This track allows students to focus on developing theatre skills within the context of a larger artistic curriculum including music, dance and visual arts courses, along with general education classes. Theatre Track students take courses in stage Acting I & II, Acting for the Camera, Play Directing, Technical Theatre, How to Audition, Script Analysis, Theatre Practicum/play production and Theatre History, as well as coursework in voice, movement and dance. Students may participate in play productions, musical theatre productions, musical ensembles such as Show Choir and Chorus, dance concerts, original plays, Acting class scene presentations, Play Directing class scene presentations, and community outreach performances at local schools, stores and museums.

 

First Semester

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Credit Hours
PFA 100	Performing Arts Introductory Seminar	1
ENG 101	Composition I	3
MAT 109 or higher		3
THE 105	Theatre History I	3
THE 109	Acting I	3
THE 110	How to Audition	1
THE 111	Theatre Production & Technology I	1
Performing Arts elective (b)		1
TOTAL		16

Second Semester

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Credit Hours
ENG 102	Composition II	3
Art Elective		3
THE 112	Theatre Production & Technology II	1
THE 205	Theatre History II	3
THE 161	Theatre Practicum I	3
Performing Arts elective (b)		3
TOTAL		16

Third Semester

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Credit Hours
American History (Appendix D)		3
BHS 103	Social Problems in Today's World	3
Dance elective(s)		3
THE 106	Script Analysis & Production	3
200-Level Theatre elective(s)		3
Performing Arts elective(b)		1
TOTAL		16

Fourth Semester

Course No.	Descriptive Title	Credit Hours
Science (a)		4
MUS 212	History of American Musical Theatre	3
200-level Theatre elective(s)		3
THE 261	Theatre Practicum II	3
Free elective (c)		3
TOTAL		16
	TOTAL CREDIT HOURS	64

a. Science courses: Applicable four-credit courses in astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physical sciences, physics. See the General Education Appendix B.

b. PFA Theatre Track students must take an additional 5 credit hours of Performing Arts electives (DAN, MUS, and THE courses).

Exceptions: THE120 and MUS101 do not qualify as Performing Arts electives.

Inclusions: COM 234, ENG 207, ENG 208, ENG 230, PED 115, PED 116, PED 197, SPE 102, SPE 111, and SPE 116 qualify as Performing Arts electives.

c. Read a full description of the free elective.