I*/II* American Musical Theater* Experimental Theater I*/II** American Popular Entertainment* African American Theatre and Drama Contemporary American Theater & Drama* Bertolt Brecht: Theory & Practice* |
Acting Acting I Ethnic Theatre Studies Acting II Acting Techniques I Acting Techniques II** Voice For The Stage Stage Movement I/II Physical Theatre I/II Acting III** |
| Design Elements of Theater Production I Elements of Theater Production II Creating Social Activist Images* Computer-Aided Drafting & Design Costume Design** Lighting Design** Stage Design** Design Practicum |
Playwriting Playwriting I** Playwriting II** Playwriting Practicum |
| Dance Dance For Musicals I/II** Jazz I**/II** Choreography** Beginning Ballet I/II Intermediate Ballet I/II Elements of Dance Dance: An Invitation to the Sacred |
Directing Directing I** Directing II** Directing Practicum |
| Management Marketing The Arts Production Management Producing the Performing Arts |
Education Creative Dramatics I Creative Dramatics II |
| Other Composition and Performance Workshop Teaching Assistantship Departmental Honors Readings and Research |